<영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 벤 보바의 결투기계>
결투 기계(The Dueling Machine)는 벤 보바(Ben Bova)와 마이런 R. 루이스(Myron R. Lewis)가 1963년에 처음 출판한 SF 소설이다. 이 이야기는 결투 기계라는 가상 현실 환경에서 진행되는 결투를 통해 개인 간의 분쟁이 해결되는 미래를 배경으로 하고 있다.
소설은 갈등의 본질, 폭력의 윤리, 첨단 기술의 잠재적 결과와 같은 주제를 다루고 있다. 결투 기계에 대한 상상력 넘치는 컨셉과 우여곡절로 가득 찬 빠른 속도의 플롯으로 유명하다. "결투 기계"는 흥미진진한 스토리와 생각을 불러일으키는 아이디어로 수십 년 동안 독자들을 즐겁게 해 온 SF의 고전이다.
The Dueling Machine is a science fiction novel first published in 1963 by Ben Bova and Myron R. Lewis. This story is set in a future where disputes between individuals are resolved through duels held in a virtual reality environment called a duel machine.
The novel addresses topics such as the nature of conflict, the ethics of violence, and the potential consequences of advanced technology. It is famous for its imaginative concept of dueling machines and its fast-paced plot full of twists and turns. “Dueling Machines” is a science fiction classic that has delighted readers for decades with its gripping story and thought-provoking ideas.
Summary
The trouble with great ideas is that someone is sure to expend enormous effort and ingenuity figuring out how to louse them up.
Dulaq rode the slide to the upper pedestrian level, stepped off and walked over to the railing. The city stretched out all around him—broad avenues thronged with busy people, pedestrian walks, vehicle thoroughfares, aircars gliding between the gleaming, towering buildings.
And somewhere in this vast city was the man he must kill. The man who would kill him, perhaps.
It all seemed so real! The noise of the streets, the odors of the perfumed trees lining the walks, even the warmth of the reddish sun on his back as he scanned the scene before him.
벤자민 윌리엄 보바 (Benjamin William Bova)는 미국의 작가 이자 편집자 였다. 60년의 집필 경력 동안 그는 120 편이 넘는 SF 및 소설 작품의 저자였으며 , Analog Science Fiction 및 Fact 의 편집자 로 휴고상을 6차례 수상했으며, 국립 우주 협회(National Space Society) 와 미국 SF 작가 협회(Science Fiction Writers of America) 의 회장이기도 했다.
보바는 다양한 장르의 124권이 넘는 책을 썼다. 그는 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two (1973) 및 Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 등 여러 작품을 편집했다. 그는 인간에 의한 태양계 탐험 과 식민지화 에 관한 그랜드 투어 소설 시리즈를 썼다 . The New York Times는 2004년에 출판된 시리즈 중 12개 모음을 검토하면서 Bova를 "마지막 위대한 펄프 작가"라고 묘사했다.
Benjamin William Bova was an American writer and editor. During his 60-year writing career, he was the author of more than 120 works of science fiction and fiction, a six-time Hugo Award winner as editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and a member of the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America. He was also the president of Writers of America.
Bova has written over 124 books in a variety of genres. He has edited several works, including The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two (1973) and Nebula Awards Showcase 2008. He wrote the Grand Tour novel series about the exploration and colonization of the solar system by humans. Reviewing a collection of 12 of the series published in 2004, The New York Times described Bova as "the last great pulp writer."