영어로 읽는 SF소설 _ 에드먼드 해밀턴의 별을 훔치려는 도둑들
"The Star Stealers"는 Edmond Hamilton이 1929년에 발표한 공상과학 단편 소설입니다. 이 작품은 초기 '우주 오페라' 장르의 대표작 중 하나로 꼽힙니다. 소설은 은하계 외부에서 온 거대한 외계 생명체들이 태양을 '훔치려' 하는 놀라운 상황을 다룹니다. 지구의 우주 순찰대는 이 위협에 맞서 태양계와 인류를 구하기 위해 필사적인 노력을 펼칩니다. Hamilton은 이 작품을 통해 광대한 우주의 스케일과 인류의 용기를 극적으로 대비시키며, 당시로서는 혁신적인 우주 과학의 개념들을 소개합니다. 이 소설은 후대의 많은 SF 작가들에게 영감을 주었으며, 우주를 배경으로 한 모험 이야기의 선구적인 작품으로 평가받고 있습니다.

Reading Science Fiction Novels in English _ The star stealers by Edmond Hamilton
"The Star Stealers" is a science fiction short story published by Edmond Hamilton in 1929. It is considered one of the representative works of the early 'space opera' genre. The novel deals with the astonishing situation in which giant alien life forms from outside the galaxy attempt to 'steal' the sun. Earth's space patrol makes a desperate effort to save the solar system and humanity from this threat. Through this work, Hamilton dramatically contrasts the vast scale of the universe with the courage of humanity, and introduces concepts of space science that were revolutionary at the time. This novel inspired many later science fiction writers and is considered a pioneering work of adventure stories set in space.

Summary
As I stepped into the narrow bridgeroom the pilot at the controls there turned toward me, saluting.
"Alpha Centauri dead ahead, sir," he reported.
"Turn thirty degrees outward," I told him, "and throttle down to eighty light-speeds until we've passed the star."
Instantly the shining levers flicked back under his hands, and as I stepped over to his side I saw the arrows of the speed-dials creeping backward with the slowing of our flight. Then, gazing through the broad windows which formed the room's front side, I watched the interstellar panorama ahead shifting sidewise with the turning of our course.

Contents
CHAPTER I. As I stepped into the narrow bridgeroom
CHAPTER II. Twenty-four hours after our start I stood again
CHAPTER III. I think now that our cruiser's mad downward plunge
CHAPTER IV. Faint light was filtering through my eyelids
CHAPTER V. For a space of seconds I hung motionless there
CHAPTER VI. It was on a night a week later