<영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 잭 샤키의 프로그램화된 사람들>
"The Programmed People"는 Jack Sharkey가 쓴 과학 소설 단편으로, 1963년 Amazing Storie에 발표되었다. 이 작품은 미래 사회를 배경으로 인간이 프로그램된 존재가 되는 설정을 다루고 있다. Sharkey의 작품은 주로 인간의 본성과 기술 발전의 영향을 탐구하는 내용을 담고 있다.
이 이야기에서는 사람들이 특정한 프로그램에 의해 조종되거나 통제되는 사회를 그리고 있으며, 주인공이 이러한 시스템에 맞서 싸우는 과정을 통해 자유와 인간성의 중요성을 강조하고 있다.


"The Programmed People" is a science fiction short story written by Jack Sharkey, published in Amazing Story in 1963. This work deals with the setting of a future society where humans become programmed beings. Sharkey's work primarily explores human nature and the impact of technological advancements.
This story depicts a society where people are manipulated or controlled by specific programs, and the importance of freedom and humanity is emphasized through the protagonist's fight against this system.

Summary
From Light-of-Day to Ultrablack, the people of the Hive went about their rigid lives in ignorance of their real ruler, of their true history. How could one slender blonde girl crack this powerful monolithic structure?

Under the stark bluewhite glow that glittered from hidden niches onto the faceted undersurface of the vast vaulted crystal dome, the people milled and jockeyed for position near the dais. There was still room to move about and select a standing-site; most of the heavy thronging was still at the entrances, the wide, squat arches giving egress to the fifteen block-long arcades that radiated from the center of the temple like the spokes of a gigantic wheel. Between the pillars that framed these arches, long unbroken walls served as firm backdrops for the Vote Boxes, twenty-five to a wall, three hundred seventy-five in all, to service a building that could hold five thousand.

Contents
CHAPTER I. Under the stark bluewhite glow
CHAPTER II. Lloyd didn't like Goons
CHAPTER III. Grace Horton appraised herself in the mirror
CHAPTER IV. Didn't you tell your future daughter-in-law
CHAPTER V. Bodger had only a short distance to walk to
CHAPTER VI. A hand was shaking his shoulder roughly
CHAPTER VII. Robert Lennick leaned far back in his swivel chair
CHAPTER VIII. Frank, the director, stood by impatiently
CHAPTER IX. Arriving at the door to Grace Horton's Unit
CHAPTER X. Under the blazing arc-lights on the set
CHAPTER XI. After thumbing the doorbell the second time
CHAPTER XII. You really believe that Bodger
CHAPTER XIII. The four prisoners sat glumly looking at the impenetrable
CHAPTER XIV. Knowing only the sector in which Andra had been seen
CHAPTER XV. The end of the line for the lift was Sub-Level One