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Perry Rhodan #102
Action: Division 3
Science-Fiction
- GenresScience Fiction
185 pages, Paperback
First published August 16, 1963
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About the author
Kurt Mahr
639 books5 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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December 3, 2018
The cargo ship Carolina, while in transit to Arkon, is inspected in full flight by an unknown vessel and destroyed.
On Earth, Nike Quinto, chief of Action Division III, sends one of his agents, Ron Landry, to investigate the disappearance of the Carolina. The heavy cruiser Royal Irish discovers, at the location of the Carolina's disappearance, a cloud of gas, proving that the Carolina has been destroyed by heavy thermobeamer fire. However, an analysis of the remnants determines that a lifeboat could have escaped.
The lifeboat in question (Carolina 2) is carrying Lieutenant Silligan, Corporal Laughlin and three passengers. It heads toward the nearby water planet Ghama, situated in the Toghma System. While arriving in the atmosphere, the Carolina 2 is shot down and plunges into the ocean. Larry Randall, an agent of Section III stationed on Ghama, recovers a piece of wreckage. The analysis shows some energy impact traces.
Ron Landry returns to Earth and leaves for Ghama shortly afterwards on the Empress Of Arkon. He makes contact with Randall. In addition to the Terran colony on Ghama there is a commercial base of the Springers.
The survivors of the Carolina are recovered by the Ghamese, the amphibious inhabitants of Ghama, and are taken into one of their underwater cities. They learn that the Ghamese are allied with the Springers. Lieutenant Silligan escapes and disappears into the heart of the city. He is soon followed by one of the passangers, Dynah Langmuir. In their bewildered race, they stumble over a secret room for the fabrication of Ghamese glass, a priceless item famous throughout the galaxy.
A lidiok, an imposing marine monster, threatens the island where the Terran colony is located. Randall and Landry intervene and kill the beast. In recognition of this achievement, Zatok, a Ghamean, tells them about the five Terrans captured by his people. The body of the lidiok is taken by Landry in order to be utilized in the upcoming rescue of the Carolina survivors. Zatok indicates that the survivors of the Carolina are in the underwater city of Guluch. The two agents rejoin the Empress Of Arkon.
Landry’s submarines, disguised as a lidiok, approaches the underwater city of Guluch and attacks it. The survivors of the Carolina are recovered and the responsible Springers apprehended. Their plan to get rid of the Terrans fails.
On Earth, Nike Quinto, chief of Action Division III, sends one of his agents, Ron Landry, to investigate the disappearance of the Carolina. The heavy cruiser Royal Irish discovers, at the location of the Carolina's disappearance, a cloud of gas, proving that the Carolina has been destroyed by heavy thermobeamer fire. However, an analysis of the remnants determines that a lifeboat could have escaped.
The lifeboat in question (Carolina 2) is carrying Lieutenant Silligan, Corporal Laughlin and three passengers. It heads toward the nearby water planet Ghama, situated in the Toghma System. While arriving in the atmosphere, the Carolina 2 is shot down and plunges into the ocean. Larry Randall, an agent of Section III stationed on Ghama, recovers a piece of wreckage. The analysis shows some energy impact traces.
Ron Landry returns to Earth and leaves for Ghama shortly afterwards on the Empress Of Arkon. He makes contact with Randall. In addition to the Terran colony on Ghama there is a commercial base of the Springers.
The survivors of the Carolina are recovered by the Ghamese, the amphibious inhabitants of Ghama, and are taken into one of their underwater cities. They learn that the Ghamese are allied with the Springers. Lieutenant Silligan escapes and disappears into the heart of the city. He is soon followed by one of the passangers, Dynah Langmuir. In their bewildered race, they stumble over a secret room for the fabrication of Ghamese glass, a priceless item famous throughout the galaxy.
A lidiok, an imposing marine monster, threatens the island where the Terran colony is located. Randall and Landry intervene and kill the beast. In recognition of this achievement, Zatok, a Ghamean, tells them about the five Terrans captured by his people. The body of the lidiok is taken by Landry in order to be utilized in the upcoming rescue of the Carolina survivors. Zatok indicates that the survivors of the Carolina are in the underwater city of Guluch. The two agents rejoin the Empress Of Arkon.
Landry’s submarines, disguised as a lidiok, approaches the underwater city of Guluch and attacks it. The survivors of the Carolina are recovered and the responsible Springers apprehended. Their plan to get rid of the Terrans fails.
July 17, 2023
Ohje, wenn es die Expokraten heute wagen würden, so einen Roman zu veröffentlichen, was gäbe das für einen Aufschrei... Die Definition eines Füllromans, oder, schöner ausgedrückt, ein Einzelabenteuer.
Sonderlich überraschend oder spannend war hier leider nichts, vielleicht noch am ehesten, dass Richard Silligan mehr mit Glück als mit Verstand dafür sorgt, dass Terra das Geheimnis und den Herstellungsweg des Ghama-Glases erfährt.
Dass man versucht mit der Abteilung III einen Geheimdienst des Solaren Imperiums einzuführen, ist aller Ehren wert. Dass der Springer Alboolal ernsthaft völlig willkürlich einen Handelsraumer abschießt, um von den nur zufällig Überlebenden, die weiß Gott wo hätten stranden können, das Geheimnis des Linearantriebs zu erfahren, ist aber einigermaßen hanebüchen.
2/5
Sonderlich überraschend oder spannend war hier leider nichts, vielleicht noch am ehesten, dass Richard Silligan mehr mit Glück als mit Verstand dafür sorgt, dass Terra das Geheimnis und den Herstellungsweg des Ghama-Glases erfährt.
Dass man versucht mit der Abteilung III einen Geheimdienst des Solaren Imperiums einzuführen, ist aller Ehren wert. Dass der Springer Alboolal ernsthaft völlig willkürlich einen Handelsraumer abschießt, um von den nur zufällig Überlebenden, die weiß Gott wo hätten stranden können, das Geheimnis des Linearantriebs zu erfahren, ist aber einigermaßen hanebüchen.
2/5
May 30, 2023
Der Titel klingt so als ob es hier um einen ganz normalen Tag im Finanzamt Bad Oeynhausen gehen würde. Wäre wohl auch lustiger als das eigentliche Heft gewesen. Keine Ahnung warum die Serie immer wieder darauf besteht mir diese uninteressanten Seitenstraßen mit völlig uninteressanten Nebenfiguren von denen man noch nicht zuvor gehört hat unterzujubeln.
May 31, 2012
The biggest SF series of all time - these early ones are a bit old style
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