영어로 읽는 SF 소설 _ 프레드릭 폴의 저주받은 행성
"Asteroid of the Damned"은 Dirk Wylie와 Frederik Pohl이 공동 집필한 과학 소설로, 1940년대에 발표되었다. 이 작품은 우주 공간의 소행성을 배경으로 하며, 그곳에 고립된 인물들의 생존과 갈등을 그리고 있다. 소설은 당시 유행하던 우주 개척 테마를 다루면서도, 인간의 본성과 사회적 역학에 대한 깊이 있는 탐구를 시도한다. Wylie와 Pohl의 창의적인 상상력이 돋보이는 이 작품은 극한의 환경에서 드러나는 인간의 다양한 면모를 섬세하게 묘사하며, 과학 소설 특유의 모험성과 사회 비평적 요소를 균형 있게 담아내고 있다.
Reading Science Fiction Novels in English _ Asteroid of the Damned by Frederik Pohl and Dirk Wylie
"Asteroid of the Damned" is a science fiction novel co-written by Dirk Wylie and Frederik Pohl, published in the 1940s. It is set on an asteroid in outer space, and depicts the survival and conflict of people isolated there. While the novel deals with the popular theme of space exploration at the time, it also attempts to deeply explore human nature and social dynamics. This work, which stands out for Wylie and Pohl's creative imagination, delicately depicts the various aspects of humans revealed in extreme environments, and balances the adventurousness and social criticism characteristic of science fiction.
Summary
Somewhere on that asteroid of sin lurked the crime king of the Universe.
"Sorry, son," MacCauley said with the barrel-scrapings of his patience. "I said no and I meant it. I haven't got anything to give you. Now please stop waggling at me and go."
The excited glitter of the Palladian's luminiferous eyes died dispiritedly. MacCauley turned his back on the slight-bodied asterite and rapped his thumbnail against his drained glass. The bartender, a heavy and humorous man, expertly refilled Mac's glass with oily, musky, milk-white synthetic liquor and said
