Perry Rhodan: Lemuria Star Ark by Frank Borsch

Today I decided to read the translated version of the first book in the Lemuria mini-series which I bought more for collectors reasons than anything else.

The book is more or less as good as the original and despite the fact that I prefer the Andromeda mini-series it's a fun read.

There is a unintentional(?) funny scene when Perry shows again that immortality does not protect you from making rather stupid mistakes when he fucks a calculation up right after claiming "The calculation isn't difficult". :p

I found the portrayal of the relationship between the Akonides and the Terrans is a little bit annoying as I preferred the days of the "Galaktikum" when the people of the Milky Way worked much closer together and prejudices were rare, however the Perryverse is ever-changing.

The translation by Dwight R. Decker is half-decent, there are some mistakes but it could be worse, however it could also be better when you consider awesome German-English translations like "The Carpet Makers".

I recommend this book to the people who enjoyed those few PR issues(100 or so IIRC) which were published by Forrest J. Ackerman and also to those who are interested at a small(very) glimpse THE German SF universe.

btw: The PALENQUE, a Crawler and the LAS TOÓR.