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Perry Rhodan #7, Fortress of the Six Moons (August 1971)
By K. H. Scheer (= German issue #13, 1 December 1961)Chap. 1, “Someone Always Gets It on the Dawn Patrol”While on a reconnaissance flight launched by the Stardust II's auxiliary space-sphere S-7, near...
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Perry Rhodan #6, The Secret of the Time Vault (1971)
By Clark Darlton (= German issue #12, 24 November 1961)Chap. 1, “Rhodan 'Conquers' Galacto-City” We take up at the instant that the undermanned Stardust II makes transition from the Vega System to Sol,...
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I just want to post a "placeholder" here to let anyone who comes across this blog know that despite the sudden lapse in postings a couple of weeks ago, there is more to come. I've not quit already!...
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Perry Rhodan #5(b), Mutants in Action (1970)
By Kurt Mahr (= German issue #11, 17 November 1961) After flying the crippled Good Hope to a remote desert base on Rofus as directed by the Ferron ruler, the Thort, where the ship can be better hidden...
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Perry Rhodan #5(a), Space Battle in the Vega Sector (1970)
By K. H. Scheer (= German issue #10, 10 November 1961) Three years have passed since the defeat of the Mind Snatchers. General Lesley Pounder, US Space Force Commander, visits the Third Power, where he...
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Perry Rhodan #8, The Galactic Riddle (1971)
By Clark Darlton (= German issue #14, 8 December 1961)Chap. 1, “The Mysterious Planet” The Ferron scientist Lossoshér accompanies Perry Rhodan and the Terrans aboard the Stardust as they sweep through...
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A good, albeit outdated, article on the history of Perry Rhodan in English
Wendayne and Forrest J. Ackerman (sitting,with Ray Bradbury at the podium), 1967 [source]It's hard to believe it's been well over a year since I updated this blog. I keep thinking about thinking about...
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The Art of Gray Morrow
Gray Morrow's iconic painting forPerry Rhodan #50Happy New Year!I spent a couple of hours today exploring various of my favorite bloggers' blogrolls, just to see what new and interesting blogs I might...
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Perry Rhodan #19, Mutants vs. Mutants (1972)
By Clark Darlton ( = German issue #26, “Duel of the Mutants,” Friday 2 March 1962)A space pilot training mission is ambushed near Mars by one of the destroyers previously stolen in the first move by...
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Neil Armstrong, R.I.P.
(1930-2012)Along with much of the world, seven-year-old Kent sat mesmerized in front of the TV to see mankind's first steps on another world on the evening of Sunday, 20 July 1969. At that moment,...
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Perry Rhodan #18, Menace of the Mutant Master (1972)
By Kurt Mahr (= German issue #25, “The Overlord,” Friday 23 February 1962)On the very eve of Perry Rhodan's return from his extended stay on Venus, Terrania is hit by acts of sabotage and hijacking....
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Perry Rhodan #17, The Venus Trap (1972)
By Kurt Mahr (= German issue #24, Im Dschungel der Urwelt “In the Jungles of the Prehistoric World,” Friday 16 February 1962)In a nutshell, we have a race between several groups to gain access to the...
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Perry Rhodan #16, Secret Barrier X (Aug 1972)
By W. W. Shols (= German issue #23, Friday 9 February 1962)After a short chapter establishing that even mutant teleporter Tako Kakuta cannot penetrate Secret Barrier X from the helplessly orbiting Good...
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Perry Rhodan #15, Escape to Venus (1972)
by Clark Darlton (= German issue no. 22, Thoras Flucht“Thora's Flight,” Friday 2 February 1962)19 June 1981. A year has passed since the return of the Stardust to Earth and Perry Rhodan's removal of...
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Perry Rhodan Special Release: Menace of Atomigeddon (1977)
By Kurt Mahr (= German issue #21, Der Atomkrieg findet nicht statt, which Google Translate renders as “The Nuclear War Cannot Be Held,” Friday 26 January 1962)This story takes up almost immediately...
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The Book Cave Podcast Episode #150: Perry Rhodan
Along with hosts Ric Croxton and Art Sippo, as well as fellow guest Andrew Salmon, I talk Perry Rhodan and a whole bunch of other stuff as the conversation takes us. And a good time was had by...
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Perry Rhodan #14, Venus in Danger (1972)
By Kurt Mahr (= German issue #20, 19 January 1962)First, a couple of words. Welcome back to what I intend to be the leaner and hopefully meaner Perry Rhodan Reading Project blog. Several things have...
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Better late than never.
Fifty years ago this month, on Friday 8 September 1961, the first issue of Perry Rhodan hit the stands in Germany. Happy Birthday, Perry!Life gets in the way. That's my only excuse for my delay in...
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Number 2600!
I was just surfing the 'net and came across this bit of news that had slipped past me. The original German Perry Rhodan series published issue #2600 last Friday, 17 June 2011. Wow! What an...
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Perry Rhodan #13, The Immortal Unknown (1972)
By K. H. Scheer (= German issue #19, “The Immortal,” Friday 12 January 1962)Chap. 1, “Stardust to … Star Dust?” Perry Rhodan and his crew finally jump back into the Vega system after their diversion to...
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