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The Venus Trap (Perry Rhodan No. 17)

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Book 17 of this Space Opera is the conclusion of a short quartet of adventures on Venus.

Rhodan and his crew finally rescue Thora from captivity - but not before both the rebels and Rhodan's men have a couple adventures of their own. Rhodan has Marshall contact the Venusian seals - semi-intelligent animals that live in the seas of Venus to help them get into the Venusian secret base. Meanwhile, Rhodan's enemies, the rebels against the new power, who have Thora (the Arkonide beauty) captive, are also nearing the Venusian base. Thora's captors are menaced by a Venusian Tyrex - a monster similar to the Terran Tyrannosaurus, but far larger and more voracious. There's also a cool scene with gigantic ants.

Of course, everyone knows that Perry will resuce Thora and put down the rebellion. But it's how he does it that's interesting.

The next short series begins with number 18 - "Menace of the Mutant Master", a trilogy about a man who can control mutants.

I've never been this impressed by a series. I'm reminded of old cliffhangers like "Buck Rodgers" or "Flash Gordon" when reading these marvelous books. This series is still being published in Germany and is now well over 1,800 volumes. It's too bad American publishers stopped these after only about 120 books. I had to learn to speak, read, and write German in order to continue reading Perry Rhodan.

This book also contains another editorial, another science fiction movie section, and another fan letters page. And there are three stories - one continuing adventure, similar to a serial, and two "Shock Shorts" - continuing a series of science fiction shorts at the end of each volume of Rhodan stories. Although these stories have nothing to do with Perry Rhodan, they are worth looking at. It's well worth reading the entire Rhodan series.