영어로 읽는 고전 _ 로버트 W. 크렙스의 놀라지 마라
"지오프 세인트 레이너드의 '당황하지 마!'는 20세기 중반에 쓰인 공상과학 소설입니다. 이야기는 그린 맨이라 불리는 외계 생명체들이 지구에 착륙하면서 시작되는 예상치 못한 외계인 침공으로 시작하며, 이는 대중들 사이에 광범위한 공포와 혼란을 유발합니다. 이 책은 압도적인 상황에 직면한 인간의 회복력과 사회적 붕괴의 주제를 탐구하며, 외계인과의 초기 접촉과 정부 기관의 두려운 반응을 따라갑니다. 이야기의 시작에서, 1955년 1월 9일의 평온함은 워싱턴 D.C. 상공에서 비행접시가 목격되면서 깨지고, 이는 불안과 혼란으로 이어집니다. 공군은 확인된 외계 생명체의 의미를 파악하려 애쓰는 반면, 대중들은 외계인이 적대적일 수 있다고 믿으며 히스테리적으로 반응합니다. 혼란 속에서, 우리는 주인공인 트레이스 로스코 하사를 만나게 되는데, 그는 문명이 혼란에 빠지는 가운데 공포와 불신 모두와 싸우게 됩니다. 도입부는 파멸의 직전에 놓인 세계를 설정하며, 인간 캐릭터들은 절망을 헤쳐나가야 하고, 결국 그들이 이해할 수 없는 힘에 맞서 생존을 위해 투쟁하면서 외계 침략자들과의 첫 충돌로 이어집니다."
Classics Read in English _ Don't Panic! by Robert W. Krepps
"Don't Panic!" by Geoff St. Reynard is a mid-20th century science fiction novel that begins with an unexpected alien invasion as beings known as the Green Men land on Earth, triggering widespread fear and chaos among humanity. The narrative explores themes of human resilience and societal collapse when faced with overwhelming extraterrestrial forces, following both the initial encounters with the aliens and the frightened response from government agencies.
The story opens on the seemingly ordinary date of January 9, 1955, when tranquility shatters as a flying saucer is spotted over Washington, D.C., leading to immediate unrest and confusion. Air Force officials struggle to comprehend the implications of confirmed extraterrestrial life, while the public reacts with hysteria, convinced the aliens harbor hostile intentions.
Amid this turmoil, we're introduced to protagonist Sergeant Trace Roscoe, who battles both paralyzing fear and stubborn disbelief as civilizations worldwide begin to crumble. The opening chapters establish a world teetering on the edge of destruction, where human characters must navigate through overwhelming despair, culminating in the first violent clashes with the alien invaders.
The novel presents a compelling examination of humanity's response to the unknown as characters fight for survival against forces that defy comprehension. Through Roscoe's journey, readers witness both the fragility of social order and the remarkable strength that emerges when humans face extinction?raising timeless questions about our place in the cosmos and our capacity to endure even the most extraordinary threats.
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Despite conflicting reports, the Air Force believed in the flying saucers. The scares began in 1947 and as a responsible agency the Air Force had to start investigations. At various times they'd cautiously release some information; then there would be some hysteria and they'd hurriedly debunk the whole business as "mass hallucinations" and "crackpot theories" until the public had regained its balance, when they'd start letting out bits of truth once more. The nature and implications of the saucer sightings made this on-again-off-again policy necessary in dealing with such an unstable thing as a war-nervous, tensed-up population. If the truth about the saucers had been known, the entire truth, then the Air Force could have published it and the country would have accepted it in stride; but the mystery that clouded the strange ships was susceptible of too many interpretations.
In December of 1952 a blue-lighted saucer was sighted, without a shadow of a doubt, over Laredo, Texas. In January of '53 a whole V-formation of blue objects appeared over Santa Ana, California. These were military sightings and beyond question. There were many before and even more afterward. Some of them mentioned blue lights and some other colors, and the daylight viewings talked of silver metallic luster.
