〈영어로 읽는 SF소설 _ 키스 라우머의 불법 송신기〉
“The Long Remembered Thunder“는 키스 라우머(Keith Laumer)가 1963년에 출판한 공상과학 소설로, 비밀리에 진행 중인 초파 프로젝트에 방해가 되고 있는 불법 송신기를 찾기 위해 고향으로 돌아온 Tremaine의 이야기다
이 소설은 불가사의한 노인을 의심하며 사건의 실마리를 찾아가는 주인공 과학자의 모습을 그리고 있다. 작품 곳곳에 숨겨진 단서들이 궁금증을 유발하며, 앞으로 Tremaine이 사건을 어떻게 풀어갈지 기대감을 높인다.
〈Science fiction novels to read in English_ Keith Laumer’s Illegal Transmitter〉
“The Long Remembered Thunder” is a science fiction novel published in 1963 by Keith Laumer that tells the story of Tremaine, who returns to his hometown to find an illegal transmitter that is interfering with a secret super-wave project.
This novel depicts the main character, a scientist, who suspects a mysterious old man and searches for clues to the case. Clues hidden throughout the work arouse curiosity, raising expectations about how Tremaine will solve the case in the future.
Summary
He was as ancient as time?and as strange as his own frightful battle against incredible odds!
Tremaine, a government researcher, is pressured by his boss, Fred, to find an illegal transmitter that is sabotaging the ultrasonic wave project. Tremaine, following a lead, estimates that the transmitter may be near his hometown of Elsby.
Arriving in Elsby, he goes to police chief Jess to ask for information. Jess raises the possibility that a mysterious old man, Bram, is the culprit, and tells him that a group of delinquent youths recently set fire to Bram's house.
Also, Bram is an old man with white hair, but he had a scandal in his youth with a woman named Linda Carroll, and it is explained that she is a mysterious figure who does not appear after the sun sets.
Meanwhile, Tremaine, who visited the city hall archives, bribes and confirms that Bram purchased the land in 1901, and the employee says that there is money buried in Bram's house and there are stories of ghosts... ...
