Infinity Flight

Perry Rhodan

by Clark Darlton, Gray Morrow (Illustrator)

Science-Fiction

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

164 pages, Paperback

First published April 13, 1962

About the author

Pen name of German science fiction author Walter Ernsting.

Reviews

[Liedzeit Liedzeit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Infinity is slightly exaggerated. Rhodan flies to the strange Planet of Barkon that somehow is located in the middle of nowhere 150.000 light years from our galaxy. He does it, not altogether voluntarily, with It the near God-like being that for some reason wants Rhodan to “inherit” the Universe.

The Barkonides, we learn, were the first humanoid species to colonize the Galaxy. A long time ago. A very long time ago. And now they are trying to get back home.

This is the first novel of the Rhodans I really liked reading. Nearly as much as I did 50 years ago. For a change it really is Science Fiction. A bit like Liu Cixin.

The attempt at humor is questionable even more so the ultimate reason why Rhodan contacted It. He wants weapons. But in this case, I found myself able to ignore this.

[Ivan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Чуть ли не лучший выпуск на данный момент. Тут и завязка в духе оригинального Звездного Пути, и интересная и полная деталей основная история, и мощная концовка со взрывами ядерных бомб.
Практически полностью состоит из статей с tvTropes, но хуже это никому не делает.

[Joe Santoro · Rating 4 out of 5]

We take a pause here from the 'snowman' plot to go on a little metaphysical journey. Apparently, Ace books decided we Americans only like 'space stuff', so they skipped what sounds like an awesome story about the Springers managing to start a robot revolutio on Earth... this is one of those days where I think I might need to learn German to actually read these! Anyway, this story has Perry being concerned that the Springers have found Earth and wanting a new 'peace through superior Firepower' weapon, so he goes back to the Wanderer (now called IT) and gets it. IN the process it takes a trip in between Galaxies to find the Barkons, who many or may not have seeded the Galaxy with intelligent life before their sun broke away from the Milky Way. Lots of Timey-Wimey stuff, but some fun pretend physics... and the god-like It takes the time to prank Reggie, because that's what you do if you're in a Perry Rhodan story.

The 'shock shorts' here are 1/2 pages that were uncredited and could have been written by high schoolers.. but the continuation of Richard Vaughan's story is pretty good... the lands on the planet of his exile, finds a girl lab assistant stowed away, and they get to work fixing the planet they landed on, which of course will also save Earth from the doom he predicted. Nothing too out of the ordinary for classic sci fi, but a solid story.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice excursion from the main plot, with Rhodan doing some time travel shenanigans that could pay off in the future

[AndrewP · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perry Rhodan #24 - English translation.