영어로 읽는 SF 소설 _ 프레드릭 폴의 아인슈타인의 소행성
"Einstein's Planetoid"는 과학 소설의 거장들인 C. M. Kornbluth, Robert W. Lowndes, Frederik Pohl이 1942년에 공동으로 집필한 작품이다. 이 소설은 1940년대에 발표되었으며, 세 작가의 독특한 시각과 창의력이 결합된 흥미로운 우주 모험 이야기를 담고 있다. 작품은 아인슈타인의 이름을 딴 가상의 행성체를 중심으로 펼쳐지는 과학적 탐험과 인간 드라마를 그리고 있다. 이 미지의 천체는 기존 물리학 법칙으로는 설명할 수 없는 특성을 지니고 있어, 과학자들과 우주 탐험가들의 주목을 받게 된다. 소설은 이 행성체를 둘러싼 탐사 임무, 예상치 못한 위험, 그리고 그 과정에서 드러나는 인간의 야망과 공포, 호기심을 섬세하게 묘사한다. 작가들은 당시의 과학적 지식과 상상력을 바탕으로, 우주의 신비와 인류의 탐구 정신을 흥미진진하게 풀어내고 있다.

SF Novels in English _ Einstein’s planetoid by C. M. Kornbluth, Robert W. Lowndes, and Frederik Pohl
"Einstein's Planetoid" is a work co-written by science fiction masters C. M. Kornbluth, Robert W. Lowndes, and Frederik Pohl in 1942. Published in the 1940s, the novel contains an exciting space adventure story that combines the unique perspectives and creativity of the three authors. The work depicts scientific exploration and human drama centered around a fictional planet named after Einstein. This unknown celestial body has characteristics that cannot be explained by existing laws of physics, and thus attracts the attention of scientists and space explorers. The novel delicately describes the exploration mission surrounding this planet, the unexpected dangers, and the human ambitions, fears, and curiosity that are revealed in the process. Based on the scientific knowledge and imagination of the time, the authors excitingly unravel the mysteries of the universe and the spirit of human exploration.

Summary
They were the heirs of space-flight: They planned to be the first humans to land on Alpha Centauri, but the original Hartnett expedition had been lost and they had to find it first. They followed the signals and found that they led to what looked like a one-way excursion to the screwiest planetoid in the galaxy!

Nick Hartnett stepped off the upper lip of the thousand-foot shaft and floated gently downwards. When he had fallen about half the distance, he reached out for a stanchion, grasped it easily and pulled himself gracefully into the lounge-room of the Columbia.
What he saw there was precisely what he expected to see. There was Dorothy Gilbert, curled in a spring-hammock, reading a book. Nick was looking over’ her shoulder before she knew he had entered.

Contents
CHAPTER I. HEIRS OF SPACE FLIGHT
CHAPTER II. INCREDIBLE WORLD
CHAPTER III. MENACE UNSEEN
CHAPTER IV. ORDEAL