영어로 읽는 SF소설 _ 데이먼 나이트의 칼 즈마르의 열쇠
" Doorway to Kal-Jmar "는 미국의 과학 소설 작가 데이먼 나이트(Damon Knight)가 1944년에 쓴 단편 소설입니다. 데이먼 나이트는 20세기 중반에 활동한 저명한 SF 작가이자 편집자, 비평가로 알려져 있습니다.
Damon Knight는 20세기 미국 과학 소설계의 핵심 인물로, 작가, 편집자, 비평가, 교육자로서 다방면에서 활약했습니다. 그는 "To Serve Man" 등의 인상적인 작품을 집필했고, 여러 과학 소설 잡지와 선집을 편집하며 신인 작가 발굴에 힘썼습니다. 날카로운 비평으로 장르의 질적 향상에 기여했으며, 클라리온 작가 워크샵을 공동 설립해 많은 신진 작가를 양성했습니다.
Reading Science Fiction in English _ Doorway to Kal-Jmar by Damon Knight
" Doorway to Kal-Jmar " is a short story written in 1944 by American science fiction writer Damon Knight. Damon Knight is known as a prominent science fiction writer, editor, and critic active in the mid-20th century.
Damon Knight was a key figure in the 20th century American science fiction world, active in various fields as a writer, editor, critic, and educator. He wrote impressive works such as "To Serve Man" and edited several science fiction magazines and anthologies, working hard to discover new writers. He contributed to the qualitative improvement of the genre with his sharp criticism, and co-founded the Clarion Writers' Workshop, nurturing many new writers.
Summary
Two men had died before Syme Rector's guns to give him the key to the ancient city of Kal-Jmar?a city of untold wealth, and of robots that made desires instant commands.
The tall man loitered a moment before a garish window display, his eyes impassive in his space-burned face, as the Lillis patrolman passed. Then he turned, burying his long chin in the folds of his sand cape, and took up the pursuit of the dark figure ahead once more.
Above, the city's multicolored lights were reflected from the translucent Dome?a distant, subtly distorted Lillis, through which the stars shone dimly.
Getting through that dome had been his first urgent problem, but now he had another, and a more pressing one. It had been simple enough to pass himself off as an itinerant prospector and gain entrance to the city, after his ship had crashed in the Mare Cimmerium.
