영어로 읽는 SF소설 _ 데이먼 나이트의 비치콤버
"Beachcomber"는 미국의 과학 소설 작가 데이먼 나이트(Damon Knight)가 1952년에 쓴 단편 소설입니다. 데이먼 나이트는 20세기 중반에 활동한 저명한 SF 작가이자 편집자, 비평가로 알려져 있습니다.
Damon Knight는 20세기 미국 과학 소설계의 핵심 인물로, 작가, 편집자, 비평가, 교육자로서 다방면에서 활약했습니다. 그는 "To Serve Man" 등의 인상적인 작품을 집필했고, 여러 과학 소설 잡지와 선집을 편집하며 신인 작가 발굴에 힘썼습니다. 날카로운 비평으로 장르의 질적 향상에 기여했으며, 클라리온 작가 워크샵을 공동 설립해 많은 신진 작가를 양성했습니다.

Reading Science Fiction Novels in English _ The Beachcomber by Damon Knight
"Beachcomber" is a short story written in 1952 by American science fiction writer Damon Knight. Damon Knight is known as a prominent science fiction writer, editor, and critic who was active in the mid-20th century.
Damon Knight was a key figure in the 20th-century American science fiction world, and was active in various fields as a writer, editor, critic, and educator. He wrote impressive works such as "To Serve Man" and edited several science fiction magazines and anthologies, working hard to discover new writers. He contributed to the qualitative improvement of the genre with his sharp criticism, and co-founded the Clarion Writers' Workshop, nurturing many new writers.

Summary
Alice saw the Beachcomber as a glorious hunk of man; Maxwell saw him as a super being from the future. Tragically, he was both!...

Maxwell and the girl started their weekend on Thursday, in Venice. Friday they went to Paris, Saturday to Nice, and on Sunday they were bored. Alice pouted at him across the breakfast table. "Vernon, let's go someplace else," she said.
"Sure," said Maxwell, not too graciously. "Don't you want your bug eggs?"
Alice pushed them away. "If I ever did, I don't now. Why do you have to be so unpleasant in the morning?"
The eggs were insect eggs, all right, but they were on the menu as oeufs Procyon Thibault, and three of the half-inch brown spheres cost about one thousand times their value in calories.

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The Beachcomber