영어로 읽는 SF _ 폴 W. 페어먼의 미지의 행성 속 10인
"Ten From Infinity"는 Paul W. Fairman이 1963년에 발표한 공상과학 소설이다. 이 작품은 우주를 배경으로 한 모험과 미스터리를 다룬다. 소설의 주요 줄거리는 열 명의 인간이 미지의 행성에서 깨어나면서 시작된다. 이들은 자신들이 어떻게 그곳에 오게 되었는지, 왜 선택되었는지 전혀 기억하지 못한 채 새로운 환경에 적응해야 하는 상황에 처한다. Fairman은 이 설정을 통해 인간의 본성, 생존 본능, 그리고 미지의 세계에 대한 탐험을 탐구한다. 작품은 각 캐릭터의 배경과 성격을 차례로 밝혀가며 이야기를 전개하고, 그들이 직면한 외계 환경의 신비와 위험을 생생하게 묘사한다. "Ten From Infinity"는 1960년대 초 SF 문학의 특징인 우주 탐사와 인간의 한계 극복이라는 주제를 잘 반영하고 있으며, Fairman의 독특한 상상력과 서사 능력을 보여주는 작품으로 평가받는다.
Reading SF in English _ Ten From Infinity by Paul W. Fairman
"Ten From Infinity" is a science fiction novel published by Paul W. Fairman in 1963. This work deals with adventure and mystery set in space. The main plot of the novel begins with ten humans waking up on an unknown planet. They are forced to adapt to a new environment without any memory of how they came to be there or why they were chosen. Through this setting, Fairman explores human nature, survival instinct, and exploration of the unknown world. The work unfolds the story by revealing the background and personality of each character one by one, and vividly describes the mystery and danger of the alien environment they face. "Ten From Infinity" reflects the themes of space exploration and overcoming human limitations, which were characteristic of SF literature in the early 1960s, and is evaluated as a work that demonstrates Fairman's unique imagination and narrative ability.
Summary
It began when a pedestrian got hit by a cab at the corner of 59th Street and Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.A. No doubt it was the first motor mishap in the history of creation that reached out among the stars.
The pedestrian was walking south on Park Avenue, toward Grand Central Station. He was looking at the upper skeleton of the vast new Pan Am Building which blocked out the sky in that direction. But he should have been watching traffic because a yellow cab tagged him neatly and knocked him across the walk into a clump of pigeons that scattered upward in all directions.
