<영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 알렌 E. 너스의 뇌의 죄인>
이 책은 Alan E. Nourse가 1955년에 “Planet Stories"에 발표한 단편 공상과학 소설이다.
Alan Edward Nourse는 미국의 SF 작가이자 의사였다. 그는 청소년 및 성인 SF 소설은 물론 의학과 과학에 관한 논픽션 작품도 썼다. 그의 SF 작품은 때때로 의학 또는 사이오닉에 초점을 맞췄다. 그의 가장 유명한 필명은 Doctor X였다.
This book is a short science fiction novel published by Alan E. Nourse in “Planet Stories” in 1955.
Alan Edward Nourse was an American science fiction writer and physician. He has written young adult and adult science fiction as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science. His science fiction work sometimes focused on medicine or psionics. His most famous pen name was Doctor X.
Summary
An invisible network of human minds lay across the country, delicately tuned, waiting breathlessly for the first spark of contact from the unknown ... from the unpredictable telepathic Alien.
The ship skimmed down like a shadow from the outer atmosphere and settled gently and silently in the tangled underbrush of the hill that overlooked the bend in the broad river. There was a hiss of scorched leaves, and the piping of a small, trapped animal. Then there was silence.
Higher up, the sunlight was bright over the horizon; here the shadows had lengthened and it was quite dark. Far across the hills a dog howled mournfully; night birds made small rustling sounds through the scrub and underbrush.
앨런 에드워드 너스 (Alan Edward Nourse, 1928 - 1992)는 미국의 SF 작가이자 개업 의사이다. 그는 다양한 쟝르의 SF 뿐만 아니라, 의학과 과학 분야의 도서 역시 저술했다. 그는 앨 에드워즈, 닥터 X 등의 필명도 사용했다.
1928년 아이오와에서 태어난 너스는 1955년 펜실베니아 의과 대학에서 의학 박사 학위를 취득했다. 잠시 동안의 인턴 생활 후, 그는 워싱턴 주에서 개업 의사로서 활동을 시작했고, 이 시기에 열성적인 집필 작업을 했다.
의과 대학을 다니면서도 그는 학비 마련을 위해서 SF 원고를 집필해서 대중 잡지 등에 판매하기도 했다. 이런 활동을 통해서, 그는 유명 SF 작가인 로버트 하인라인 등과 친분 관계를 맺었고, 하인라인은 "파넘의 자유 토지Farnham's Freehold" 라는 작품을 너스에게 헌정하기도 했다.
그는 자신의 의학적 지식을 작품 속에서 활용한 것으로 유명하고, 개업 의사로서 은퇴 후에도 SF 작품을 발표하는 왕성한 활동력을 보여주었다.
Alan Edward Nourse (1928 - 1992) was an American science fiction writer and medical practitioner. He has written not only various genres of science fiction, but also books on medicine and science. He also used pen names such as Al Edwards and Doctor X.
Born in Iowa in 1928, Nurse earned his doctorate in medicine from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1955. After a brief period as an intern, he began practicing medicine in Washington state and during this time engaged in vigorous writing.
While attending medical school, he wrote science fiction manuscripts and sold them to popular magazines to raise money for his tuition. Through these activities, he became friendly with famous science fiction writer Robert Heinlein, and Heinlein dedicated the work "Farnham's Freehold" to Nurse.
He is famous for utilizing his medical knowledge in his works, and he remained active publishing his science fiction works even after his retirement as a medical practitioner.