Perry Rhodan

Perry Rhodan is the world's most prolific literary science fiction (SF) series, published since 1961 in Germany.

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Science fiction - 1961 - Germany

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Perry Rhodan is unabashed space opera, picking up (or reinventing) virtually every theme that has ever appeared in science fiction. While critics outside the genre and many within have habitually savaged the series, its multi-decade commercial success has become a literary phenomenon in itself. If nothing else, Perry Rhodan provides a mirror of the contemporary zeitgeist, reflecting concerns such as the 1960s Cold War, 1970s New Age, and 1980s peace movement in its story line. The series and its spin-offs have captured a substantial fraction of the original German science fiction output and exert an undeniable influence on German writers in the field.

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Space opera - Theme - Science fiction - Genre - 1960s - Cold War - 1970s - New Age - 1980s - Peace movement

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