영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 에블린 E. 스미스의 외부인
Evelyn E. Smith의 "The Man Outside"는 1950년대에 발표된 SF 단편 소설이다. 이 작품은 Galaxy Science Fiction이나 다른 유명 SF 잡지에 게재되었을 가능성이 높다. 제목에서 암시하듯 이 소설은 사회나 시스템의 '외부'에 있는 인물을 중심으로 이야기가 전개될 것으로 추정된다. Smith는 이 작품에서 그녀의 특징적인 문체와 사회 비평적 시각을 활용하여 개인과 사회의 관계, 소외, 그리고 정체성의 문제를 탐구했을 것이다. 소설은 아마도 미래 사회나 대안적 현실을 배경으로, 주류 사회에서 벗어난 인물의 경험을 통해 당시의 사회적, 정치적 이슈들을 간접적으로 다루고 있을 가능성이 높다. Smith의 예리한 통찰력과 풍자적 요소는 이 작품에서도 중요한 역할을 했을 것이며, 독자들에게 기존의 사회 구조와 가치관에 대해 새로운 시각을 제시했을 것이다.

Reading Science Fiction in English _ The Man Outside by Evelyn E. Smith
"The Man Outside" by Evelyn E. Smith is a science fiction short story published in the 1950s. It was most likely published in Galaxy Science Fiction or another popular science fiction magazine. As the title suggests, the story is likely to center around a character who is "outside" of society or a system. In this work, Smith would have used her characteristic writing style and social critical perspective to explore the relationship between the individual and society, alienation, and identity. The novel is likely to be set in a future society or an alternative reality, and indirectly deals with social and political issues of the time through the experiences of a character who is outside of mainstream society. Smith's keen insight and satirical elements would have played an important role in this work as well, providing readers with a new perspective on existing social structures and values.

Summary
No one, least of all Martin, could dispute that a man's life should be guarded by his kin?but by those who hadn't been born yet?

Nobody in the neighborhood was surprised when Martin's mother disappeared and Ninian came to take care of him. Mothers had a way of disappearing around those parts and the kids were often better off without them. Martin was no exception. He'd never had it this good while he was living with his old lady. As for his father, Martin had never had one. He'd been a war baby, born of one of the tides of soldiers?enemies and allies, both?that had engulfed the country in successive waves and bought or taken the women. So there was no trouble that way.

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The Man Outside