영어로 읽는 고전 _ 조지 O. 스미스의 금성의 정삼각형
조지 O. 스미스의 "금성 정삼각형"은 20세기 중반에 쓰인 과학소설이다. 이야기는 지구, 화성, 금성 사이의 중요한 연결고리 역할을 하는 행성 간 통신 기지를 중심으로 전개된다. 주인공 돈 채닝은 금성 정삼각형 중계소에서의 삶의 복잡성을 헤쳐나가면서 기술적 문제와 인간관계 갈등을 포함한 다양한 도전에 직면한다.
이야기의 시작 부분은 독자들에게 금성 정삼각형 중계소와 행성 간 통신에서의 혁신적인 역할을 소개한다. 우리는 지구에 메시지를 보내려고 시도하는 금성의 통치자 코르부스를 만나게 되며, 이를 통해 현재 운영 중인 통신 시스템의 운영상 복잡성을 보여준다. 이야기가 전개되면서, 새로운 소장 프랜시스 버뱅크가 기지 관리를 맡게 된 후 공학직으로 좌천된 돈 채닝을 만나게 된다. 채닝이 기지의 기능과 승무원들의 복지를 위협하는 버뱅크의 잘못된 행정적 결정들과 씨름하면서 갈등의 무대가 설정된다. 이야기는 과학적 원리와 인간 역학의 복잡한 혼합을 설정하며, 등장인물들이 직면하게 될 다가오는 도전들을 암시한다.
Classics Read in English _ Venus Equilateral by George O. Smith
George O. Smith's "Venus Equilateral" is a science fiction novel from the mid-20th century that centers around an interplanetary communications station serving as a vital link connecting Earth, Mars, and Venus. The protagonist, Don Channing, confronts numerous challenges while navigating the complexities of existence at the Venus Equilateral Relay Station, encompassing both technical difficulties and interpersonal conflicts that arise in this isolated environment.
The opening section introduces readers to the Venus Equilateral Relay Station and its pioneering function in facilitating interplanetary communication networks. We encounter Korvus, a Venusian leader attempting to transmit a message to Earth, which demonstrates the operational complexities inherent in the sophisticated communication systems currently in operation. As the narrative progresses, we meet Don Channing, who has been recently demoted to an engineering position following the appointment of Francis Burbank as the new director responsible for the station's overall management.
The foundation for conflict emerges as Channing struggles against Burbank's misguided administrative policies that jeopardize both the station's operational efficiency and the welfare of its personnel. The narrative establishes an intricate fusion of scientific principles and human interpersonal dynamics, foreshadowing the significant challenges that these characters will encounter as the story develops further.
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Sometimes it's a little hard to get people to realize that not only has the world changed in the past, but that it is changing now, and will change in the future. In fact, it takes something on the order of an atomic bomb to blast them out of their congenital complacency.
And it took the literally shocking violence of the atomic bomb to make the general public understand the fact that science-fiction is not "pseudo-science" (that's what you find in Sunday Supplements?fiction, pretending to be science) but an entirely different breed of thing?fiction stories based on science, and attempting to extrapolate the curves of past development into future years. On August 6, 1945, people suddenly discovered that that fool fantasy stuff about atomic bombs hadn't been quite so fantastic as they had?well, to be brutally frank, hoped.
Their immediate reactions were that a good guess or two, a chance, coincidental correspondence between fiction-fantasy and fact, didn't mean much. Still, relatively few people have learned to understand how science-fiction originates?why it does successfully predict.
