영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 시릴 M. 콘블루스의 위기
이 책은 C.M. 콘블루스가 Science Fiction Quarterly Spring 1942에 출간한 공상과학소설입니다.
C. M. Kornbluth(Cyril M. Kornbluth, 1923-1958)는 미국의 SF 작가입니다.
그는 15세의 어린 나이에 첫 작품을 발표했으며, "The Futurians"이라는 SF 팬 그룹의 멤버로 활동했습니다. 제2차 세계대전에 참전한 후, 전업 작가로서의 경력을 시작했습니다.
Kornbluth는 Frederik Pohl와의 공동 작업으로도 유명한데, "The Space Merchants"(1953)가 대표적입니다. 그의 작품들은 대체로 날카로운 사회 비판과 블랙 유머를 특징으로 합니다.
주요 작품으로는 "The Marching Morons"(1951), "The Syndic"(1953), "Not This August"(1955) 등이 있습니다.
안타깝게도 34세라는 젊은 나이에 심장마비로 사망했지만, 그의 작품들은 SF 장르에서 중요한 영향을 미쳤으며, 특히 디스토피아 소설의 발전에 큰 기여를 했다고 평가받고 있습니다.
Reading Science Fiction in English _ Crisis! by C. M. Kornbluth
This book is a science fiction novel published by C.M. Kornbluth in Science Fiction Quarterly Spring 1942.
C. M. Kornbluth (1923-1958) was an American science fiction writer.
He published his first work at the young age of 15 and was a member of the science fiction fan group "The Futurians." After serving in World War II, he began his career as a full-time writer.
Kornbluth is also famous for his collaboration with Frederik Pohl, most notably "The Space Merchants" (1953). His works are generally characterized by sharp social criticism and black humor.
His major works include "The Marching Morons" (1951), "The Syndic" (1953), and "Not This August" (1955). Although he sadly died of a heart attack at the young age of 34, his works are considered to have had a significant influence on the science fiction genre, particularly in contributing to the development of dystopian fiction.
Summary
When the Diplomacy Bureau at home is composed of hopeless incompetents, the Venusians are rattling the sabre, and it looks as if an utterly senseless war is going to result, a little screwball stuff can be forgiven?if it works!
If the Karfiness hadn't cut herself badly while she was trimming her chelae one morning the whole mess might never have happened. But fashion decreed that the ropy circle of tentacles about the neck of the female Martian would be worn short that year, and everybody in the Matriarchy, from Girl Guide to the Serene Karfiness herself, obeyed without question.
That was why her temper was short that morning, and why she snapped at the Venusian Plenipotentiary who had come to chat with her concerning the space-mining rights for the following year.
