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“The shape of things”는 레이 브래드버리(Ray Bradbury)가 쓴 SF 단편 소설로 1948년에 처음 출판되었다.
Peter와 Polly Horn 부부의 아기가 태어나는데, 아기는 파란색 피라미드 모양이다. 이는 출산 기계의 오작동으로 인해 아기가 다른 차원에 태어났기 때문이다.
부부는 아기(Py라고 부름)를 집에 데려와 키우기로 결정한다. Polly는 아기의 상태에 대해 심리적으로 힘들어하고, Peter도 상황에 적응하려 노력하고, 의사 Wolcott도 아기를 원래 차원으로 되돌리려 노력하는데…
이 이야기는 부모의 사랑, 현실 인식의 상대성, 그리고 비정상적인 상황에 대한 적응을 다루고 있다.
<Science fiction novels read in English_ The shape of things by Ray Bradbury >
“The shape of things” is a science fiction short story written by Ray Bradbury and first published in 1948.
Peter and Polly Horn's baby is born, and the baby is shaped like a blue pyramid. This is because the baby was born in another dimension due to a malfunction in the birthing machine.
The couple decides to bring the baby (who they call Py) home to raise. Polly struggles psychologically with the baby's condition, Peter tries to adapt to the situation, and Doctor Wolcott also tries to return the baby to his original dimension...
The story deals with parental love, the relativity of perception of reality, and adaptation to unusual circumstances.
Summary
He did not want to be the father of a small blue pyramid. Peter Horn hadn't planned it that way at all. Neither he nor his wife imagined that such a thing could happen to them. They had talked quietly for days about the birth of their coming child, they had eaten normal foods, slept a great deal, taken in a few shows, and, when it was time for her to fly in the helicopter to the hospital, her husband, Peter Horn, laughed and kissed her.
"Honey, you'll be home in six hours," he said. "These new birth-mechanisms do everything but father the child for you."
