Pulaster. Roman eines Planeten
(Pulaster. Novel of a Planet)
Shayol Publ. Berlin 2008
"Pulaster" could be simply distorted Latin, meaning "paluster", swampy. Nearly all of the planet is covered with swamps and dripping jungles. So, please, wear rubber boots when you walk out into the wet wilderness! And beware of the "springlings" - young intelligent dinosaurs which hop around without paying much attention to members of the Space Fleet. A young Fleet technician has run aground on Pulaster. He is disgusted by the primoridal nature of the planet and the primitive culture of the Hrengeng (the intelligent dinosaurs). Nevertheless he agrees to join an expedition to some supposed relics of an old cosmic hypercivilization. this expedition ends in catastrophy - and the long, dangerous way back to the Fleet Base turns for our hero and his dinosaur friend into a quest for their own roots.
And perhaps "Pulaster" stands for "pulcher aster" - beautiful star.
The new revised and augmented edition at Shayol Publishers Berlin contains an appendix with additional documents, e. g. from the famous planetary guide "All About Pulaster".
Former editions:
Neues Leben Publ. Berlin 1986, and Suhrkamp Publ. Frankfurt/M. 1988