"Cosmic traitor (Perry Rhodan #25)" by Kurt Brand, translated by
Wendayne Ackerman
https://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-traitor-Perry-Rhodan-Brand/dp/B0006WTFGW/

Book number twenty-six of a series of one hundred and twenty-six space
opera books in English. The original German books, actually pamphlets,
number in the thousands. The English books started with two translated
German stories per book and transitioned to one story per book with the
sixth book. The German books were written from 1961 to present time,
having sold two billion copies and even recently been rebooted again. I
read the well printed and well bound book published by Ace in 1973 that
I had to be very careful with due to age. I bought an almost complete
box of Perry Rhodans a decade or two ago on ebay that I am finally
getting to since I lost my original Perry Rhodans in The Great Flood of
1989. In fact, I now own book #1 to book #103, plus the Atlan books.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Rhodan

BTW, this is actually book number 34 of the German Pamphlets. There is
a very good explanation of the plot in German on this website of all of
the PR books. There is automatic Google translation available for
English, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, French, and Portuguese.
https://www.perrypedia.de/wiki/Levtan,_der_Verr%C3%A4ter

In this alternate universe, USSF Major Perry Rhodan and his three fellow
astronauts blasted off in a three stage rocket to the Moon in 1971. The
first stage of the rocket was chemical, the second and third stages were
nuclear. After crashing on the Moon due to a strange radio
interference, they discover a massive crashed alien spaceship with an
aged male scientist (Khrest), a female commander (Thora), and a crew of
500. It has been over ten years since then and the New Power has
flourished with millions of people and many spaceships headquartered in
the Gobi desert, the city of Terrania.

A Springer space ship has transitioned in the Solar System by Jupiter
and transitioned out. Perry Rhodan sent a cruiser out to that spot
which captured a small Springer ship with an exiled captain and crew.
Rhodan's mutants implant massive space ship facilities on Venus in the
captain's mind and send them on their way. The Springer captain goes to
the Springer meeting about Earth and Perry Rhodan and tells his story to
the thousand skeptical captains.

One has to remember that this book was written in German in 1962 and
translated to English in 1973. Many items that came about in the 1970s
and beyond such as cell phones are not reflected in the book. However,
commercial aircraft commonly traveling at Mach 3 are not available to
the public as talked about in the book. Niels Bohr's saying "Prediction
is very difficult, especially about the future" comes to mind.

Two observations:
1. The publisher should have put two to four of the translated stories
in each book. Having two stories in the first five books worked out
well. Just having one story in the book is too short and would never
allow the translated books to catch up to the German originals.
2. Anyone liking Perry Rhodan and wanting a more up to date story should
read the totally awesome "Mutineer's Moon" Dahak series of three books
by David Weber.
https://www.amazon.com/Mutineers-Moon-Dahak-David-Weber/dp/0671720856/

My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 5 out of 5 stars (1 review)

Lynn

On 3/9/2022 3:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> "Cosmic traitor (Perry Rhodan #25)" by Kurt Brand, translated by
> Wendayne Ackerman
>    https://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-traitor-Perry-Rhodan-Brand/dp/B0006WTFGW/
>
> Book number twenty-six of a series of one hundred and twenty-six space
> opera books in English.  The original German books, actually pamphlets,
> number in the thousands.  The English books started with two translated
> German stories per book and transitioned to one story per book with the
> sixth book.  The German books were written from 1961 to present time,
> having sold two billion copies and even recently been rebooted again.  I
> read the well printed and well bound book published by Ace in 1973 that
> I had to be very careful with due to age.  I bought an almost complete
> box of Perry Rhodans a decade or two ago on ebay that I am finally
> getting to since I lost my original Perry Rhodans in The Great Flood of
> 1989.  In fact, I now own book #1 to book #103, plus the Atlan books.
>    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Rhodan
>
> BTW, this is actually book number 34 of the German Pamphlets.  There is
> a very good explanation of the plot in German on this website of all of
> the PR books.  There is automatic Google translation available for
> English, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, French, and Portuguese.
>    https://www.perrypedia.de/wiki/Levtan,_der_Verr%C3%A4ter
>
> In this alternate universe, USSF Major Perry Rhodan and his three fellow
> astronauts blasted off in a three stage rocket to the Moon in 1971.  The
> first stage of the rocket was chemical, the second and third stages were
> nuclear.  After crashing on the Moon due to a strange radio
> interference, they discover a massive crashed alien spaceship with an
> aged male scientist (Khrest), a female commander (Thora), and a crew of
> 500.  It has been over ten years since then and the New Power has
> flourished with millions of people and many spaceships headquartered in
> the Gobi desert, the city of Terrania.
>
> A Springer space ship has transitioned in the Solar System by Jupiter
> and transitioned out.  Perry Rhodan sent a cruiser out to that spot
> which captured a small Springer ship with an exiled captain and crew.
> Rhodan's mutants implant massive space ship facilities on Venus in the
> captain's mind and send them on their way.  The Springer captain goes to
> the Springer meeting about Earth and Perry Rhodan and tells his story to
> the thousand skeptical captains.
>
> One has to remember that this book was written in German in 1962 and
> translated to English in 1973.  Many items that came about in the 1970s
> and beyond such as cell phones are not reflected in the book.  However,
> commercial aircraft commonly traveling at Mach 3 are not available to
> the public as talked about in the book.  Niels Bohr's saying "Prediction
> is very difficult, especially about the future" comes to mind.
>
> Two observations:
> 1. The publisher should have put two to four of the translated stories
> in each book.  Having two stories in the first five books worked out
> well.  Just having one story in the book is too short and would never
> allow the translated books to catch up to the German originals.
> 2. Anyone liking Perry Rhodan and wanting a more up to date story should
> read the totally awesome "Mutineer's Moon" Dahak series of three books
> by David Weber.
>    https://www.amazon.com/Mutineers-Moon-Dahak-David-Weber/dp/0671720856/
>
> My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
> Amazon rating: 5 out of 5 stars (1 review)
>
> Lynn

