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Perry Rhodan
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De door de nonupest getroffen bemanning van de machtige TITAN is zo goed als dood, daar een geneesmiddel bij de medische wetenschap van de mensen niet bekend is! Er blijft slechts één hoop: de handelaars in verdovende middelen van de Melkweg te achterhalen en tot spreken te dwingen!
62 pages
First published January 1, 1971
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About the author
Kurt Mahr
638 books4 followersKurt Mahr was the pen name of Klaus Mahn (Klaus Otto Mahn), a German science fiction writer famous for his contributions to the Perry Rhodan franchise.
He was known among the writing staff as 'The Physicist', due to his original profession, which also allowed him to give a greater degree of scientific accuracy to his literary work.
He was killed in an accident in Florida in 1993, aged 59.
He was known among the writing staff as 'The Physicist', due to his original profession, which also allowed him to give a greater degree of scientific accuracy to his literary work.
He was killed in an accident in Florida in 1993, aged 59.
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May 2, 2024
Lt. Tifflor takes center stage as the help comes from Earth to re-crew the Titan and Perry and co. go back to see what caused the silly sickness (now deemed 'Hyper-Euphoria'). Even though they say they found the cause and the cure early in the book.. it seems that perhaps this was bad translation or something, because while they have the cause, they don't have a cure yet.. so no Mutant Corps here, just Lt. Tifflor and a couple sargents from the Venus story unlocking the secrets of the planet. They find that some other alien race that are the galaxy's super-Doctors invented the plague and have the cure, so next up we're off to find them.
There was a line in Starter Villain that I think apply to these books pretty well... they're like Potato Chips... you know they're junk food and not great, but you can't resist them anyway. The various writers all know how to drive a 'B' plot and write a cliff hanger, for sure!
IN the back matter, we get some ads for fanzines, two unremarkable 'shock shorts', and the next chapter of 'Cosmos', which is yet another random alien (this time Mars) that gets an invite to a big meeting. At some point this meeting will happen.. hopefully the pay off will be good!
There was a line in Starter Villain that I think apply to these books pretty well... they're like Potato Chips... you know they're junk food and not great, but you can't resist them anyway. The various writers all know how to drive a 'B' plot and write a cliff hanger, for sure!
IN the back matter, we get some ads for fanzines, two unremarkable 'shock shorts', and the next chapter of 'Cosmos', which is yet another random alien (this time Mars) that gets an invite to a big meeting. At some point this meeting will happen.. hopefully the pay off will be good!
March 28, 2020
So the main method to stop the new infection vector? Nets on space suits
December 1, 2018
The 700 affected crew members are replaced by 800 new crew members that the GANYMED brought from Terra. Originally, the newcomers were to bring the crew of the TITAN up to its target strength of 1,500 men, but now Perry Rhodan must again make do with an inexperienced skeleton crew. He decides to fly back to Honur to find the perpetrators of this artificially induced disease and to eventually find an antidote for it. The poison is based on the inert gas argon, and is referred to as Argono-hexylamine or Argonin. The disease known as Nonus plague causes a state of hyper-euphoria among those affected.
Landing again at the old location, Rhodan sends two teams via land and in the air in order to analyze the world in more detail and to find the suspected stronghold of the originator.
Ultimately four adversaries disguised as Honos lead the away team into a trap. It turns out that the Argonin is not only transmitted by the Nonus-bears, but also by five centimeter long robotic flies that can even pierce through the material of the protective suits. Only Lieutenant Julian Tifflor and the two sergeants, O'Keefe and Halligan, manage to escape infection. They then find the base, are captured, but free themselves and O'Keefe informs the TITAN by means of a radio message. Rhodan then overwhelms the base with 500 men, but they did not find a cure for the Nonus-plague.
Crest identifies the dead base personnel as Aras, a branch race of the Springers, who have specialized in medicine and disease and - as the Nonus plague proves - generate each to their advantage. So they not only produce 95% of all drugs, but also 99% of all drugs in the Milky Way.
Because Ganymede has also brought a structural compensator made for the TITAN, Rhodan has no objections to a flight to Arkon, hoping there to learn more about the Aras and possibly obtain from the Robot Regent an antidote.
Landing again at the old location, Rhodan sends two teams via land and in the air in order to analyze the world in more detail and to find the suspected stronghold of the originator.
Ultimately four adversaries disguised as Honos lead the away team into a trap. It turns out that the Argonin is not only transmitted by the Nonus-bears, but also by five centimeter long robotic flies that can even pierce through the material of the protective suits. Only Lieutenant Julian Tifflor and the two sergeants, O'Keefe and Halligan, manage to escape infection. They then find the base, are captured, but free themselves and O'Keefe informs the TITAN by means of a radio message. Rhodan then overwhelms the base with 500 men, but they did not find a cure for the Nonus-plague.
Crest identifies the dead base personnel as Aras, a branch race of the Springers, who have specialized in medicine and disease and - as the Nonus plague proves - generate each to their advantage. So they not only produce 95% of all drugs, but also 99% of all drugs in the Milky Way.
Because Ganymede has also brought a structural compensator made for the TITAN, Rhodan has no objections to a flight to Arkon, hoping there to learn more about the Aras and possibly obtain from the Robot Regent an antidote.
August 4, 2016
This sure felt like classic, slightly-cheesy space opera as one might expect from 1961. I didn't realize that Perry Rhodan was published weekly in Germany before being translated into English. I was surprised to see volume 95 at the used book store but there were over 1000 volumes in the original German!
The main story wasn't bad and did surprised me once or twice but overall was a bit predictable with the expected xenophobia (prepare to shoot first!) It was interesting to read the short backup stories, I was more impressed with those than the main serial. It is amazing how much punch can be fit into just a few pages.
The main story wasn't bad and did surprised me once or twice but overall was a bit predictable with the expected xenophobia (prepare to shoot first!) It was interesting to read the short backup stories, I was more impressed with those than the main serial. It is amazing how much punch can be fit into just a few pages.
July 29, 2023
Again, not one of the more exciting novels in the series. Well, at least we now know that the poison that caused the euphoria is based on Argon. The disease is transmitted by little robots. And the guys responsible for all the problems are the Aras. Another Springer race who specialised in medicine. (Right and that makes it all the more ridiculous that Khrest’s leukemia could only be cured by the puny Earthmen.)
3/10
3/10
May 21, 2012
Biggest SF Series in History - English translations only got to 100 or so unfortunately
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