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"Arbiter"는 1953년에 출판되었으며, 이 소설은 특히 과학 소설과 판타지 장르에서 인기를 끌었다. 메르윈의 작품은 그의 상상력과 과학적인 지식을 바탕으로 흥미진진한 이야기를 제공해 준다. "Arbiter"는 그의 작품 중 하나로, 그의 창의력과 재능을 보여주는 대표적인 작품 중 하나다.
이 소설은 인간과 외계 생명체 사이의 관계와 그들 간의 권력 및 의사 결정에 대한 흥미 진진한 이야기를 다루고 있다. 책은 산업 스파이 등의 요소를 가지고 있으며 과학 소설 팬들 사이에서 평가가 높다.


"Arbiter" was published in 1953, and the novel was particularly popular in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Merwin's works provide exciting stories based on his imagination and scientific knowledge. “Arbiter” is one of his works and one of the representative works that shows his creativity and talent.
The novel tells an exciting story about the relationship between humans and extraterrestrial life and the power and decision-making between them. The book has elements such as industrial espionage and is highly regarded among science fiction fans.

Summary
Ivan Rutherford Y Barra, Permanent Secretary of the United Planets, watched the thin trail of fire in the star-sprinkled night sky and felt stirrings of familiar panic. Although he had greeted incoming representatives of the inner and outer planets some three hundred-odd times during his six-year tenure as Permanent Secretary?although the curved window through which he watched was a two-foot-thick panel of plexiquartz?although he knew the descending space-ship was chained to its landing beam more securely than Prometheus to his mythical rock?yet panic persisted.