Science fiction · Adventure · 1922
The Chessmen of Mars
화성의 체스인간
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A Barsoom adventure in which Tara of Helium, daughter of John Carter, is carried off by an airship and ends up in the strange city of Bantoom. There the inhabitants play a living game of jetan.
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“Shea had just beaten me at chess, as usual, and, also as usual, I had gleaned what questionable satisfaction I might by twitting him with this indication of failing mentality by calling his attention for the nth time to that theory, propounded by certain…”
The Chessmen of Mars · Edgar Rice Burroughs
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The black hair, the steel-gray eyes, brave and smiling, the noble features--I recognized them at once, and leaping to my feet I advanced with outstretched hand.
검은 머리카락, 강철처럼 회색빛 눈, 용감하고 미소 짓는 얼굴, 고귀한 용모—나는 그들을 즉시 알아보고 벌떡 일어나 손을 내밀며 앞으로 나아갔다.
"John Carter!" I cried. "You?"
"존 카터!" 내가 외쳤다. "당신이요?"
"None other, my son," he replied, taking my hand in one of his and placing the other upon my shoulder.
“다른 이는 없단다, 내 아들아.” 그가 대답하며 한 손으로 내 손을 잡고 다른 한 손은 내 어깨에 올렸다.
"And what are you doing here?" I asked.
“그런데 너는 여기서 뭐 하고 있느냐?” 내가 물었다.
"It has been long years since you revisited Earth, and never before in the trappings of Mars.
"당신이 지구를 다시 방문한 지 오랜 세월이 흘렀고, 그 전에는 화성의 모습으로 지구를 방문한 적이 없었습니다.
Lord! but it is good to see you--and not a day older in appearance than when you trotted me on your knee in my babyhood.
주님! 당신을 뵙게 되어 기쁩니다. 당신은 제가 아기였을 때 무릎에 앉혀주셨을 때와 조금도 늙지 않으셨습니다.
How do you explain it, John Carter, Warlord of Mars, or do you try to explain it?"
존 카터, 화성의 전쟁 영주, 당신은 이것을 어떻게 설명하시겠습니까? 아니면 설명하려고 노력하시겠습니까?
"Why attempt to explain the inexplicable?" he replied.
“설명할 수 없는 것을 설명하려 애쓰는 것이 어찌 된 일인가?” 그가 대답하였다.
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Book details
- Title
- The Chessmen of Mars (화성의 체스인간)
- Author
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- First published
- 1922
- Genre
- Science fiction, Adventure
- Original language
- English
- Translations in app
- 21 languages
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