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Infinity Flight (Perry Rhodan, #24)

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Book # 24 of this Space Opera continues the first huge story arc, which began in book # 21, "The Cosmic Decoy", and concludes in Book # 41, "The Earth Dies".

These mega-stories are called "bands" in the original German. This band deals with the first true encounter between the fledgling fleet of Terra and the might of the galactic empire.

In this interlude from the story of Cadet Julian Tifflor, we find Perry Rhodan on an interstellar journey to the planet Wanderer - the Planet of Eternal Life - in the hope that he can acquire a weapon to help the Terrans defeat the Springers. But first, Perry must deal with events on the planet Barkon (=not= "Arkon") to help the inhabitants of that system in their attempt to manufacture what may be the engineering feat of the entire universe - hollowing out their entire world and turning it into a titanic worldship! In order to determine if Rhodan and his crew are ready for such a weapon, the inhabitant of the Planet of Eternal Life sends Perry on this quest to the edge of the universe.

Next "episode" - Number 25 - "Snowman in Flames".

I've never been this impressed by a series. I'm reminded of old cliffhanger serials like "Buck Rodgers" or "Flash Gordon" when reading these marvelous books. This series is still being published in Germany and is now well over 2,000 stories. It's too bad American publishers stopped after only about 120 books. I had to learn to speak, read, and write German in order to continue reading Perry Rhodan.

This book contains another editorial, another science fiction movie section, and another letters column. There are also extra stories - one continuing adventure, similar to a serial, and some "Shock Shorts" - continuing a series of SF short stories at the end of each book. Although these stories have nothing to do with Perry Rhodan, they are worth looking at.

It's well worth reading the entire Rhodan series.