영어로 읽는 SF소설 _ 에드먼드 해밀턴의 성운(星雲)속에서
이 책은 Edmond Hamilton이 1929년에 Weird Tales May호에 출간한 공상과학 소설입니다.
Edmond Hamilton은 20세기 초중반 미국의 주요 공상과학 소설 작가 중 한 명입니다. 1904년 태어나 1977년에 사망한 그는 '우주 오페라'의 선구자로 여겨집니다. Hamilton은 1926년부터 글을 쓰기 시작해 'Captain Future' 시리즈로 유명해졌습니다. 그의 작품은 우주 모험, 타임트래블, 외계 생명체와의 조우 등 다양한 SF 테마를 다루었습니다. 또한 그는 DC 코믹스의 'Superman'과 'Batman' 시리즈에도 기여했습니다. Hamilton의 상상력 넘치는 이야기들은 후대 SF 작가들에게 큰 영향을 미쳤습니다.
Reading Science Fiction Novels in English _ Within the nebula by Edmond Hamilton
This book is a science fiction novel published in the May issue of Weird Tales in 1929 by Edmond Hamilton.
Edmond Hamilton was one of the major American science fiction writers of the early and mid-20th century. Born in 1904 and dying in 1977, he is considered a pioneer of 'space opera'. Hamilton began writing in 1926 and became famous for the 'Captain Future' series. His works covered a variety of science fiction themes, including space adventures, time travel, and encounters with extraterrestrial life forms. He also contributed to the 'Superman' and 'Batman' series for DC Comics. Hamilton's imaginative stories had a great influence on later science fiction writers.
Summary
Standing at the controls, beside me, the silent steersman raised his hand for a moment to point forward through the pilot room's transparent wall.
"Canopus at last," he said, and I nodded. Together, and in silence, we gazed ahead.
Before and around us there stretched away the magnificent panorama of interstellar space, familiar enough to our eyes but ever new, a vast reach of deep black sky dotted thickly with the glittering hosts of stars.
