<영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 알렌 E. 너스의 최고 외과의>
이 책은 Alan E. Nourse가 1973년에 “Amazing Science Fiction Stories"에 발표한 단편 공상과학 소설이다. 인류가 우주로 확장하고 다른 행성에 식민지를 건설하는 미래를 배경으로 하고 있다. 이 이야기는 스타 외과의사가 되는 것을 꿈꾸는 Garv 행성의 청년 Dal Timgar의 모험이야기다.
Alan Edward Nourse는 미국의 SF 작가이자 의사였다. 그는 청소년 및 성인 SF 소설은 물론 의학과 과학에 관한 논픽션 작품도 썼다. 그의 SF 작품은 때때로 의학 또는 사이오닉에 초점을 맞췄다. 그의 가장 유명한 필명은 Doctor X였다.


This book is a short science fiction novel published by Alan E. Nourse in “Amazing Science Fiction Stories” in 1973. It is set in a future where humanity has expanded into space and established colonies on other planets. The story was told by Star It is the adventure story of Dal Timgar, a young man from the planet Garv who dreams of becoming a surgeon.
Alan Edward Nourse was an American science fiction writer and physician. He has written young adult and adult science fiction as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science. His science fiction work sometimes focused on medicine or psionics. His most famous pen name was Doctor X.

Summary
The shuttle plane from the port of Philadelphia to Hospital Seattle had already gone when Dal Timgar arrived at the loading platform, even though he had taken great pains to be at least thirty minutes early for the boarding.
"You'll just have to wait for the next one," the clerk at the dispatcher's desk told him unsympathetically. "There's nothing else you can do."
"But I can't wait," Dal said. "I have to be in Hospital Seattle by morning." He pulled out the flight schedule and held it under the clerk's nose.

Contents
1. The Intruder
2. Hospital Seattle
3. The Inquisition
4. The Galactic Pill Peddlers
5. Crisis on Morua VIII
6. Tiger Makes a Promise
7. Alarums and Excursions
8. Plague!
9. The Incredible People
10. The Boomerang Clue
11. Dal Breaks a Promise
12. The Showdown
13. The Trial
14. Star Surgeon