영어로 읽는 SF 소설 _ 프레드릭 폴의 떠도는 지구
"Wolfbane"은 Frederik Pohl과 C. M. Kornbluth가 1959년에 공동 집필한 과학 소설이다. 이 작품은 독특한 후세계말적 설정과 심오한 철학적 질문을 결합한 SF 걸작으로 평가받는다. 소설은 외계 지적 생명체에 의해 태양계에서 떨어져 나와 우주를 떠도는 지구를 배경으로 한다. 이 냉혹한 환경에서 살아남은 인류는 엄격한 사회 체제 아래에서 생존을 이어간다. 주인공 글렌 트로프먼은 이러한 사회에 순응하지 못하고 반란을 꿈꾸는 인물이다. Pohl과 Kornbluth는 이 설정을 통해 개인의 자유와 사회의 안정 사이의 갈등, 인간의 적응력과 생존 본능, 그리고 외계 지능과의 만남이 가져올 철학적 문제들을 탐구한다. "Wolfbane"은 흥미진진한 우주 서사를 바탕으로 인간의 본성과 사회 구조에 대한 깊이 있는 통찰을 제공하는 작품이다.

Reading Science Fiction Novels in English _ Wolfbane by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth
"Wolfbane" is a science fiction novel co-written by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth in 1959. It is considered a masterpiece of science fiction that combines a unique post-apocalyptic setting with profound philosophical questions. The novel is set on Earth, which has been separated from the solar system by extraterrestrial intelligence and is drifting through space. Humanity that has survived in this harsh environment continues to survive under a strict social system. The main character, Glenn Trofman, is a character who cannot adapt to this society and dreams of rebellion. Through this setting, Pohl and Kornbluth explore the conflict between individual freedom and social stability, human adaptability and survival instinct, and the philosophical issues that will arise from an encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence. "Wolfbane" is a work that provides deep insight into human nature and social structure based on an exciting space narrative.

Summary
Appallingly, the Earth and the Moon had been kidnapped from the Solar System?but who were the kidnappers and what ransom did they want?

Roget Germyn, banker, of Wheeling, West Virginia, a Citizen, woke gently from a Citizen's dreamless sleep. It was the third-hour-rising time, the time proper to a day of exceptional opportunity to appreciate.
Citizen Germyn dressed himself in the clothes proper for the appreciation of great works?such as viewing the Empire State ruins against storm clouds from a small boat, or walking in silent single file across the remaining course of the Golden Gate Bridge. Or as today?one hoped?witnessing the Re-creation of the Sun.

Contents
CHAPTER I. Citizen Germyn dressed himself
CHAPTER II. Citizen and Citizeness Roget Germyn walked down Pine Street
CHAPTER III. Engineering had long ago come to
CHAPTER IV. Half a world away
CHAPTER V. Citizen Germyn, as was his right by position
CHAPTER VI. Glenn Tropile and his sobbing wife passed the night
CHAPTER VII. The way to Mount Everest
CHAPTER VIII. Haendl plodded angrily through the high grass
CHAPTER IX. Possibly the events of the past few days
CHAPTER X. On Earth's binary
CHAPTER XI. Haendl was on the ragged edge of breakdown
CHAPTER XII. On Mount Everest
CHAPTER XIII. Citizeness Roget Germyn, widow, woke from sleep
CHAPTER XIV. With a series of grinding shocks
CHAPTER XV. Tropile swam up out of hammering blackness