^"Cosmic traitor (Perry Rhodan #25)" by Kurt Brand, translated by
Wendayne Ackerman
^"Cosmic traitor (Perry Rhodan #26)" by Kurt Brand, translated by
Wendayne Ackerman

Oops.

Lynn

In article <t0b6ir$esh$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>"Cosmic traitor (Perry Rhodan #25)" by Kurt Brand, translated by
>Wendayne Ackerman
> https://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-traitor-Perry-Rhodan-Brand/dp/B0006WTFGW/
>
>Book number twenty-six of a series of one hundred and twenty-six space
>opera books in English. The original German books, actually pamphlets,
>number in the thousands. The English books started with two translated
>German stories per book and transitioned to one story per book with the
>sixth book. The German books were written from 1961 to present time,
>having sold two billion copies and even recently been rebooted again. I
>read the well printed and well bound book published by Ace in 1973 that
>I had to be very careful with due to age. I bought an almost complete
>box of Perry Rhodans a decade or two ago on ebay that I am finally
>getting to since I lost my original Perry Rhodans in The Great Flood of
>1989. In fact, I now own book #1 to book #103, plus the Atlan books.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Rhodan
>
>BTW, this is actually book number 34 of the German Pamphlets. There is
>a very good explanation of the plot in German on this website of all of
>the PR books. There is automatic Google translation available for
>English, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, French, and Portuguese.
> https://www.perrypedia.de/wiki/Levtan,_der_Verr%C3%A4ter
>
>In this alternate universe, USSF Major Perry Rhodan and his three fellow
>astronauts blasted off in a three stage rocket to the Moon in 1971. The
>first stage of the rocket was chemical, the second and third stages were
>nuclear. After crashing on the Moon due to a strange radio
>interference, they discover a massive crashed alien spaceship with an
>aged male scientist (Khrest), a female commander (Thora), and a crew of
>500. It has been over ten years since then and the New Power has
>flourished with millions of people and many spaceships headquartered in
>the Gobi desert, the city of Terrania.
>
>A Springer space ship has transitioned in the Solar System by Jupiter
>and transitioned out. Perry Rhodan sent a cruiser out to that spot
>which captured a small Springer ship with an exiled captain and crew.
>Rhodan's mutants implant massive space ship facilities on Venus in the
>captain's mind and send them on their way. The Springer captain goes to
>the Springer meeting about Earth and Perry Rhodan and tells his story to
>the thousand skeptical captains.
>

I had forgotten this one totally. I have to say it sounds highly unethical.
--
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What's not in Columbia anymore..

