Attack of the Rootless Cosmicpolitans!
The Fleet of the Springers (Perry Rhodan, volume 22)
By Kurt Mahr (Translated by Wendayne Ackerman)
12 Apr, 2015
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I’ve missed a couple of weeks worth of translated works; I need to catch up. On the other hand, people seem to enjoy my Tears reviews. Here is one intersection of the two types of review.
Perry Rhodan: Peacelord of All the Planets! Unifier of Earth! Guardian of the Galaxy Milky Way! A character who makes me wonder if the German language lacks a word for the concept of subtext!
The first weekly Perry Rhodan novella appeared in 1961; the ongoing series passed the 2700-episode mark in 2013. Obviously, Perry Rhodan is the Coronation Street of large-scale space opera.
What it isn’t is … much good,