issues 1800 – 2199 consist of 6 cycles and form the grand-cycle "THOREGON".
A cycle would have anywhere from 25 to 100 issues devoted to it, some subsequent cycles are referred to as a "grand-cycle", e.g. The series is told in an arc storyline structure - called a "cycle" - similar to that later used by " Wiseguy", " Hill Street Blues", and " Babylon 5" Fact|date=September 2008. As the series progresses major characters, including the title character, are granted virtual immortality and the story continues over the course of millennia, including flashbacks several thousands and even millions of years into the past, and the scope widens to encompass other galaxies, extremely remote parts of space, parallel universes, and weirder cosmic structures. Appropriating the alien technology, they proceed to unify Terra and carve out a place for humanity in the galaxy and the cosmos. Space Force Major Perry Rhodan and his crew, who discover a marooned extraterrestrial space ship. The story line starts in 1971 with the first manned moon landing by U.S. It also spawned the movie " Mission Stardust" (1967), which is considered so appallingly bad that fans of the series playfully deny its very existence Fact|date=September 2008.
The series has seen partial translations into several languages. Over the decades there have also been comic strips, numerous collectibles, several encyclopedias, audio plays, inspired music, etc. Significant spin-offs include the " Atlan" series and the " Planetenromane" ("Planet Novels") paperbacks that provide additional playgrounds for stories set in the "Perry Rhodan" universe but are usually not considered canonical Fact|date=September 2008. There have been several reissues (5 printings and a 6th ebook version), and a revised, edited version in hardcover format. Initially conceived for thirty volumes, it endured and passed 2450 installments in August 2008. 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. (July 1996)] 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 Fact|date=September 2008. Having sold over one billion copies (in pulp booklet format) world-wide, it is the most successful science fiction book series ever written. "Perry Rhodan" is a space opera, dealing with several themes of science fiction. "Perry Rhodan" is the name of science fiction series published since 1961 in Germany, as well as the name of the main character.
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