On 3/9/2022 4:49 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <t0b6ir$esh$1@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "Cosmic traitor (Perry Rhodan #25)" by Kurt Brand, translated by
>> Wendayne Ackerman
>> https://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-traitor-Perry-Rhodan-Brand/dp/B0006WTFGW/
>>
>> Book number twenty-six of a series of one hundred and twenty-six space
>> opera books in English. The original German books, actually pamphlets,
>> number in the thousands. The English books started with two translated
>> German stories per book and transitioned to one story per book with the
>> sixth book. The German books were written from 1961 to present time,
>> having sold two billion copies and even recently been rebooted again. I
>> read the well printed and well bound book published by Ace in 1973 that
>> I had to be very careful with due to age. I bought an almost complete
>> box of Perry Rhodans a decade or two ago on ebay that I am finally
>> getting to since I lost my original Perry Rhodans in The Great Flood of
>> 1989. In fact, I now own book #1 to book #103, plus the Atlan books.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Rhodan
>>
>> BTW, this is actually book number 34 of the German Pamphlets. There is
>> a very good explanation of the plot in German on this website of all of
>> the PR books. There is automatic Google translation available for
>> English, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, French, and Portuguese.
>> https://www.perrypedia.de/wiki/Levtan,_der_Verr%C3%A4ter
>>
>> In this alternate universe, USSF Major Perry Rhodan and his three fellow
>> astronauts blasted off in a three stage rocket to the Moon in 1971. The
>> first stage of the rocket was chemical, the second and third stages were
>> nuclear. After crashing on the Moon due to a strange radio
>> interference, they discover a massive crashed alien spaceship with an
>> aged male scientist (Khrest), a female commander (Thora), and a crew of
>> 500. It has been over ten years since then and the New Power has
>> flourished with millions of people and many spaceships headquartered in
>> the Gobi desert, the city of Terrania.
>>
>> A Springer space ship has transitioned in the Solar System by Jupiter
>> and transitioned out. Perry Rhodan sent a cruiser out to that spot
>> which captured a small Springer ship with an exiled captain and crew.
>> Rhodan's mutants implant massive space ship facilities on Venus in the
>> captain's mind and send them on their way. The Springer captain goes to
>> the Springer meeting about Earth and Perry Rhodan and tells his story to
>> the thousand skeptical captains.
>>
>
> I had forgotten this one totally. I have to say it sounds highly unethical.

Are there ethics in war ?

Lynn

In article <t0bb5e$9qj$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 3/9/2022 4:49 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>> In article <t0b6ir$esh$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> "Cosmic traitor (Perry Rhodan #25)" by Kurt Brand, translated by
>>> Wendayne Ackerman
>>> https://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-traitor-Perry-Rhodan-Brand/dp/B0006WTFGW/
>>>
>>> Book number twenty-six of a series of one hundred and twenty-six space
>>> opera books in English. The original German books, actually pamphlets,
>>> number in the thousands. The English books started with two translated
>>> German stories per book and transitioned to one story per book with the
>>> sixth book. The German books were written from 1961 to present time,
>>> having sold two billion copies and even recently been rebooted again. I
>>> read the well printed and well bound book published by Ace in 1973 that
>>> I had to be very careful with due to age. I bought an almost complete
>>> box of Perry Rhodans a decade or two ago on ebay that I am finally
>>> getting to since I lost my original Perry Rhodans in The Great Flood of
>>> 1989. In fact, I now own book #1 to book #103, plus the Atlan books.
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Rhodan
>>>
>>> BTW, this is actually book number 34 of the German Pamphlets. There is
>>> a very good explanation of the plot in German on this website of all of
>>> the PR books. There is automatic Google translation available for
>>> English, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, French, and Portuguese.
>>> https://www.perrypedia.de/wiki/Levtan,_der_Verr%C3%A4ter
>>>
>>> In this alternate universe, USSF Major Perry Rhodan and his three fellow
>>> astronauts blasted off in a three stage rocket to the Moon in 1971. The
>>> first stage of the rocket was chemical, the second and third stages were
>>> nuclear. After crashing on the Moon due to a strange radio
>>> interference, they discover a massive crashed alien spaceship with an
>>> aged male scientist (Khrest), a female commander (Thora), and a crew of
>>> 500. It has been over ten years since then and the New Power has
>>> flourished with millions of people and many spaceships headquartered in
>>> the Gobi desert, the city of Terrania.
>>>
>>> A Springer space ship has transitioned in the Solar System by Jupiter
>>> and transitioned out. Perry Rhodan sent a cruiser out to that spot
>>> which captured a small Springer ship with an exiled captain and crew.
>>> Rhodan's mutants implant massive space ship facilities on Venus in the
>>> captain's mind and send them on their way. The Springer captain goes to
>>> the Springer meeting about Earth and Perry Rhodan and tells his story to
>>> the thousand skeptical captains.
>>>
>>
>> I had forgotten this one totally. I have to say it sounds highly unethical.
>
>Are there ethics in war ?
>

Well, once you're ok with killing a bunch of folks I admit it becomes
pretty tenuous, but mindraping POWs still seems a bit much.
--
columbiaclosings.com
What's not in Columbia anymore..

