영어로 읽는 고전 _ 리 브래킷의 금성의 요부
리 브래킷의 "금성의 요부"는 20세기 중반에 쓰인 과학소설입니다. 이야기는 신비로운 금성 행성에서 펼쳐지며, 불길한 도시 슈루운에 도착하여 위험과 음모에 직면한 스타크라는 인물을 중심으로 합니다. 스타크는 기이한 정치, 해적들, 그리고 수수께끼 같은 라리로 가득한 으스스한 세계를 헤쳐나가며, 친구들의 운명을 밝혀내고 적들과 맞서려고 합니다.
소설의 도입부는 스타크가 슈루운을 향해 여행하는 과정을 보여주는데, 그는 위험한 적해를 가로지르며 불길한 예감에 휩싸이고, 자신만의 어둠의 동기를 품고 있는 것 같은 비우호적인 선장 말토르와 마주치게 됩니다. 스타크가 뭔가 사악한 일이 벌어지고 있음을 감지하고 배의 선원들에게 공격받으면서 긴장감이 고조됩니다. 그는 신비로운 바다 깊숙이 도망치지만, 말토르의 딸 자레스를 만나게 되는 슈루운에서 훨씬 더 위험한 상황에 처하게 됩니다. 스타크가 도시의 비밀에 대해 더 많이 알게 되면서, 잃어버린 자들의 오싹한 성가와 라리의 위협이 이 생생하게 상상되고 위험한 풍경에서 그의 운명에 그림자를 드리웁니다.
Classics Read in English _ Enchantress of Venus by Leigh Brackett
Leigh Brackett's "Enchantress of Venus" is a science fiction novel from the mid-20th century. The narrative unfolds on the enigmatic planet Venus, centering on Stark, who confronts danger and conspiracy upon his arrival in the foreboding city of Shuruun. Stark must navigate an eerie world populated by bizarre politics, pirates, and the mysterious Lhari as he attempts to discover his friends' fate and confront his enemies.
The novel's opening depicts Stark's journey toward Shuruun, where he experiences mounting dread while crossing the perilous Red Sea and encountering the hostile Captain Malthor, who appears to harbor his own sinister agenda. Tension escalates as Stark perceives malevolent forces at work and faces attack from the ship's crew. He escapes into the depths of the mysterious ocean, only to find himself in an even more precarious situation in Shuruun, where he encounters Zareth, Malthor's daughter. As Stark uncovers more of the city's secrets, the haunting chants of the Lost Ones and threats from the Lhari cast an ominous shadow over his destiny in this vividly conceived and treacherous landscape.
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The ship moved slowly across the Red Sea, through the shrouding veils of mist, her sail barely filled by the languid thrust of the wind. Her hull, of a thin light metal, floated without sound, the surface of the strange ocean parting before her prow in silent rippling streamers of flame.
Night deepened toward the ship, a river of indigo flowing out of the west. The man known as Stark stood alone by the after rail and watched its coming. He was full of impatience and a gathering sense of danger, so that it seemed to him that even the hot wind smelled of it.
The steersman lay drowsily over his sweep. He was a big man, with skin and hair the color of milk. He did not speak, but Stark felt that now and again the man's eyes turned toward him, pale and calculating under half-closed lids, with a secret avarice.
The captain and the two other members of the little coasting vessel's crew were forward, at their evening meal. Once or twice Stark heard a burst of laughter, half-whispered and furtive. It was as though all four shared in some private joke, from which he was rigidly excluded.
