영어로 읽는 고전 _ 로버트 M. 윌리암스의 존 홀더의 무기
로버트 무어 윌리엄스의 "존 홀더의 무기"는 1950년대 후반에 쓰인 과학소설입니다. 이야기는 전체주의 체제에 의해 포로로 잡힌 과학자 존 홀더를 중심으로 하며, 그는 순전히 생각만으로 물체와 사람을 분해할 수 있는 독특한 정신적 능력을 가지고 있음을 발견합니다. 전통적인 수단으로는 포로 상태에서 벗어날 수 없는 홀더는 억압적인 감금 환경 속에서 자신의 새로운 능력이 가져오는 심리적, 도덕적 딜레마와 맞서야 합니다. 이야기는 홀더가 자신의 비범한 능력을 깨닫게 되면서, 특히 정치 위원을 우연히 사라지게 만든 후 씨름하는 과정을 따라갑니다. 긴장이 고조되면서 그는 인질로 잡힌 가족을 보호해야 하고, 자신의 능력을 자신들의 목적을 위해 이용하려는 권력자들과 맞서야 합니다. 자신과 사랑하는 사람들을 구하려는 절망적인 시도에서, 홀더는 간첩 활동, 도덕적 모호함, 그리고 개인적 윤리와 생존 사이의 갈등이라는 위험한 상황을 헤쳐나가려 합니다. 클라이맥스는 포로를 잡은 자들과의 극적인 대결로 이어지며, 궁극적으로 정신, 권력, 그리고 현실 사이의 깊은 연결을 드러냅니다.
Classics Read in English _ John Holder's Weapon by Robert Moore Williams
Robert Moore Williams's "John Holder's Weapon" is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The narrative centers on John Holder, a scientist held captive by a totalitarian regime, who discovers he possesses a unique mental ability to disintegrate objects and people purely through thought. Unable to escape his captive state through conventional means, Holder must confront the psychological and moral dilemmas brought by his newfound power within the oppressive environment of his confinement. The story follows Holder as he grapples with the realization of his extraordinary abilities, particularly after accidentally causing a political commissar to disappear. As tensions escalate, he must protect his family, who are held as hostages, and confront authority figures who seek to exploit his power for their own purposes. In a desperate attempt to save himself and his loved ones, Holder tries to navigate the dangerous landscape of espionage, moral ambiguity, and the conflict between personal ethics and survival. The climax leads to a dramatic confrontation with his captors, ultimately revealing the profound connection between mind, power, and reality.
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"Get the hell out of my sight, Nocher!" Holder shouted.
The scientist had held his temper ever since he had been taken captive. This had set up such a condition of strain within him that even in his dreams, he had seen himself destroying Reds. He had blown them up with hydrogen bombs, he had destroyed them with death rays, he had disintegrated them with weapons that no other mind had ever imagined. Most of all, he had hated the poking, prying political commissars, who had breathed down his neck in every experiment he had ever attempted, or had watched from the TV camera installed in every laboratory of the vast installation, to make certain that any discovery that was made went to the right place.
But even Holder's most fantastic dreams were nothing in comparison to what actually happened.