Ted Nolan wrote:
> Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> Ted Nolan wrote:
>>> Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> "Cosmic traitor (Perry Rhodan #25)" by Kurt Brand, translated by
>>>> Wendayne Ackerman
>>>> https://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-traitor-Perry-Rhodan-Brand/dp/B0006WTFGW/
>>>>
>>>> Book number twenty-six of a series of one hundred and twenty-six space
>>>> opera books in English. The original German books, actually pamphlets,
>>>> number in the thousands. The English books started with two translated
>>>> German stories per book and transitioned to one story per book with the
>>>> sixth book. The German books were written from 1961 to present time,
>>>> having sold two billion copies and even recently been rebooted again. I
>>>> read the well printed and well bound book published by Ace in 1973 that
>>>> I had to be very careful with due to age. I bought an almost complete
>>>> box of Perry Rhodans a decade or two ago on ebay that I am finally
>>>> getting to since I lost my original Perry Rhodans in The Great Flood of
>>>> 1989. In fact, I now own book #1 to book #103, plus the Atlan books.
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Rhodan
>>>>
>>>> BTW, this is actually book number 34 of the German Pamphlets. There is
>>>> a very good explanation of the plot in German on this website of all of
>>>> the PR books. There is automatic Google translation available for
>>>> English, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, French, and Portuguese.
>>>> https://www.perrypedia.de/wiki/Levtan,_der_Verr%C3%A4ter
>>>>
>>>> In this alternate universe, USSF Major Perry Rhodan and his three fellow
>>>> astronauts blasted off in a three stage rocket to the Moon in 1971. The
>>>> first stage of the rocket was chemical, the second and third stages were
>>>> nuclear. After crashing on the Moon due to a strange radio
>>>> interference, they discover a massive crashed alien spaceship with an
>>>> aged male scientist (Khrest), a female commander (Thora), and a crew of
>>>> 500. It has been over ten years since then and the New Power has
>>>> flourished with millions of people and many spaceships headquartered in
>>>> the Gobi desert, the city of Terrania.
>>>>
>>>> A Springer space ship has transitioned in the Solar System by Jupiter
>>>> and transitioned out. Perry Rhodan sent a cruiser out to that spot
>>>> which captured a small Springer ship with an exiled captain and crew.
>>>> Rhodan's mutants implant massive space ship facilities on Venus in the
>>>> captain's mind and send them on their way. The Springer captain goes to
>>>> the Springer meeting about Earth and Perry Rhodan and tells his story to
>>>> the thousand skeptical captains.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I had forgotten this one totally. I have to say it sounds highly unethical.
>>
>>Are there ethics in war ?
>>
>
> Well, once you're ok with killing a bunch of folks I admit it becomes
> pretty tenuous, but mindraping POWs still seems a bit much.

The Springer's "brain-analyser" breaks POWs at the price of the victim's
life. Perry pulls a Jedi mind trick on pariah Levtan and his crew. Real
life corporate media tricksters, hucksters full of hyperbole, do far
worse when they hoodwink tens, if not hundreds, of millions of people,
with one of their stunts.
Besides, Etztak sees right through Perry's ploy. The other Springer
patriarchs have only themselves to blame when they ignore and ridicule
Etztak, a Cassandra analog.
Ackerman's "Cosmic Traitor" title telegraphs it all to aficionados.
Given how Perry "mind shafts" his young protege Tifflor in "Cosmic Decoy."
Perry only reveals part of the truth to Tiff, ala Bail Channies in
_Second Foundation_.

"Half a truth is often a great lie."
Mutant Tako drops a bomb on a Springer guard to knock him unconscious on
Moewig's cover. You can also see a depiction of Levtan near the bottom
of this link:

https://www.perrypedia.de/wiki/Levtan,_der_Verr%C3%A4ter

A faint echo of the original double issues appears in this Ackerman Ace.
An English synposis of "Hilfe fuer die Erde - Nr 9," translated and
written by Norbert F Novotny, opens this issue. Ackerman skipped "Hilfe"
earlier. So he attempts to appease "completists" with Novotny's synopsis.
While Wendayne quietly moves up to "lead translator."

Danke,

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