<영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 프리츠 라이버의 장검(長劍)의 밤>
“장검의 밤”은 프리츠 라이버(Fritz Leiber)가 1960년에 처음 출간한 SF 단편소설로, 핵전쟁 이후의 황폐한 미래 세계를 배경으로 합니다.
이 이야기는 생존을 위해 극단적인 선택을 해야 하는 파괴된 세계의 현실과, 그 속에서 살아가는 인간의 본성에 대해 탐구합니다. 또한 신뢰와 배신, 협력과 경쟁 사이의 긴장감을 효과적으로 그려내고 있습니다.


“Night of the Long Sword” is a science fiction short story first published in 1960 by Fritz Leiber, set in a bleak future world after nuclear war.
This story explores the reality of a destroyed world where extreme choices must be made to survive, and the human nature of living within it. It also effectively depicts the tension between trust and betrayal, cooperation and competition.

Summary
They were two desperate scavengers in a no-man's land of radiation and death.

The main character, an unnamed male narrator, encounters a woman while traveling through a dangerous area called Deathland. The two spend the night together, despite being wary of each other.
The next morning, tensions rise between the two and they contemplate killing each other. But suddenly a small plane appears from the sky and lands near them.
When they see a tall, healthy-looking man getting off the plane, the two instinctively decide to attack him. They work together and succeed in killing the man.
Immediately after that, an old man appears and says he witnessed their murder... ..

Contents
CHAPTER I. I was one hundred miles from Nowhere
CHAPTER II. When I woke the light was almost full amber
CHAPTER III. Ordinarily scroungers who hide around on the outskirts
CHAPTER IV. For that matter we took off fast with the plane
CHAPTER V. I am not going to try to describe point
CHAPTER VI. And a long merry siege to you
CHAPTER VII. Pop was first down