영어로 읽는 고전 _ 리 브래킷의 붉은 안개의 로렐라이
리 브래킷과 레이 브래드버리의 "붉은 안개의 로렐라이"는 20세기 중반에 쓰인 것으로 추정되는 과학소설입니다. 이야기는 금성에서 폭력적인 탈출 시도 중 죽은 후, 팔가 행성을 지배하는 악마 여신 란의 영향으로 저주받은 동시에 강력한 새로운 몸에서 깨어나는 휴 스타크라는 남자를 따라갑니다. 서사는 스타크가 자신의 새로운 정체성과 작용하는 배신적인 세력들과 씨름하면서 모험과 신비주의의 요소들을 혼합합니다.
책의 도입부는 휴 스타크의 절망적인 도피와 그에 따른 죽음을 소개하며, 이는 놀라운 아름다움과 위험이 공존하는 낯선 환경에서의 그의 각성으로 이어집니다. 처음에는 혼란스러워하던 스타크는 자신의 이전 정체성이 사라지고 있으며, 이제 이 외계 영역의 거주자들, 특히 자신만의 목적을 위해 그를 조종하려는 란과 관련된 더 큰 갈등에 얽혀있다는 것을 알게 됩니다. 더욱이 스타크와 맹인 전사 파올란, 그리고 강인한 지도자 베우다그 사이의 역학관계는 배신과 전쟁의 깊은 역사를 암시하며 흥미로운 긴장감을 조성합니다. 스타크가 자신의 새로운 정체성과 다가오는 위협들에 맞서면서, 복잡성과 감정, 그리고 행성간 음모로 가득한 이야기의 무대가 설정됩니다.
Classics Read in English _ Lorelei of the Red Mist by Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury
"Lorelei of the Red Mist" by Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury is a science fiction novel presumably written in the mid-20th century. The narrative follows Hugh Starke, who, after perishing during a violent escape attempt on Venus, awakens in a new body that he discovers to be both powerful and cursed by the influence of Rann, a demon goddess ruling the planet Falga. The story blends adventure and mystical elements as Starke struggles with his transformed identity and the treacherous forces surrounding him.
The book's opening presents Hugh Starke's desperate flight and subsequent death, leading to his awakening in an unfamiliar environment?a world of striking beauty and danger. Initially confused, Starke learns that his former identity is dissolving and that he has become entangled in a greater conflict involving the inhabitants of this alien realm, particularly Rann, who seeks to manipulate him for her own purposes. Furthermore, the dynamics between Starke, the blind warrior Faolan, and the formidable leader Beudag create compelling tension, suggesting a deep history of betrayal and warfare. As Starke confronts his new identity and approaching threats, the stage is established for a tale rich in complexity, emotion, and interplanetary conspiracy.
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The Company dicks were good. They were plenty good. Hugh Starke began to think maybe this time he wasn't going to get away with it.
His small stringy body hunched over the control bank, nursing the last ounce of power out of the Kallman. The hot night sky of Venus fled past the ports in tattered veils of indigo. Starke wasn't sure where he was any more. Venus was a frontier planet, and still mostly a big X, except to the Venusians?who weren't sending out any maps. He did know that he was getting dangerously close to the Mountains of White Cloud. The backbone of the planet, towering far into the stratosphere, magnetic trap, with God knew what beyond. Maybe even God wasn't sure.
But it looked like over the mountains or out. Death under the guns of the Terro-Venus Mines, Incorporated, Special Police, or back to the Luna cell blocks for life as an habitual felon.
Starke decided he would go over.
Whatever happened, he'd pulled off the biggest lone-wolf caper in history. The T-V Mines payroll ship, for close to a million credits.
