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"Project Mastodon"는 클리퍼드 D. 시맥(Clifford D. Simak)이 1955년에 쓴 공상과학 소설이다. 이 소설은 인간이 더 이상 지구상에서 존속하지 않는 시대를 다루고 있으며, 인간의 희망과 욕망을 이야기 한다. 이 소설은 시맥의 대표작 중 하나로, 그의 작품 중에서도 특히 높은 평가를 받고 있다. 시맥의 작품은 과학적 상상력과 철학적 사고를 융합시킨 것으로 알려져 있다. "Project Mastodon"은 인간의 존재와 그 의미에 대해 깊이 생각하게 하는 작품으로, 과거와 미래를 오가며 독특한 시나리오로 구성되어 있다.


"Project Mastodon" is a science fiction novel written in 1955 by Clifford D. Simak. This novel deals with a time when humans no longer exist on Earth, and talks about human hopes and desires. This novel is one of Simak's representative works and is especially highly regarded among his works. Simak's works are known to combine scientific imagination and philosophical thinking. "Project Mastodon" is a work that makes you think deeply about human existence and its meaning, and consists of a unique scenario that goes back and forth between the past and the future.

Summary
The chief of protocol said, "Mr. Hudson of?ah?Mastodonia."
The secretary of state held out his hand. "I'm glad to see you, Mr. Hudson. I understand you've been here several times."
"That's right," said Hudson. "I had a hard time making your people believe I was in earnest."
"And are you, Mr. Hudson?"
"Believe me, sir, I would not try to fool you."
"And this Mastodonia," said the secretary, reaching down to tap the document upon the desk. "You will pardon me, but I've never heard of it."

Contents
CHAPTER I. The secretary of state held out his hand
CHAPTER II. President Wesley Adams and Secretary of State John Cooper sat glumly
CHAPTER III. They built the nightly fires circling the camp
CHAPTER IV. Hudson lay in his sleeping bag
CHAPTER V. General Leslie Bowers rose from his chair
CHAPTER VI. The helicopter would never fly again
CHAPTER VII. The general sat alone in his office
CHAPTER VIII. It had taken ten full days of back-breaking work to
CHAPTER IX. The chief of Central Intelligence was white-lipped
CHAPTER X. The two hunters trudged homeward late in the afternoon
CHAPTER XI. The crash brought Gen
CHAPTER XII. The night editor read the bulletin just off the teletype
CHAPTER XIII. Tabby, the saber-tooth, dabbed playfully
CHAPTER XIV. For to be of any use