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Perry Rhodan #20
Venus In Danger
Perry Rhodan saves a base on Venus from being overrun an destroyed by an armada of 500 spacecraft.
120 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1969
About the author
Kurt Mahr
641 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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September 24, 2022
Having myself infected with Corona I take that as an excuse to read even more PRs. –
After having received the “cell-shower” that will stop their aging process Rhodan and and his crew return to Earth. Where for some unknown reason nearly 5 years have elapsed. We are in the year 1980 now. And of course there is a crisis waiting. The Russians came up with the plan of invading Venus to get into possession of the Arkonidian technology. It goes without saying that PR is going to stop this nonsense.
The interesting thing in this adventure is that Rhodan admits to Bell that he had made a mistake. (Who promptly thanks him for his trust.) What was the mistake? He had attached a hyno-block to his second-in-command Freyt while he was away adventuring. That would stop him from becoming politically ambitious. And because of that stopped him from interfering with global political changes. Does Rhodan have regrets because it was maybe unethical? No, of course not.
After having received the “cell-shower” that will stop their aging process Rhodan and and his crew return to Earth. Where for some unknown reason nearly 5 years have elapsed. We are in the year 1980 now. And of course there is a crisis waiting. The Russians came up with the plan of invading Venus to get into possession of the Arkonidian technology. It goes without saying that PR is going to stop this nonsense.
The interesting thing in this adventure is that Rhodan admits to Bell that he had made a mistake. (Who promptly thanks him for his trust.) What was the mistake? He had attached a hyno-block to his second-in-command Freyt while he was away adventuring. That would stop him from becoming politically ambitious. And because of that stopped him from interfering with global political changes. Does Rhodan have regrets because it was maybe unethical? No, of course not.
February 27, 2024
Another non stop action spectacular. Less of Thora and Khrest in this one. The anti then pro Russian stuff certainly dates it - as does the idea of various life on Venus. Onto the next. Go Perry!
December 17, 2020
Perry and company come home after the long quest to find immortality, only to find things are a bit different, and the 'Eastern Bloc' are back at it.. this time trying to take over the base on Venus.
The story continues to have a fair amount of comic relief, this time from the bad guys... the Russian general's torturous trip across the Venusian jungle is worth of a Bugs Bunny cartoon. It's done well though, in that even Perry commends him on his bravery in surviving, so perhaps the comedic effect is just my own take.
Next books promises more pages (adding some non -Perry Rhodan material) which is nice... these last few with just one novella (as opposed to the first couple that had 2 each) are pretty light.. I'm glad I'm not reading them as they came out, I'd be seriously annoyed!
The story continues to have a fair amount of comic relief, this time from the bad guys... the Russian general's torturous trip across the Venusian jungle is worth of a Bugs Bunny cartoon. It's done well though, in that even Perry commends him on his bravery in surviving, so perhaps the comedic effect is just my own take.
Next books promises more pages (adding some non -Perry Rhodan material) which is nice... these last few with just one novella (as opposed to the first couple that had 2 each) are pretty light.. I'm glad I'm not reading them as they came out, I'd be seriously annoyed!
February 14, 2020
This is a two-parter about the Eastern Bloc trying to fight back on Venus and Earth
December 1, 2018
(1980) The Stardust hyperjumps back to our solar system only to discover that 4 ½ years have gone by. A new government has taken over the Eastern Bloc and (emboldened by Rhodan’s long absence) has broken the fragile unity of the earth’s governments. It has launched an assault on Venus, in an attempt to take over the New Power’s base there. General Tomisenkov commands the armada of 500 spacecraft.
With the arrival of the Stardust, Rhodan divides and disrupts the Russian forces on Venus’ surface. Tomisenkov’s ground troops, decimated by the Stardust's low altitude approach and landing is further reduced by the hostile environment, weather and wildlife of the planet.
Major General Lemonovich, assuming Tomisenkov has perished, takes control of the surviving forces and the remaining 79 spacecraft. Rhodan and an expedition force go to great lengths to disable the spacecraft and disarm the Russian troops without any further loss of life. Tomisenkov is able to rejoin his now stranded army, and sets about building shelter.
The threat against the Venus base now thoroughly neutralized, the controlling positronic computer allows Rhodan and the Stardust to enter the compound. Rhodan inputs his limited data (charting a portion of the orbit of the planet Wanderer), and the computer is able to calculate a complete course, ensuring Rhodan will be able to find and return to the planet when he needs to. He prepares to address the renewed disunity on Earth.
With the arrival of the Stardust, Rhodan divides and disrupts the Russian forces on Venus’ surface. Tomisenkov’s ground troops, decimated by the Stardust's low altitude approach and landing is further reduced by the hostile environment, weather and wildlife of the planet.
Major General Lemonovich, assuming Tomisenkov has perished, takes control of the surviving forces and the remaining 79 spacecraft. Rhodan and an expedition force go to great lengths to disable the spacecraft and disarm the Russian troops without any further loss of life. Tomisenkov is able to rejoin his now stranded army, and sets about building shelter.
The threat against the Venus base now thoroughly neutralized, the controlling positronic computer allows Rhodan and the Stardust to enter the compound. Rhodan inputs his limited data (charting a portion of the orbit of the planet Wanderer), and the computer is able to calculate a complete course, ensuring Rhodan will be able to find and return to the planet when he needs to. He prepares to address the renewed disunity on Earth.
October 24, 2016
A decent read. Rhodan returns to Earth to find out five years have gone by apparently. The situation he left has somewhat deteriorated. Two of the three Earth governments are still trying to carry out his dream of a united Earth but the third has had a change of government. In fact that government has launched an invasion fleet towards Venus, where there is an ancient Arkonide base. This complicates matters for Rhodan as he must access the base to input information into the computer there, and he must do that within a certain time limit. Does everything work out in the end? I will let you figure that one out. One interesting part of the book is that we get a larger look at what sort of life is to be found on the Venus of the Rhodan-verse. This wasn't a bad story, just I guess a bit of a let-down from earlier ones. Certainly the struggles of the Eastern Bloc soldiers to survive were intriguing. This one can probably be read separate from others in the series without two much trouble.
February 5, 2017
Perry Rhodan #14
May 21, 2012
Biggest SF Series in History - English translations only got to 100 or so unfortunately
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