영어로 읽는 고전 _ 로버트 M. 윌리암스의 잃어버린 전함
로버트 무어 윌리엄스의 "잃어버린 전함"은 1940년대 초에 쓰인 과학소설입니다. 이야기는 제2차 세계대전 중 폭격 공습의 여파로 시작되며, 끝없는 바다를 표류하는 구명정에서 크레이그와 몇몇 동료들의 생존에 초점을 맞춥니다. 제한된 자원, 특히 물을 두고 긴장이 고조되고 그들의 절망적인 상황의 심리적 부담이 펼쳐지면서, 집단은 점점 더 절망적이 되고, 궁극적으로 생존에 직면했을 때 인간 본성의 어두운 면을 드러냅니다. 소설의 시작에서 크레이그와 소규모 집단은 폭격 공습으로 그들의 배가 파괴된 후 바다에 좌초된 상태로 발견됩니다. 강렬한 더위와 줄어드는 물 공급에 직면한 크레이그는 도덕적 딜레마와 씨름하며, 특히 교활하고 변덕스러운 마지 샤프가 다른 사람들보다 자신을 구해달라고 설득하려 할 때 그렇습니다. 생존자들 사이에 갈등이 일어나며, 그들이 자신들의 곤경의 현실을 받아들이기 위해 고군분투하면서 점점 더 취약해지는 정신 상태를 암시합니다. 이 시작 부분은 생존, 인간 갈등, 그리고 운명의 예측할 수 없는 전환이라는 주제들의 무대를 설정하며, 그들이 전함 아이다호에 의해 기적적으로 구조되지만 선사시대 세계로 시간을 통과한 것처럼 보이면서 훨씬 더 당황스러운 도전에 직면하게 되는 절정으로 이어집니다.
Classics Read in English _ The Lost Warship by Robert Moore Williams
Robert Moore Williams's "The Lost Warship" is a science fiction novel written in the early 1940s. The story begins with the aftermath of a bombing raid during World War II, focusing on the survival of Craig and several companions aboard a lifeboat drifting in an unrelenting sea. As tensions escalate over limited resources, particularly water, and the psychological burdens of their desperate situation unfold, the group becomes increasingly desperate, ultimately revealing the darker aspects of human nature when confronted with survival. At the novel's opening, Craig and a small group find themselves stranded at sea after a bombing raid destroys their ship. Faced with intense heat and a diminishing water supply, Craig grapples with moral dilemmas, particularly when the cunning and volatile Margy Sharp attempts to persuade him to save her over others. Conflicts arise among the survivors, hinting at their increasingly fragile mental state as they struggle to accept the reality of their predicament. This opening sets the stage for themes of survival, human conflict, and the unpredictable turns of fate, culminating when they are miraculously rescued by the battleship Idaho, only to encounter a far more bewildering challenge as they appear to have slipped through time into a prehistoric world.
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Jap bombs rained down, there was a tremendous blast?and a weird thing happened to the Idaho
The sun came up over a glassy, motionless sea. In the life-boat, Craig arranged the piece of sail to protect them from the sun. He hoisted it to the top of the improvised mast, spreading it so that it threw a shadow on the boat. There was no wind. There had been no wind for three days.
Craig stood up and swept his eyes around the circle of the sea. The horizon was unbroken. As he sat down he was aware that the girl, Margy Sharp, who had been sleeping at his feet, had awakened.
"See anything, pal?" she whispered.
He shook his head.
Her pinched face seemed to become more pinched at his gesture. She sat up. Her eyes went involuntarily to the keg of water beside Craig. She licked her parched, cracked lips.
"How's for a drink, pal?" she asked.
