<영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 로렌스 M. 자니퍼의 패배를 위한 게임>
로렌스 M. 자니퍼(Laurence M. Janifer)의 "The Man Who Played to Lose"는 과학 소설 작품이다. 이 작품은 1961년에 처음 출간되었으며, 저명한 SF 작가로 알려진 자니퍼의 대표작 중 하나다. 이 작품은 전략적인 게임이나 스포츠와 관련된 주제를 다루며, 주인공이 패배를 선택하는 독특한 결정을 내리는 과정을 그리고 있다. 이 소설은 철학적인 요소와 캐릭터들 간의 상호 작용을 통해 사회 및 인간의 본성에 대해 이야기 한다.


"The Man Who Played to Lose" by Laurence M. Janifer is a work of science fiction. This work was first published in 1961, and is one of the representative works of Janifer, known as a renowned science fiction writer. This work deals with topics related to strategic games and sports, and depicts the process in which the protagonist makes a unique decision to choose defeat. This novel talks about society and human nature through philosophical elements and interactions between characters.

Summary
Sometimes the very best thing you can do is to lose. The cholera germ, for instance, asks nothing better than that it be swallowed alive....

When I came into the control room the Captain looked up from a set of charts at me. He stood up and gave me a salute and I returned it, not making a ceremony out of it. "Half an hour to landing, sir," he said.
That irritated me. It always irritates me. "I'm not an officer," I said. "I'm not even an enlisted man."