At one point in the book, Rhodan needs money. He has none of the likability that characterizes Richard Seaton, and certainly none of his ethics. However, Rhodan, at least in this book, strikes me as a highly amoral and opportunistic individual. The book almost reads like a bad knockoff of the Skylark books, as Perry Rhodan is your typical superhuman fellow with, we’re told, a magnetic personality and keen intelligence. But who cares?įrom what I can gather from this book, third in the series, the hero is a fellow named Perry Rhodan who has learned all sorts of useful information through hypnosis in alien machines. So people could have calculated that we are in 1971 at the time of the action. That was when Adams went to prison for fourteen years.

But here she did allow a reference to the year 1957. I can understand, it would seem strange telling people that the first landing on the moon occurred in 1971 when Armstrong just landed there last year. And she is getting jealous of Anne Sloane.įun fact: The translator, Wendayne Ackerman, avoided mentioning dates. Speaking of love PR, sort of, admitted his love for Thora. They are even promised to be able to return after a week. But, I am happy to report, Rhodan is not all bad, because the first thing he tells them, that being imprisoned in the middle of the desert Gobi will produce them no costs. How does he do it? Well, by kidnapping them. So maybe that is what the dear writers of the stupid film were inspired off.) And of the Mutant Corps that Rhodan manages to get into his service. (For some funny reason there are a lot of ordinary gangsters on board. Turns out, instead of an Arkonide armada the SOS only attracted an alien race called Fanfan (or something like this).

She does have a soft spot in her heart because she is willing to save Perry and Reg. They had destroyed her ship on Moon, remember. Lovely Thora is looking forward to a Robot fleet approaching to kill off the people on Earth.

Galactic Alarm by Kurt Mahr