영어로 읽는 공상과학소설 _ 알프레드 코펠의 화성의 여전사
알프레드 코펠의 "Warrior Maid of Mars"는 1950년대에 발표된 과학 소설 단편입니다. 이 작품의 제목은 화성의 전사 소녀를 의미하며, 화성을 배경으로 한 모험 이야기일 것으로 추측됩니다. 소설은 아마도 화성에서 살아가는 여성 전사의 모험과 도전을 중심으로 이야기가 전개될 것입니다. 코펠은 이 작품에서 외계 문명, 인류의 우주 진출, 그리고 미지의 세계에서의 생존과 투쟁을 탐구할 가능성이 높습니다. "Warrior Maid of Mars"는 1950년대 과학 소설의 전형적인 특징인 우주 개척과 외계 생명체에 대한 상상을 반영하며, 동시에 여성 영웅을 내세워 당시로서는 진보적인 면모를 보일 수 있습니다. 이 소설은 화성의 이국적인 환경, 모험, 그리고 인간의 적응력을 다루며, 독자들에게 다른 세계에서의 삶과 문명의 가능성에 대해 상상해볼 기회를 제공할 것입니다.

Reading Science Fiction in English _ Warrior Maid of Mars by Alfred Coppel
Alfred Koppel's "Warrior Maid of Mars" is a science fiction short story published in the 1950s. The title of this work means Warrior Maid of Mars, and it is presumed to be an adventure story set on Mars. The novel will probably center around the adventures and challenges of a female warrior living on Mars. Koppel is likely to explore extraterrestrial civilizations, humanity's advancement into space, and survival and struggles on an unknown world. "Warrior Maid of Mars" reflects the typical characteristics of 1950s science fiction, such as the imagination of space exploration and extraterrestrial life, while also presenting a female hero, which may be considered progressive for its time. This novel deals with the exotic environment of Mars, adventure, and human adaptability, and will provide readers with an opportunity to imagine the possibilities of life and civilization on other worlds.

Summary
The small room was dark but for the flickering light of a single ef-lamp that burned on the bare table between the two long rows of black-hooded figures. The thin dry air was surcharged with the tenseness of a tautly drawn cord ... a strangler's cord. A sentence of death had been passed in silence. Now, the executioners balloted, still in silence, to select from their number a leader.
The High Council of the Maldia was in session. Behind the dark, enigmatic sable masks and robes lurked all the might and hate of a proud, ancient and dying culture. The might of a warlike world's aristocracy. The hate that was the unreasoning, distilled essence of a doomed world's bitterness....

Contents
CHAPTER I. The small room was dark
CHAPTER II. There was wind on his face
CHAPTER III. An hour before sunrise
CHAPTER IV. At noon, Telis took time to search
CHAPTER V. For what seemed a long time
CHAPTER VI. Telis hurried with Leslie to the watchtower