Alien Earth, Phase 1

by Frank Borsch

A new and exciting sci-fi series from Germany! March 14, 2058: a gigantic space ship appears in the sky over Earth. What happens? – Nothing! No attacks with atomic flashes, no destructive assaults on human civilisation. The space ship simply stays in orbit for several years. Only very gradually does it become evident that the invasion has long since begun … After Andreas Eschbach's bestseller ""Quest"", after Andreas Brandhorst's successful novel on ""Kantaki"", we now have a science fiction series which once and for all shows that German sci-fi need not hide away in the face of the great American and British examples of the genre. Frank Borsch's ALIEN EARTH is a fascinating mixture of Steven Spielberg's ""War of the Worlds"" and William Gibson's cyberpunk novels, written by the best Perry Rhodan author at present. A fascinating new mixture of various sci-fi and mystery elements – one to find lasting popularity with readers. For more information please see www.alienearth.de and Press ""If further proof on what German science fiction can do were necessary, Frank Borsch has provided it with his ALIEN imaginative, innovative, absorbing – this is what good science fiction should be like."" Andreas Brandhorst – creator of the Kantaki Universe ""Colourful and gripping! 'ALIEN EARTH – Phase 1' was one of the few novels recently published that put me in a fever of excitement all day to carry on reading in the evening. There is a mass of science fiction writers you'd like to yell at, 'Look here – THIS is how to do it!"" Andreas Eschbach ""Alien Earth' is definitely a huge imaginative, racy and an enrichment of the German science fiction landscape."" Amazon.de ""Frank Borsch is closer to modern British writers like Charles Stross or Richard Morgan than to American-style Space Opera so popular at present. How naturally his novel joins the ranks of the foreboding Utopias of the late 1960s, with novels like 'Stand on Zanzibar', in which John Brunner presents his view of the world in the 21st century. With 'Phase 1', Frank Borsch has written a novel that looks self-confident and is a highlight in German science-fiction. Klaus N. Frick, editor-in-chief of PERRY RHODAN Author Frank Borsch is one of the young stars in German science fiction and is regarded as one of the most popular writers of the ""Perry Rhodan"" series. The ALIEN EARTH series is his first own sci-fi project.

Genres: Science Fiction

496 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2006

About the author

Frank Borsch is a German author and editor, best known for his contributions to the Perry Rhodan franchise.

He stopped working for the original Perry Rhodan series in 2007, and became the head exposé writer of the Perry Rhodan NEO relaunch in 2011.

Reviews

[Leen · Rating 1 out of 5]

discontinued after 78 pages

[reherrma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Die Welt in 50 Jahren ist ein überbevölkerter, heruntergekommener Planet, die letzten Rohstoffe und Energiereserven werden durch die militärisch stärksten Nationen (die USA und Arabien) unter den Nagel gerissen, in Asien hat ein Krieg mit Atomwaffen zwischen China und Taiwan stattgefunden, der Rest der Welt mit Europa fristet ein Schattendasein, als ein Raumschiff im Sonnensystem erscheint und über den Pazifik in einem stationären Orbit zur Ruhe kommt. Die Aliens senden nur eine Botschaft (fürchtet euch nicht !), ansonsten sieht und hört man in den folgenden 8 Jahren nichts von Ihnen, sie lassen Artefakte in den Pazifik fallen, über die die Menschen herfallen, um herauszufinden, was die Aliens wollen...
Das Buch zeigt uns auf 3 Handlungsebenen, wie es um die Welt bestellt ist, es gibt glühende Alien-Fans, die an die Rettung der Erde durch die Aliens glauben und erbitterte Gegner, die das Ende der Menschheit durch die Aliens befürchten, am Ende des Buches kommt es zu einer überraschenden Entwicklung, deren Erkenntnisgewinn durch einen Cliffhanger unterbrochen wird...