영어로 읽는 SF소설 _ 알런 킴 랭의 위험한 손님
“Guest Expert"는 Allen Kim Lang이 1951년에 쓴 공상과학 단편 소설입니다.
알런 킴 랭(by Allen Kim Lang)은 1950년 11월 Planet Stories에 "Machine of Klamugra"로 SF를 출판하기 시작한 미국의 작가로, 그 후 10년 동안 액션 스토리를 상당수 출판했습니다. 20개의 작품이 기록되어 있는데, 여기에는 만화 소설 "신데렐라 스토리"(1961년 5월 If)와 "눈먼 사람의 등불"(1962년 12월 Analog)이 있습니다.
Reading Science Fiction Novels in English _ Guest Expert by Allen Kim Lang
“Guest Expert” is a science fiction short story written in 1951 by Allen Kim Lang.
Alan Kim Lang (by Allen Kim Lang) was an American writer who began publishing science fiction with “Machine of Klamugra” in Planet Stories in November 1950, and published a considerable number of action stories over the next ten years. He has 20 works recorded, including the graphic novels “A Cinderella Story” (If, May 1961) and “The Blind Man’s Lantern” (Analog, December 1962).
Summary
Earth had a problem ... and the Martian visitor had a very deadly means of solving it....
"I'm only here to help you," said the man from Mars.
"You've proved that," the Secretary admitted. "In the six weeks that you've been here, you've wiped out rabies, measles, and the common cold: but sir, this latest proposal of yours is blasphemous!"
The man from Mars waved an appendage in the direction of the Secretary's desk, atop which a newspaper was lying open. "After reading what that paper has to say can you still doubt that what I propose is necessary?"
