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''Perry Rhodan'' is the name of a science fiction series published since 1961 in Germany, as well as the name of the main character. It is a space opera, dealing with several themes of science fiction. Having sold over one billion copies (in pulp booklet format) worldwide, it is the most successful science fiction book series ever written.〔() 〕 The series and its spin-offs have captured a substantial fraction of the original German science fiction output and exert influence on many German writers in the field. The series is told in an arc storyline structure. An arc—called a "cycle"〔() 〕 — would have anywhere from 25 to 100 issues devoted to it, similar subsequent cycles are referred to as a "grand-cycle".〔() 〕 ==History== Written by an ever-changing team of authors, ''Perry Rhodan'' is issued in weekly novella-size installments in the traditional German ''Heftroman'' (pulp booklet) format. The series was created in 1961 by K. H. Scheer and Walter Ernsting. Initially conceived for thirty volumes,〔() 〕 it endured and passed 2800 installments in April 2015. There have been several reissues (five printings and a sixth ebook version), and a revised, edited version in hardcover format. Significant spin-offs include the ''Atlan'' series (>900 books) and the ''Planetenromane'' ("''Planet Novels''"), 400+ paperbacks that provide additional playgrounds for stories set in the ''Perry Rhodan'' universe, often used to fill in the gaps between the "cycles" of stories. Over the decades there have also been comic strips, numerous collectibles, several encyclopedias, audio plays, inspired music, etc. The series has seen partial translations into several languages. It also spawned the 1967 movie ''Mission Stardust'' (aka ''…4 …3 …2 …1 …morte''), which is widely considered so terrible that many fans of the series pretend it never existed.〔 〕〔 〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.perry-rhodan.us/faq/faq.html#faq12 )〕 Coinciding with the 50th-anniversary World Con, on 30 September 2011, a new series named ''Perry Rhodan Neo'' began publication, attracting new readers with a reboot of the story starting in the year 2036.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Perry Rhodan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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