영어로 읽는 SF소설 _ 에밋 맥도웰의 수성의 붉은 마녀
Robert Emmett McDowell의 "Red Witch of Mercury"는 과학 소설과 판타지 요소를 독특하게 결합한 작품입니다. 이 소설은 미래의 수성 탐사를 배경으로 하며, 인류의 첫 수성 정착지에서 발생하는 기이한 사건들을 다룹니다. 주인공은 수성의 극한 환경 속에서 미스터리한 '붉은 마녀'의 존재와 마주하게 되고, 과학으로는 설명할 수 없는 현상들을 경험합니다. McDowell은 이 작품에서 과학적 상상력과 신비주의적 요소를 절묘하게 조화시키며, 독자들에게 흥미진진한 우주 모험을 선사합니다. 이 소설은 1950년대 과학 소설의 특징을 잘 보여주면서도 독창적인 이야기로 주목받았습니다.

Reading Science Fiction Novels in English _ Red Witch of Mercury by Robert Emmett McDowell
Robert Emmett McDowell's "Red Witch of Mercury" is a unique combination of science fiction and fantasy elements. The novel is set in the future on Mercury, and deals with the strange events that occur at the first human settlement on Mercury. The protagonist encounters the mysterious "Red Witch" in the extreme environment of Mercury and experiences phenomena that cannot be explained by science. McDowell exquisitely combines scientific imagination and mystical elements in this work, giving readers an exciting space adventure. The novel is notable for its unique story while also showing the characteristics of 1950s science fiction.

Summary
Death was Jaro Moynahan's stock in trade, and every planet had known his touch. But now, on Mercury, he was selling his guns into the weirdest of all his exploits?gambling his life against the soft touch of a woman's lips.

On the stage of Mercury Sam's Garden, a tight-frocked, limber-hipped, red-head was singing "The Lady from Mars." The song was a rollicking, ribald ditty, a favorite of the planters and miners, the space pilots and army officers who frequented the garden. The girl rendered it with such gusto that the audience burst into a roar of applause.
She bent her head in acknowledgment so that her bronze red hair fell down about her face. There was perspiration on her upper lip and temples. Her crimson mouth wore a fixed smile. Her eyes were frightened.

Contents
CHAPTER I. On the stage of Mercury Sam's Garden
CHAPTER II. Jaro returned to his room
CHAPTER III. Jaro locked the door under the girl's suspicious eyes
CHAPTER IV. At once they were engulfed in a concourse of Mercurians
CHAPTER V. There are a few questions
CHAPTER VI. Jaro hesitated undecided
CHAPTER VII. The Latonka Trust building was a wreck