영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 가드너 F. 폭스의 신의 기계
"Engines of the Gods"는 Gardner F. Fox가 1965년에 발표한 공상과학 소설입니다. 이 작품은 고대 문명과 외계 과학기술을 독특하게 결합한 모험 이야기를 담고 있습니다.
이야기는 고고학자인 주인공이 고대 유물을 조사하던 중, 지구의 역사 속에 숨겨진 외계인의 흔적을 발견하면서 시작됩니다. 소설은 마야 문명, 이집트 피라미드, 그리고 다른 고대 문명들의 건축물이 실제로는 외계 기술의 산물이었다는 설정을 바탕으로 전개됩니다.
Fox는 그의 트레이드마크인 풍부한 상상력을 발휘하여, 과학적 추측과 고대 신화를 교묘하게 엮어 흥미진진한 서사를 구축했습니다. 특히 '신들의 기계'라는 제목이 암시하듯, 고대인들이 신으로 여겼던 존재들의 진실을 현대 과학의 관점에서 재해석하는 시도를 보여줍니다.
이 소설은 1960년대 SF 장르의 특징인 '고대 우주인 이론'을 다루면서도, Fox 특유의 모험소설적 요소를 가미하여 독자들에게 흥미로운 읽을거리를 제공합니다.

English Science Fiction Novels _ Engines of the Gods by Gardner F. Fox
"Engines of the Gods" is a science fiction novel published by Gardner F. Fox in 1965. It is an adventure story that uniquely combines ancient civilizations and alien technology.
The story begins when the protagonist, an archaeologist, discovers traces of aliens hidden in Earth's history while investigating ancient artifacts. The novel is based on the premise that the Mayan civilization, the Egyptian pyramids, and other ancient civilizations' structures were actually products of alien technology.
Fox uses his trademark rich imagination to cleverly weave scientific speculations and ancient myths to create an exciting narrative. In particular, as the title "Engines of the Gods" suggests, it shows an attempt to reinterpret the truth about beings that the ancients considered gods from a modern scientific perspective.
This novel deals with the "ancient alien theory," a characteristic of the 1960s SF genre, while adding Fox's unique adventure novel elements to provide readers with interesting reading material.

Summary
The engine was the wealth of Mars. With it Kortha could save his people ... or the evil Guantra could rule the Universe. But neither could use the machine until its secret was solved?so they fought and schemed for the knowledge, and their planet lay on the brink of destruction.

Kortha the smith brooded out over the great red waste of desert. Men said Kortha was a genius. Men said he was the biggest man on Mars, and strong as an anthropoid ape. But Kortha brooded, because Kortha was a coward.
He was not afraid for himself. He was afraid of himself.
He looked at his sun-bronzed, hamlike hands, and shuddered; glistening beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. With those hands he had killed men, and had crippled his best friend for life.

Contents
CHAPTER I. Kortha the smith brooded out over the great red waste
CHAPTER II. Five days later a giant of a man
CHAPTER III. Kortha floated in clouds, bodiless
CHAPTER IV. It was still in the room when Kortha woke