<영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 스티븐 말로의 10억년 감옥>
스티븐 말로의 "10억년의 감옥"은 인류가 발전된 성간 여행을 개발한 미래를 배경으로 한 고전 SF 소설로 1956년에 출간 되었다.
이야기는 잘못된 범죄로 유죄 판결을 받고 머나먼 행성에 위치한 가혹한 감옥에 갇힌 아담 슬레이드를 중심으로 진행된다. "The Rock"으로 알려진 감옥은 수감자들이 수십억 년 동안 극한의 환경을 견뎌야 하는 잔인하고 가혹한 환경이다. 소설은 아담의 생존을 위한 투쟁과 겉보기에 탈출할 수 없을 것 같은 감옥에서 탈출하려는 그의 시도를 이야기 한다.
Stephen Marlowe's "A Prison of a Billion Years" is a classic science fiction novel published in 1956 set in a future where humanity has developed advanced interstellar travel.
The story centers around Adam Slade, who is wrongly convicted of a crime and imprisoned in a harsh prison located on a distant planet. The prison known as "The Rock" is a cruel and harsh environment where prisoners have been forced to endure extreme conditions for billions of years. The novel tells the story of Adam's struggle for survival and his attempts to escape a seemingly inescapable prison.
Summary
Adam Slade was a man who had nothing to lose by making a break for it. The trouble was, he knew that no one had ever escaped from the—
Adam Slade crushed the guard's skull with a two foot length of iron pipe. No one ever knew where Slade got the iron pipe, but it did not seem so important.
The guard was dead. That was important.
And Slade was on the loose. With a hostage.
That was even more important.
스티븐 말로 (Stephen Marlowe, 본명 Milton Lesser(밀턴 Lesser)는 SF , 미스터리 소설 , 고야 의 가상 자서전을 쓴 미국 작가다. 그는 1955년 소설 The Second Longest Night 를 위해 창작한 탐정 캐릭터 Chester Drum으로 가장 잘 알려졌다. Lesser는 또한 Adam Chase, Andrew Frazer, CH Thames, Jason Ridgway, Stephen Wilder 및 Ellery Queen 이라는 가명을 사용하여 글을 쓰기도 했다.
Stephen Marlowe (born Milton Lesser) is an American author of science fiction, mystery novels, and Goya's fictional autobiography. He is best known for the detective character Chester Drum, which he created for his 1955 novel The Second Longest Night. .Lesser also wrote using the pseudonyms Adam Chase, Andrew Frazer, CH Thames, Jason Ridgway, Stephen Wilder, and Ellery Queen.