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Re: "Secret Mission: Moluk (Perry Rhodan, No. 84)" by William Voltz

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Lynn McGuire wrote:
> "Secret Mission: Moluk (Perry Rhodan, No. 84)" by William Voltz
>    https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Mission-Moluk-Perry-Rhodan/dp/B0007186ZS

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> BTW, this is actually book number 92 of the original German pamphlets
> written in 1963.  There is a very good explanation of the plot in German
> on the Perrypedia German 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/Geheimmission_Moluk
> There is alternate synopsis site at:
>    https://www.perryrhodan.us/summaries/92#

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> Perry Rhodan is desperately looking for alliances to help defend The
> Terran Empire.  The Solar Defense forces found documents in the house of
> Maatal that said that Molecular Deformer colonists were from Moluk.  So
> he and Alan Mercant send the space ship Mexico to the planet Moluk which
> is 20,000 light years away from Earth.  But, as usual, things start off
> with a bang.

My favorite part of this story are the snippets set inside the tower of 
the dreaded desert. It reminds me of funhouse fantasy found in stories
such as THE DWARFT by Bradbury.
    Napolean's tactic to herd Others into a tightly controlled 
groupthink under his command seems like a psychological allegory. It may
mirror manipulation practiced by a reality politician or cult leader. 

Danke,

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"Secret Mission: Moluk (Perry Rhodan, No. 84)" by William Voltz Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-05-18 19:15 -0500
  Re: "Secret Mission: Moluk (Perry Rhodan, No. 84)" by William Voltz Don <g@crcomp.net> - 2026-05-20 05:23 +0000

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