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클리포드 D. 시맥(Clifford D. Simak)이 1958년에 쓴 "The World That Couldn’t Be"는 과학 소설 작품으로, 시맥의 대표작 중 하나다. 이 작품은 인류의 행성이 아닌 다른 행성에서 일어나는 이야기를 다루고 있다. 특히, 인류의 가치관과 이에 대한 질문을 탐구하면서 외계 생명체와의 만남을 이야기 한다. 이 작품은 시맥의 상상력과 철학적인 요소가 조합되어 독자들에게 깊은 생각을 유발하는 작품으로 평가되고 있다. "The World That Couldn’t Be"는 시맥이 자연과 인간의 관계, 인류의 운명에 대한 고찰을 담은 그의 작품 중 하나다.


“The World That Couldn’t Be,” written in 1958 by Clifford D. Simak, is a science fiction work and one of Simak’s representative works. This work deals with a story that takes place on a planet other than humanity's. In particular, it talks about encounters with extraterrestrial life while exploring humanity's values and questions about them. This work is evaluated as a work that combines Simac's imagination and philosophical elements to provoke deep thought in readers. “The World That Couldn’t Be” is one of Simak’s works that contains his reflections on the relationship between nature and humans, and the fate of humanity.

Summary
Like every farmer on every planet, Duncan had to hunt down anything that damaged his crops?even though he was aware this was?

The tracks went up one row and down another, and in those rows the vua plants had been sheared off an inch or two above the ground. The raider had been methodical; it had not wandered about haphazardly, but had done an efficient job of harvesting the first ten rows on the west side of the field. Then, having eaten its fill, it had angled off into the bush?and that had not been long ago, for the soil still trickled down into the great pug marks, sunk deep into the finely cultivated loam.

Contents
CHAPTER I. The tracks went up one row and down another
CHAPTER II. Duncan got his first shot late in the afternoon
CHAPTER III. Duncan did not see the arrow coming
CHAPTER IV. Now it was more than just a hunt
CHAPTER V. He should go back, he knew
CHAPTER VI. They halted on a knoll