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Perry Rhodan

The Rebels of Tuglan

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Perry Rhodan, Peace Lord of the Universe and commander of the spaceship Stardust, set the hyperjump coordinates for the planet of eternal life. But, as the ship dematerialized, something went wrong and the Stardust raced out of control across the galaxy to the system of Laton, a blue giant sun... thirty thousand light years from its goal!

Why?

Perry discovers an alien stowaway aboard - a life form, from the Planet of the Dying Sun, with mysterious powers... powers which force Perry and his mutant crew to clash with the rebels of Tuglan...

126 pages, Paperback

First published January 5, 1962

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Clark Darlton

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Pen name of German science fiction author Walter Ernsting.

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September 18, 2022
As Bell says at the end they made “a quite unnecessary detour to Tuglan“. Except, they established that the good brother became the new ruler and the evil one died. What was the crime of the evil one? He wanted his home-planet to free itself of the Arkonide tyranny. For six-thousand years the planet was part of the Arkonide empire. I at least can sympathize with him. But to the brother and Rhodan and Darlton it is perfectly fine to be ruled by a foreign power as long as they guarantee peace. Who cares for freedom if you have peace?

Well, the main point of the book is of course the introduction of Pucky who gets our guys into trouble. But then out of it, of course. (Funny that the translator does not just use P instead of G, she must also drag Shakespeare into it!)

The story of the Tuglan rebellion is a bit silly. One of the brothers must be lying. But Rhodan “regretted not having brought Marshall along with him”. That would have been the end of the story.
Profile Image for Craig.
50 reviews
May 31, 2023
A return to form for the series, just what we needed as the main story arc over the last few books was getting rather stale. This book works more like a bottle episode, pretty much removed from the main plot. And while some will see it as 'political intrigue lite' in this story, the breezy nature of these novels makes it fit well.
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686 reviews4 followers
February 14, 2020
A nice diversion from the main adventure, with a good use of the new crew
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2,607 reviews74 followers
January 19, 2014
Darlton começa o livro com uma anormalidade. Mostra-nos uma anómala criatura rato-castor do episódio anterior que, ao contrário dos restantes da sua espécie, não tem inteligência episódica. Curioso telequinético durante o dia, quando cai a noite a sua inteligência não se desvanece como aos restantes elementos da espécie. Uma nave como a Stardust e os estranhos seres que nela se atarefam representam uma tentação demasiado grande para a curiosidade deste rato-castor que se acomoda nos espaços imensos do gigante do espaço e assim se torna o primeiro da sua espécie a ir às estrelas enquanto arrelia a tripulação de Rhodan com as suas misteriosas tropelias. Pergunto-me se esta criatura será o famoso Gucky, espécie de rato com fato de astronauta que agracia muitas capas da série que fazem questão de salientar mit Gucky. Por outro lado, sendo o meu alemão algo de inexistente, é bem provável que estas capas anunciem alguma promoção especial, talvez um chocolatito que viesse a acompanhar a revista Perry Rhodan da semana.

Talvez. Mas todo o grande personagem tem a sua criatura de estimação. Tintin não é concebível sem o seu Milou, Han Solo sem Chewbacca não seria o mesmo, Batman tem os seus Robins, Flash Gordon sem.. ora, Dale Arden ou Zarkov? Agora fiquei confuso. E será que Perry Rhodan adoptará o rato-castor inteligente? Lembrem-se, estamos a falar de literatura popular germânica. Onde outros escritores inventariam uma criatura de aspecto simpático, Darlton (e antes deste Mahr) resolvem o prolema justapondo as imagens mentais despertadas por ratos e castores. Mas spoilers, dears: afinal é, como uma pesquisa na wiki dos Rhodanianos revela. Mas parece que vai ter um papel bem mais vasto do que mero alienígena animalóide bonitinho. Até irá salvar a espécie. Avisei-vos, dears. Spoilers.

