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"집착한 남자(A Man Obsessed)"는 앨런 에드워드 누르스(Alan Edward Nourse)가 1955년에 처음 출판한 SF 소설이다. 이 이야기는 삶과 죽음의 본질에 대한 혁명적인 이론에 집착하게 된 뛰어난 과학자 제프리 메이어 박사를 중심으로 전개된다. 그의 집착은 결국 예상치 못한 결과를 초래하는 위험한 실험을 수행하게 만드는데...

"이 아이디어는 제가 의대생으로서 가끔 했던 부전공 의료 기니피깅 경험에서 나온 것입니다. 원래는 미래의 의료 및 연구 발전 가능성이 있는 것으로 생각되었던 호프만 메디컬 센터는 그러나 현재는 신약을 테스트하고 생리학적 효과를 연구하며 일부 경우에는 다소 위험한 절차를 테스트하기 위해 의료용병 작업이 존재하며 일부 실험 그룹은 매우 복잡해졌습니다. 약간 위험하더라도 매우 쉬운 수입원으로 의대생들 사이에서 인기가 있습니다."


"A Man Obsessed" is a science fiction novel first published in 1955 by Alan Edward Nourse. The story centers around Dr. Jeffrey Meyer, a brilliant scientist who becomes obsessed with a revolutionary theory about the nature of life and death. His obsession eventually leads him to perform a dangerous experiment that leads to unexpected results...

“This idea came from my experience as a medical guinea pig, a minor I occasionally had as a medical student. Originally thought to have potential for future medical and research advancements, Hoffman Medical Center now has the potential to test new drugs and study their physiological effects. In some cases, medical mercenary work exists to test somewhat risky procedures, and some experimental groups have become popular among medical students as a very easy, if slightly risky, source of income.”

Summary

HE HUNTED HORROR THROUGH A MANIAC WORLD!
Jeffrey Meyer had a killing on his mind. It meant nothing to him that his towering Twenty-first Century world was going mad. He shouldered aside the rising tide of narcotics-mania, the gambling fever, the insatiable lust for the irrational. Jeff had his own all-consuming obsession?Paul Conroe must die!
After a five-year frenzied chase, Jeff had his victim cornered; he'd driven him into the last hideaway of the world's most desperate men?the sealed vaults of the human-vivisectionists. And Jeff knew that to reach his final horrible objective, he must offer himself also as a guinea pig for the secret experiments of the world's most feared physicians!
Alan E. Nourse's new novel A MAN OBSESSED has the impact of Orwell's 1984 and the imaginative vigor of Huxley's Brave New World.

Contents
CHAPTER I. Jeffrey Meyer sat back in his chair and waited
CHAPTER II. The news report blatted in Jeff Meyer's ear
CHAPTER III. There was no doubt of it
CHAPTER IV. Something exploded in Jeff's brain then
CHAPTER V. His first impulse was to turn and run
CHAPTER VI. Jeff reached out and took the dice from
CHAPTER VII. Jeff sank down in the chair
CHAPTER VIII. It could never have been done without hypnosis
CHAPTER IX. A voice was talking across the room
CHAPTER X. Jacques and Harpo were waiting for him
CHAPTER XI. Jeff raised his eyes to the doctor's face
CHAPTER XII. The needle moved, probed ever so slightly
CHAPTER XIII. Paul Conroe moved for the first time
CHAPTER XIV. He was spinning like a top