Perry Rhodan No. 59: Interlude on Siliko 5

Perry Rhodan - English #59

by Kurt Brand

Science Fiction

Genres: Science Fiction

158 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1974

About the author

Kurt Brand was a German science fiction author who wrote almost a thousand novels over his career, mostly in pulp booklet form.

He wrote under a number of pseudonyms, including C. R. Munro, Buster Brack, Conny Cuba, Cherry Moss, Lex Porter, and Lars Torsten.

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thomas Cardif erfährt, wer seine Eltern sind - und ist nicht beglückt. Halb Arkonide, halb Mensch, reagiert er auf das ihm vorenthaltene Elternhaus mit Hass auf PR.
Viel Geballer im Weltenraum, wenig zu den Figuren. Kurt Brand sieht keinen Grund, ein Wort mehr als nötig über Thora zu verlieren. Naja, ist eben kein psychologischer Roman. Aber ein bißchen mehr hätte es schon sein dürfen...

[Liedzeit Liedzeit · Rating 3 out of 5]

As you might recall, Rhodan had Thora married at some point offstage. And now we learn that they were blessed with a child. A young man, who is now 21 and a cadet serving under Tifflor (who has received the gift of immortality but has only made it to Colonel in 60 years).

What do you do if you are an important man becoming a father? Just ask Rousseau. Perry Rhodan, apparently under the influence of Khrest and the character prediction of some computer decides to abandon his child. For his own good, of course. Yes the poor child. He was spared the terrible fate of having to grow up as a child of the Lord of the Universe.

And guess what, when the young man finally finds out, he is not pleased.

Well, this could be an exciting story. But it is not really. So Thora finally goes to find her son, and she gets kidnapped on the way. The son, whose name is Thomas Cardif, is sent to find her. In the end Rhodan appears to save them both.

What a waste. Thora has three lines of dialog in the entire novel. Why can’t they have a woman as a real character? And then we are told a dozen times that Rhodan was just a father. He certainly does not behave as one. And Cardif looks like the spitting image of his father when he concentrates.

So, Perry, you made yourself an enemy. Serves you right.

On the positive side. There is an Arabian guy in the novel. A minor character, but as far as I remember the first one I ever encountered in this saga.

[Matt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another time jump, and now we meet the unknown son of Perry and Thora, and he's super annoying

[Peter · Rating 2 out of 5]

The biggest SF series of all time - these early ones are a bit old style