<영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 잭 샤키의 지구에 숨어사는 화성인>
"The Secret Martians"는 Jack Sharkey가 1960년에 발표한 과학 소설이다. 이 작품은 화성에 관한 이야기를 중심으로 하며, 지구인과 화성인 간의 비밀스러운 접촉과 상호작용을 다루고 있다. Sharkey의 특유의 유머와 상상력이 돋보이는 작품으로, 예상치 못한 반전과 흥미진진한 전개가 특징이다.
이 소설은 화성인들이 지구에 숨어 살면서 벌어지는 사건과 그들만의 비밀을 지키기 위해 노력하는 과정을 그리고 있다. 주인공은 이러한 비밀을 우연히 알게 되면서 겪는 모험을 통해 화성인들과의 관계를 발전시키고, 나아가 지구와 화성 간의 평화를 추구하게 된다.


"The Secret Martians" is a science fiction novel published in 1960 by Jack Sharkey. This work centers on the story of Mars and deals with secret contact and interaction between Earthlings and Martians. This work highlights Sharkey's unique humor and imagination, and features unexpected twists and exciting developments.
This novel depicts the events that occur while Martians live in hiding on Earth and the efforts they make to keep their secrets. The protagonist learns this secret accidentally, develops relationships with the Martians through adventures, and further pursues peace between Earth and Mars.

Summary
MASTER SPY OF THE RED PLANET
Jery Delvin had a most unusual talent. He could detect the flaws in any scheme almost on sight?even where they had eluded the best brains in the ad agency where he worked. So when the Chief of World Security told him that he had been selected as the answer to the Solar System's greatest mystery, Jery assumed that it was because of his mental agility.
But when he got to Mars to find out why fifteen boys had vanished from a spaceship in mid-space, he found out that even his quick mind needed time to pierce the maze of out-of-this-world double-dealing. For Jery had become a walking bomb, and when he set himself off, it would be the end of the whole puzzle of THE SECRET MARTIANS?with Jery as the first to go!

Contents
CHAPTER I. I was sitting at my desk, trying to decide
CHAPTER II. I stared at him, nonplussed
CHAPTER III. Phobos II, for obvious reasons, was berthed
CHAPTER IV. "Strange," I remarked to Chief Baxter
CHAPTER V. Since antigravity, artificial gravity
CHAPTER VI. "Don't pretend," Snow said
CHAPTER VII. By evening of the following day
CHAPTER VIII. Marsport, the largest?if you excluded the prospecting
CHAPTER IX. My first awareness was the whine of the converters
CHAPTER X. When I got outside, there was no sign
CHAPTER XI. Charlie and the other Security Agent
CHAPTER XII. I forgot I was supposed to be mad at her
CHAPTER XIII. An hour later, when Clatclit had gone off
CHAPTER XIV. Clatclit came lumbering into the chamber
CHAPTER XV. Snow and I stepped into the great gleaming chamber
CHAPTER XVI. "Destroy Baxter?" I echoed stupidly
CHAPTER XVII. Simultaneous with that parabolite wall shutting in my face
CHAPTER XVIII. Something was very definitely wrong
CHAPTER XIX. "Well, this is a switch!" I remarked
CHAPTER XX. "Snow! Darling, are you all right?"