Perry Rhodan Books In Order
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Enterprise Stardust | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Radiant Dome | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Galactic Alarm | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Invasion from Space | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Vega Sector | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret Of The Time Vault | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fortress of the Six Moons | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Galactic Riddle | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Quest Through Space and Time | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts of Gol | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Caves of the Druufs | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Planet of the Dying Sun | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ambassadors From Aurigel | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rebels of Tuglan | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Immortal Unknown | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Venus In Danger | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Escape to Venus | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Secret Barrier X | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Venus Trap | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Menace Of The Mutant Master | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mutants Vs. Mutants | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thrall Of Hypno | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cosmic Decoy | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fleet of the Springers | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Peril On Ice Planet | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Perry Rhodan, Infinity Flight | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snowman in Flames | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cosmic Traitor | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Planet of the Gods | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Plague Of Oblivion | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A World Gone Mad | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
To Arkon! | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Realm Of The Tri-planets | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Challenge of the Unknown | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Giant's Partner | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
SOS: Spaceship Titan! | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beware The Microbots | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man And Monster | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Epidemic center: Aralon | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Project : Earthsave | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Silence Of Gom | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Red Eye of Betelgeuse | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Earth Dies | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time's Lonely One | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lifehunt | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pseudo One | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unknown Sector: Milky Way | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Again: Atlan! | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadow Of The Mutant Master | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dead Live | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Solar Assassins | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Attack From The Unseen | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Return From The Void | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fortress Atlantis | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spybot! | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Blue Dwarfs | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Micro-Techs | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Touch of Eternity | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Prisoner Of Time | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Guardians | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Interlude on Siliko 5 | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dimension Search | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Atom Hell Of Grautier | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Waits in Semispace | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Days of Atlantis | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tigris Leaps | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Renegades of the Future | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Horror | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crimson Universe | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Under the Stars of Druufon | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bonds of Eternity | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thora's Sacrifice | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spaceship of Ancestors | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Checkmate: Universe | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Planet Topide, Please Reply! | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Recruits For Arkon | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Conflict Center: Naator | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Power Key | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sleepers | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Columbus Affair | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pucky's Greatest Hour | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Atlan In Danger | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ernst Ellert Returns! | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Secret Mission: Moluk | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Enemy in the Dark | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blazing Sun | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Starless Realm | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mystery Of The Anti | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unleashed Powers | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Friend to Mankind | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Target Star | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vagabond Of Space | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Action: Division 3 | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Plasma Monster | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horn: Green | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Phantom Fleet | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Idol from Passa | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Blue System | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Desert of Death's Domain | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blockade: Lepso | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spoor Of The Antis | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
False Front | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man with Two Faces | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wonderflower Of Utik | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Power's Price | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Caller from Eternity | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Emperor And The Monster | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Duel Under The Double Sun | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Stolen Spacefleet & Sgt. Robot | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seeds of Ruin & #Planet Mechanica | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heritage of the Lizard People & Death's Demand | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Saboteurs in A-1 & The Psycho Duel | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Perry Rhodan, No. 117: Savior of the Empire / No. 118: The Shadows Attack | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Between the Galaxies | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Killers from Hyperspace | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Atom Fire on Mechanica | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Volunteers for Frago | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fortress in Time | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sinister Power | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Robots, Bombs and Mutants | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The guns of Everblack | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sentinels of Solitude | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Beasts Below | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blitzkrieg Galactica | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Peril Unlimited | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
World Without Mercy | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deadmen Shouldn't Die | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Station of the Invisibles | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Agents of Distruction | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Humans Keep Out! | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Robot Invitation | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Phantom Horde 137 Meets Starman | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The name Perry Rhodan refers to a science fiction magazine series from Germany that started publication in the 1960s. There have been over two thousand issues of Perry Rhodan released to date. The series was initially the work of Walter Ernsting and Karl Herbert Scheer.
The German science fiction writers eventually gave way to other authors to try their hand at producing the series.
+The Story
There were only supposed to be fifty volumes of the Perry Rhodan series. However, since its initial publication, the stories have continued to come out on a weekly basis, this allowing for the accumulation of over two thousand issues over the decades.
The Perry Rhodan series has, for the last several decades, worked to tell stories that revolve around a collection of connected and highly complex plotlines. In fact, one would be hard-pressed to make sense of the story trying to jump aboard using random issues because references to earlier events are constantly being made.
