영어로 읽는 SF 소설 _ 프레드릭 폴의 오리온의 다섯 지옥
"The Five Hells of Orion"은 Frederik Pohl이 1962년에 발표한 과학 소설이다. 이 작품은 Pohl 특유의 상상력 넘치는 우주 모험과 날카로운 사회 비평이 어우러진 SF 소설이다. 이야기는 오리온 성단을 향해 떠난 우주 탐사대의 모험을 중심으로 전개된다. 주인공과 그의 동료들은 미지의 행성들을 탐험하며, 각기 다른 '지옥'과도 같은 위험한 환경들과 맞닥뜨리게 된다. Pohl은 이러한 설정을 통해 인간의 적응력, 생존 본능, 그리고 미지의 세계를 마주했을 때의 인간 심리를 탐구한다. 또한 각 '지옥'은 현대 사회의 다양한 측면을 은유적으로 반영하여, 독자들에게 현실 세계에 대한 새로운 시각을 제시한다. "The Five Hells of Orion"은 흥미진진한 우주 탐사 이야기를 통해 인간 본성과 사회 구조에 대한 깊이 있는 통찰을 제공하는 작품이다.

Reading Science Fiction Novels in English _ The Five Hells of Orion by Frederik Pohl
"The Five Hells of Orion" is a science fiction novel published in 1962 by Frederik Pohl. This work is a science fiction novel that combines Pohl's characteristically imaginative space adventure with sharp social criticism. The story revolves around the adventures of a space exploration team heading to the Orion constellation. The protagonist and his companions explore unknown planets and encounter dangerous environments that are like different "hells." Through this setting, Pohl explores human adaptability, survival instincts, and human psychology when faced with an unknown world. Each "hell" also metaphorically reflects various aspects of modern society, giving readers a new perspective on the real world. "The Five Hells of Orion" is a work that provides deep insight into human nature and social structure through an exciting space exploration story.

Summary
Out in the great gas cloud of the Orion Nebula McCray found an ally?and a foe!

His name was Herrell McCray and he was scared.
As best he could tell, he was in a sort of room no bigger than a prison cell. Perhaps it was a prison cell. Whatever it was, he had no business in it; for five minutes before he had been spaceborne, on the Long Jump from Earth to the thriving colonies circling Betelgeuse Nine. McCray was ship's navigator, plotting course corrections?not that there were any, ever; but the reason there were none was that the check-sightings were made every hour of the long flight. He had read off the azimuth angles from the computer sights, automatically locked on their beacon stars, and found them correct;

Contents
CHAPTER I. His name was Herrell McCray
CHAPTER II. Someone else could
CHAPTER III. Before Stage Two began
CHAPTER IV. Hatcher's second in command said
CHAPTER V. Some hundreds of light-years away