영어로 읽는 고전 _ 로버트 셰클리의 영원
로버트 셰클리의 "영원히"는 20세기 중반에 쓰인 과학소설입니다. 이야기는 발명가 찰스 데니슨이 발견한 불멸 혈청의 윤리적 함의와 사회적 결과를 중심으로 전개됩니다. 그가 자신의 창조물이 가져올 영향에 대해 고뇌하면서, 서사는 권력, 통제, 그리고 인류가 획기적인 발견을 오남용할 가능성이라는 주제들을 탐구합니다. 줄거리는 불멸을 부여하는 혈청을 발견한 후 찰스 데니슨이 자신의 발명품을 사악한 세력들로부터 보호하려는 절망적인 투쟁을 따라갑니다. 그의 창조물을 훔치려는 추격자들로부터 광적인 도주를 한 후, 그는 불멸이 혼돈과 인구 과잉을 초래할 것이라고 믿으며 자신들의 목적을 위해 혈청을 억압하려는 '장의사들'이라고 알려진 음산한 조직과 마주치게 됩니다. 붙잡혀 그들의 본부로 끌려간 데니슨은 자신이 혼자가 아니라는 것을 알게 됩니다. 그는 비슷한 운명에 직면한 다른 발명가들을 만나게 됩니다. 그들은 함께 불멸 클럽을 결성하여 수십 년에 걸쳐 탈출하고 장의사들 계획의 진실을 폭로하기 위해 노력하며, 궁극적으로 권력의 본질과 인류의 미래에 도전하는 스릴 넘치는 해결책으로 이어집니다.
Classics Read in English _ Forever by Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley's "Forever" is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around the ethical implications and societal consequences of an immortality serum discovered by inventor Charles Dennison. As he grapples with the implications of his creation, the narrative explores themes of power, control, and the potential for humanity's misuse of groundbreaking discoveries. The plot follows Charles Dennison's desperate struggle to protect his invention from evil forces after discovering a serum that grants immortality. Following a frantic escape from pursuers who wish to steal his creation, he encounters a shadowy organization known as the Undertakers, who aim to suppress the serum for their own purposes, believing that immortality would lead to chaos and overpopulation. Captured and taken to their headquarters, Dennison learns that he is not alone; he meets other inventors who have faced similar fates. Together, they form the Immortality Club, working over decades to escape and reveal the truth behind the Undertakers' plan, ultimately leading to a thrilling resolution that challenges the nature of power and the future of humanity.
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With so much at stake, Charles Dennison should not have been careless. An inventor cannot afford carelessness, particularly when his invention is extremely valuable and obviously patentable. There are too many grasping hands ready to seize what belongs to someone else, too many men who feast upon the creativity of the innocent.
A touch of paranoia would have served Dennison well; but he was lacking in that vital characteristic of inventors. And he didn't even realize the full extent of his carelessness until a bullet, fired from a silenced weapon, chipped a granite wall not three inches from his head.
Then he knew. But by then it was too late.
Charles Dennison had been left a more than adequate income by his father. He had gone to Harvard, served a hitch in the Navy, then continued his education at M.I.T. Since the age of thirty-two, he had been engaged in private research, working in his own small laboratory in Riverdale, New York.