The Perry Rhodan series has since been released in hardcover and paperback volumes, though the comics are also still available.
The story of the Perry Rhodan series begins with Perry Rhodan attempting a moon landing alongside his fellow members of the U.S. Space force. The mission takes an unexpected turn when the team discovers an alien spacecraft.
The crew uses the technology of the ship to elevate mankind’s place in the cosmos, allowing their species to go out into the galaxy and to begin truly exploring the vastness of space. To make such achievements, Perry’s discoveries help mankind make alterations to their physical forms, not to mention making use of advanced transportation technologies.
As the series progresses and the characters go on numerous adventures, they attain a state of immortality where by they cannot age or suffer from disease. This particular shift allows the story to cover several decades, centuries and even millennia.
In fact, after a while, some of the characters begin talking in terms of millions of years as their live spans extend astronomically. New galaxies are introduced and concepts such as time travel and paranormal abilities come into play.
The writers of the Perry Rhodan series are able to play with so many unique concepts because their story takes place in an alternate universe known as the Einstein Universe. As such, they have the freedom to play with the way nature and physics work.
Though, the Einstein Universe is supposed to resemble the reader’s own universe in most aspects. The Perry Rhodan series is able to exceed the boundaries of real science by staying true to previous theories about the universe and its workings, many of which allow for greater flexibility in terms of interpretation. Even though the Perry Rhodan series is still running, its writers keep choosing to ignore new scientific theories about concepts like dark matter and dark energy. As a result, they have a little more freedom to operate.
The stories told play fast and loose with what can and cannot be achieved through scientific means. The multiverse concept is often used as a tool through which the Perry Rhodan series can explore its most outlandish ideas.
By having their characters travel to alternative universes, the writers are able to create stories that are not beholden to even the few restrictions of science and nature to which they have chosen to stay true in the Einstein Universe.
The Perry Rhodan series deals with a variety of alien beings many of whom are quite primitive and some of which are so powerful that they have attained god-like powers.
A recurring theme in the Rhodan books is the conflict between the high powers, beings that have evolved to a point where they exist in a higher dimension and, therefore, cannot interact with lower level creatures.
The conflict initially revolves around two sides known as the cosmocrats and the chaotarchs. One side seeks to bring about absolute order while the other, their foes, won’t be happy until they have brought about complete chaos in the universe.
After a while, though, the higher powers as a whole begin to view life as a rival that must be overcome because it keeps spreading throughout the universe. The complexity of the stories told in these books tends to wax and wane depending on the writers. When it gets complicated, though, the books can sometimes push things a bit too far, with the scientific concepts they keep playing with and the classifications of living organisms involved making for a jumbled mess.
The Perry Rhodan series was initially derided by fans. But that was during its earliest days when it was aimed at teenagers. As time went by, the authors began to develop more mature stories written with adult readers in mind.
The books began to focus less on pulpy action and adventure and more on the philosophical nature of man’s attempts to expand his horizons. Despite its many critics, the Perry Rhodan series has maintained a consistent presence on the science fiction landscape because it has a hardcore following.
Then again, this hardcore following seemed to dissipate when the live action film adaptation of the Perry Rhodan books was released in 1967. Called ‘Mission Stardust’ and featuring Lang Jeffries and Essy Persson, the movie first opened in Rome before making its way to West Germany. No one had anything good to say about it.
The movie was panned for being uneven and boasting very crude special effects, though some people thought its makers were bold for even attempting such an undertaking.
+Enterprise Stardust
Perry Rhodan boarded the spaceship Stardust believing that he would be the first man on the moon. He did not expect to also become the first man to engage with Alien life. Perry’s interactions with the Arkonides—aliens from a distant world—has the potential to catapult mankind into an age of wonders.
But before Perry can bring the Arkonides’ amazing technology to the people of Earth, he must prove his worth by passing a daring test.
+The Radiant Dome
Following his encounter with Aliens, Perry and his crew have gone ahead and set up shop in the Gobi desert. With their base online, Perry attempts to unite the governments of the world, a tactic that fails. When the nations of the earth move to strike their base, Perry must rely on his Arkonide connections to keep his friends safe even while working to unite mankind.
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