The day the gods died by walter ernsting and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Walter ernsting has 46 books on goodreads with 1471 ratings. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Walter ernsting on perrypedia in german walter ernsting on the official perry rhodan website in german.
The heir to the universe, though the americanbritish editions instead used the subtitle peacelord of the universe was created by german science fiction authors k. Walter ernsting was under the pseudonym clark darlton one of the most popular german science fiction writers. Main invasion from space the fourth book in the perry rhodan series invasion from space the fourth book in the perry rhodan series walter ernsting, kurt mahr. Ernsting also invented a number of alien races and many of the series supporting characters. Walter ernsting author of the day the gods died goodreads. Perry rhodan is a weekly german science fiction pulp magazine series that has run uninterrupted since 1961, with over two thousand five hundred issues released so far not counting reprints, books, and spinoffs.
The first story was published in 1961 in a digest format consisting of 66 pages. Invasion from space the fourth book in the perry rhodan. This is the first in the perry rhodan series, which now has over stories. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Buy a cheap copy of enterprise stardust book by kurt mahr. Published by ace books, new york, new york 1970 used. Perry rhodan 117 the stolen spacefleet by various authors. The first 126 novels plus five novels of the spinoff series atlan were translated. Books by walter ernsting author of the day the gods died. Initially conceived for thirty volumes, 4 it endured and passed 2800 installments in april 2015. Walter ernsting project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Still, the 1960s were much more important and especially remembered for the emergence of perry rhodan, the weekly dimenovelseries first published in september 1961, founded by walter ernsting and karlherbert scheer, and until now it has been the most successful and continuous german sfproject ever undertaken. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It is a space opera, dealing with several themes of science fiction.
Scheer and walter ernsting who were german science fiction authors. Jan 15, 2005 walter ernsting was a german science fiction and fantasy author who mainly published under the pseudonym clark darlton. It was originally founded by karlherbert scheer 19281991 and walter ernsting 19202005, two german science fiction writers, and. Walter ernsting and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at. Hans kneifel 19362012 was a german sf author who published his first novel in 1956, wrote over 80 perry rhodan books, and wrote numerous tales in many other sharedworld franchises. He also published under the pseudonym robert artner when writing together with ulf miehe. I believe that the original premise of perry rhodan was fairly original. Buy books perry rhodan and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. It was originally founded by karlherbert scheer 19281991 and walter ernsting 19202005, two german science fiction writers, and initially only conceived to run for thirty volumes. It was translated into english and published by forrest j. He stayed with the series until issue 1622, which was published in 1992. The third power faced its greatest threat in the alien mind snatchers. Enterprise stardust perry rhodan 1 by walter ernsting for.
Buy perry rhodan 1, enterprise stardust science fiction by scheer, k. Enterprise stardust perry rhodan, book 1 by walter ernsting and. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Pen name of german science fiction author walter ernsting. Meine erste personliche begegnung mit walter ernsting alias clark darlton.
Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. So why doesnt he invite some german woman writers to join the perry rhodan staff. There have been over two thousand issues of perry rhodan released to date. Perry rhodan 124 the psycho duel by various authors.
Perry rhodan 127 between the galaxies by various authors. Clark dalton frequently translates stories by female american science fiction authors, so he isnt averse to science fiction written by women at all. Karlherbert scheer, wendayne ackerman translator, walter ernsting, clark darlton. The series was initially the work of walter ernsting and karl herbert scheer. Perry rhodan is the classic tale of boy meets girl, boy likes girl, boy gets girl. Jun 10, 2015 not bad considering the life cycle of perry rhodan initially looked at releasing 30 issues of these novellasized books. The books in the series are relatively small, but each one is filled. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Written by an everchanging team of authors, perry rhodan is issued in weekly novellasize installments in the traditional german heftroman pulp booklet format. Lionel fanthorpe, who under his own name and at least often unlikely pen names how about pel torro or bron fane. Walter ernsting was a german science fiction and fantasy author who mainly published under. Click to read more about invasion from space by walter ernsting.
As of 2017, more than 2900 issues have been released in the main series alone, in addition to over magazines and books in the atlan spinoff series, as. Walter ernsting on perrypedia german walter ernsting on the official perry rhodan website german. I also know only about 100 have been translated into english which sounds a shame. The ace edition of the series for the first five volumes actually were two stories under a single cover and title. An ace image library user thank you david has supplied further information concerning some of the early ace single perry rhodan volumes. Perry rhodan has also inspired several comic strips, a video game, and even a theatrical film, the nobudget futura nouveau effort. Unfortunatley for us people who can only read english we only got just over 100 books translated to our language, but my. Radiant dome perry rhodan scheer, karlherbert, ernsting, walter, ackerman, w.
Walter clark darlton ernsting 19202005 find a grave. See more ideas about science fiction books, cover and science fiction. Perry rhodan is a science fiction pulp hero created by k. Not bad considering the life cycle of perry rhodan initially looked at releasing 30 issues of these novellasized books. It was originally founded by karlherbert scheer 19281991 and walter ernsting 19202005, two german science fiction writers, and initially only conceived to run for. Mar 12, 2019 if you mean the author who wrote the largest number of more or less sf novels, one famous contender is british author r. I know it has a cult following in native germany, and is a huge series of over 1,000 books in german, with minor cycles and great cycles which sounds fantastic. Perry rhodan himself is originally an american astronaut who, on the first trip to the moon, finds a stranded spacecraft from a vast galactic empire known as arkon, with crewmembers still in suspended animation. Perry rhodan project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Enterprise stardust perry rhodan, book 1 by walter ernsting and kurt mahr book cover, description, publication history. Translation of two volumes of the german science fiction series perry rhodan which began publication in 1961. He still wrote science fiction novels and stories using the pseudonyms clark darlton and occasionally fred mcpatterson.
Get the best deals on science fiction books in german when you. As of 2017, more than 2900 issues have been released in the main series alone, in addition to over magazines and books in the atlan spinoff series, as well as various paperbacks and miniseries. The perry rhodan series of dime novels began in germany in 1961 and is the worlds longest running sf series by the end of 1991 about 1600 booklets describing perry rhodan s adventures and mankinds destiny had been published. The perry rhodan magazine series is a german language science fiction series in.
Perry rhodan is a series of pulp scifi novels, originally german iirc. Returning from the moon with alien technology, perry rhodan has established a base in the gobi desert and declared it a new nation. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite. H scheer and walter ernsting and published in germany under the title unternehmen stardust enterprise stardust. Scheer 2 the radiant dome 1974 a by clark darlton and k. Enterprise stardust perry rhodan 9784411659705 by k. Perry rhodan 1 10 of 254 books books by clark darlton.
Good book description maybe exlibrary with stamps, 1 volume, please be aware of language, air mail shipment from germany within 26 weeks. Perry rhodan is the eponymous hero of a german science fiction novel series which has been. Invasion from space by walter ernsting librarything. By now, perry rhodan is the worlds most successful science fiction and magazine novel series. In my life i have read many scifi books and i can honestly say that none even come close to the scope and magnitude of the perry rhodan series. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Unfortunatley for us people who can only read english we only got just over 100 books translated to our language, but my advice to any scifi fans is, to go out and grab all of them that you can. This book isnt so much a space opera style adventure.