영어로 읽는 고전 _ 넬슨 S. 본드의 랜슬롯 빅스의 귀환
넬슨 S. 본드의 "랜슬롯 빅스의 귀환"은 20세기 초, 구체적으로는 1940년대 초에 발표된 공상과학 중편소설입니다. 이야기는 신혼여행 후 우주선 "새턴"호에서 임무로 복귀하는 기이한 우주인 랜슬롯 빅스라는 캐릭터를 중심으로 합니다. 그의 존재는 호라티오 길크리스트 소령이 제기하는 도전에 직면하게 되는데, 이 효율성 전문가의 경직된 규약 고집이 태양에 위험할 정도로 가까이 항해하는 우주선 승무원들의 안전을 위협합니다.
줄거리는 빅스의 친구인 버트 도노반을 통해 전개되며, 그들은 길크리스트 소령의 잘못된 궤도 때문에 어려움에 직면하게 되는데, 이는 그들을 태양에 위험할 정도로 가까이 데려갑니다. "새턴"호 내부의 증가하는 열기와 긴장에도 불구하고, 빅스는 소령에게 임박한 위험을 확신시키기 위해 영리한 전술을 사용합니다.
그는 공황과 긴급함을 유도하기 위해 우주선의 온도를 인위적으로 올리는 계획을 조직하여, 재앙을 피하기 위해 적시에 항로의 중요한 변경을 이끌어냅니다. 궁극적으로, 이 이야기는 빅스의 창의성과 관료주의를 앞지르는 재주를 보여주며, 승무원들 사이의 유머와 동료애로 가득한 경쾌한 톤을 유지합니다.
Classics Read in English _ The return of Lancelot Biggs by Nelson S. Bond
Nelson S. Bond's "The Return of Lancelot Biggs" is a science fiction novella written in the early 20th century, specifically published in the early 1940s. The story centers on the character Lancelot Biggs, an eccentric spaceman, who returns to duty aboard the spaceship "Saturn" following his honeymoon. His presence encounters challenges posed by Major Horatio Gilchrist, an efficiency expert whose rigid adherence to protocol threatens the safety of the ship's crew as they navigate perilously close to the Sun.
The plot unfolds through Bert Donovan, Biggs's friend, as they face difficulties due to Major Gilchrist's misguided trajectory that brings them dangerously near Sol. Despite the mounting heat and tension aboard the "Saturn," Biggs employs clever tactics to convince the Major of the imminent danger.
He orchestrates a plan to artificially raise the ship's temperature to induce panic and urgency, leading to a crucial course correction just in time to avert disaster. Ultimately, the story demonstrates Biggs's ingenuity and talent for outsmarting bureaucracy, all while maintaining a lighthearted tone filled with humor and camaraderie among the crew.
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I guess it was about 7:58 Solar Constant Time?yes, it was exactly that, because I'd just received a clearance O.Q. for 8:00 from the Sun City portmaster?when the portal of my radio turret opened and in waddled Cap Hanson, skipper of our void-mangling freighter, the Saturn.
The Old Man's optics were dancing like a nudist in a hailstorm, and he wore a grin on his lips that stretched from ear to there.
"Guess what, Sparks?" he chortled. "I got a s'prise for you! Guess who just came aboard?"
I said gloomily, "If it's anybody like that sourpuss encyclopedia-on-legs who came aboard at Luna, you can have my resignation right now, if not sooner. I've been hectored and bulldozed and criticised so much lately that I'm beginning to feel like one large apology with corpuscles."
I wasn't joking, either. You know me?Bert Donovan?the easy-goingest bug-pounder who ever loused up the ether with Morse code. I don't get mad often, and my nerves are as steady as a forger's fingers, but this newest addition to the Saturn's personnel had me on the verge of babbling baby-talk.