Quanto ao resto da história, é um desvio ao arco narrativo da busca da imortalidade com uma paragem forçada num sistema ainda sob domínio dos arcónidas que se encontra prestes a libertar-se do jugo imperial. Ou talvez não, uma vez que se trata de uma elaborada conspiração do corrente líder local do sistema planetário para consolidar o seu poder. Essencialmente este desvio é uma desculpa para nos ser mostrada a forma de governo colonial dos arcónidas, que se resume ao envio de um representante formal apoiado por robots bem armados e no deixar o governo dos sistemas planetários colonizados em modo de quase independência. É apropriado à raridade com que naves imperiais sulcam as vias estelares, com os sistemas de comunicação arcónida que possibilitam comunicar instantaneamente com qualquer ponto da galáxia a servir de cola ao império. Rhodan e a Stardust II chegam por acaso ao planeta e são obrigados a intervir após um atentado contra o centro de poder arcónida. Aqui se mostra o conveniente que é ter telepatas na tripulação. O ardiloso líder do planeta Tuglan, real autor da conspiração anti-arcónida mas que tenta ocultar o seu papel culpando o irmão, não por acaso a persolaidade favorita dos nativos e lealista ao império. Mas com telepatas a ler os mais ocultos pensamentos não há conspiração que resista. Este é um elemento destrutor de estruturas narrativas. Tal como hoje, em que a ubiquidade normalizada da comunicação por telemóvel retirou a camada dramática da chamada telefónica ou do enredo baseado na incomunicabilidade.

Este episódio é também a introdução de um novo personagem, o curioso misto de ajudante com animal de estimação que na versão original é chamado de Gucky e nesta tradução de Puck. Há uma razão para o apelido e esta é-nos explicada na tortuosa tradição narrativa da série, que perde imensos parágrafos com minúcias mas esquece muitas vezes a solidez do panorama global. Resumindo, a referência é àquela personagem endiabrada e travessa do Sonho de uma Noite de Verão de Shakespeare. Referência curiosa para uma criatura animalesca inteligente que se dedica a agrada aos humanos e gosta de festas debaixo do queixo.
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1,167 reviews
November 30, 2018
A mutant mouse-beaver (unlike the others, he suffers no diminution of intelligence at night) stows aboard the Stardust. His playful interference (via telekinetics) with the ship’s control as it goes into a hyperspace jump sends the Stardust to the planet Tuglan, rather than returning it to Vega. Tuglan is an Arkonide colony, governed by an Arkonide High Commissioner, Rathon, and native Lord of Tuglan, Alban. (The Tuglanian race itself is descendent from an earlier Arkonide expedition that had settled the planet twelve thousand years earlier.) Rathon suffers from the same general decline as the rest of the Arkonides, as well as from leukemia. Although the Tuglanians enjoy peace and freedom, Alban sees the degeneration of Arkon as an opportunity to revolt against Arkonide rule. His younger brother, Daros disagrees with this plan. Alban’s operatives succeed in destroying critical communications facilities, cutting Tuglan off from contact with Arkon.
The stowaway mouse-beaver, Gucky, is discovered on board the Stardust, and John Marshall is able to communicate with it telepathically. Following a course of hynotraining, it is able to speak and be understood by the crew.

Rhodan and his team disguise themselves as Arkonides in order to protect the secret of the earth's existence. Alban implicates his brother Daros as the rebel leader and succeeds in casting grave suspicions upon him. When Rhodan is ready to expose him, Alban successfully captures Rhodan, Crest, John Marshall, Rathon and Daros.

Meanwhile, Karolan, leader of an underground, counterrevolutionary force loyal to the Arkon high commissioner and seeking to expose Alban and replace him with Daros, launches an attack on the palace. With the assistance of Gucky, Alban’s forces are defeated, and order is restored on Tuglan.

Rhodan and the Stardust depart for Vega.
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1,431 reviews10 followers
August 8, 2016
Rhodan picks up a stowaway and as a result takes a detour in his quest for the Planet of Eternal Life. This was actually a fairly fast paced adventure. The planet Tuglan has a leader who wishes to rid himself of Arkonide rule, takes steps to do so and is most shocked when an Arkonide battleship arrives at his planet. Then the fun begins. Rhodan puts into play another of his deceptions which of course will be successful (otherwise the series would end, right). This time though we have a complication, namely a stowaway mousebeaver who decides he wants to play (dangerous when you have telekinetic talents). At the end of the book we have a new member of the crew and our intrepid spacemen (and women) are just about to their goal. For those of you looking for light reading of the adventure/space opera king give this one a try.
1,069 reviews9 followers
August 27, 2020
This was a much need break from the seemingly endless quest for immortality. I mean, we all know they find it, there's like 1000 stories, just get it done!

The back cover refers to this books as 'Strange Interlude'. truer words have never been spoken. If you had told me I would enjoy a pranking telepathic Mouse-beaver that reminds one of the Great Gazoo, I would have told you you're crazy, but Emby (Pucky?) was extremely amusing, and having him torture Bell was fantastic.

The series needed a bit of lightness... even the main story of the two brothers fighting over Tuglan was pretty light compared to the last few books.

It gets points off for having a plot driving by a crazy coincidence, but otherwise a very entertaining entry.
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