<영어로 읽는 공상과학 고전소설 _ 필립 K. 딕의 변수가 된 인간>
"변수가 된 인간"은 필립 K. 딕(Philip K. Dick)이 쓴 과학 소설 중 하나다. 이 작품은 1953년에 처음 발표되었다. 이 소설은 미래의 세계를 배경으로 하며, 인간이 컴퓨터와 기술에 의해 지배되는 시대를 다루고 있다. 이 소설은 인간과 기계 간의 관계, 미래의 기술 발전 및 인간의 자유와 책임에 대한 철학적인 고찰을 이야기 한다. 필립 K. 딕의 작품 중에서도 대표적인 과학 소설 중 하나로 평가되고 있다.


“The Man Who Became a Variable” is one of the science fiction novels written by Philip K. Dick. This work was first published in 1953. This novel is set in a future world and deals with an era where humans are dominated by computers and technology. This novel talks about the relationship between humans and machines, future technological developments, and philosophical considerations of human freedom and responsibility. Among Philip K. Dick's works, it is evaluated as one of the representative science novels.

Summary
The human race has achieved space travel and begun to spread out from Earth, but is limited by an old and corrupt Centauran Empire, ruled from Proxima Centauri. The Empire fully encircles the Terran solar system and will not let the humans grow beyond it. Terra and the Centauran Empire effectively become locked in a cold war, with each side watching the other but neither side attacking. Terra uses the almost prophetic SRB machines to calculate their chances to win a war versus Centauri and updates these calculations with each new development.

Contents
CHAPTER I. Security Commissioner Reinhart rapidly climbed the front steps
CHAPTER II. Thomas Cole was sharpening a knife with his whetstone
CHAPTER III. Eric Reinhart examined the vidsender box carefully
CHAPTER IV. Three days later Joseph Dixon slid a closed-circuit message