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PERRY RHODAN Studies: "Can the World's Largest SF Series be suspected of Utopianism?", reading and discussion.

PERRY RHODAN author Frank Böhmert, PERRY RHODAN editor Klaus Bollhöfener and Dr. Dierk Spreen, University of Paderborn will discuss the utopian aspects of the series, taking into account the issues of "hyperspace impedance", the cosmological "onion skin" model, immortality and the cosmic destination of mankind. The media-technological utopic ideas, which have been featured by the PERRY RHODAN series (i.e. the viral world-enslavement of the terranean mankind by cosmocratic Vishna, the global "Simusense" interconnectedness under Monos' reign, or the extraterrestrial "Net of the Nonggo"), will be also determined on behalf of their salvation promises. Why do all attempts to create a great vision of a future society have to fail in PERRY RHODAN? Or do at last remain just marginal inventions like "Aphilie", "Gänger des Netzes", "Shaogen-Himmelreich"? Is there a certain utopianist impact on the PERRY RHODAN fandom to change their real-world conditions of life, work and society?

Frank Böhmert , born 1962, is a freelance author and translator of thrillers, children's books und science fiction novels. His first works for PERRY RHODAN were published by Heyne for the paperback series "Andromeda" and "Odyssee". He will read from his current "Odyssee" issue #4 "Die Traumkapseln" ("Dream Capsules")

Klaus Bollhöfener is responsible for the marketing and licensing of PERRY RHODAN at the Verlagsunion Pabel-Moewig, Rastatt. In 1995 he initiated an umbrella of the organised PR fandom, the PERRY RHODAN-Fan-Zentrale, which he was chairman until 2003.

Dr. phil. Dierk Spreen studied political sciences, soziology and psychology at Freiburg/Breisgau and works as an assistent lecturer in the sociological faculty at the University of Paderborn. He is co-editor of "PERRY RHODAN-Studies -- Spurensuche im All", the 2003 conference transcript of "PERRY RHODAN -- Ein Phänomen der Popkultur" at the Berlin sited Archiv der Jugendkulturen.

Hosted by Gregor Sedlag, conceptioneer of c-base

With the kind assistance of the Archiv der Jugendkulturen, Berlin. http://www.jugendkulturen.de

For more information about PERRY RHODAN see: http://perry-rhodan.net

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