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Re: Perry Rhodan - English translation at all?
BillFrugge (pinback@darkstar.spc) 2018/08/10 18:41

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On 2018-08-10 15:49:11 +0000, GrahamFisher said:

> I would also very much like to read the English versions as I read some of the
> earlier paperbacks which I have now lost. I would love to re-read the earlier
> ones and then move on to the later ones.
>
> I have checked both the news feeds that  I have and the original postings have
> long since vanished.
>
> If you could consider a repost I would be most grateful
>
>
> In article <2018071412513136369-pinback@darkstarspc>, BillFrugge says...
>>
>> On 2018-07-14 12:21:45 +0000, Tonny said:
>>
>>> In reply to "Squtch" who wrote the following:
>>>
>>>> sorry if this is stupid...
>>>
>>> The first 126 issues were officially published in the USA by Ace Books between
>>> 1969 and 1978.
>>> The first 39 issues of these also got released in the UK by Futura
>>> Publications.
>>> 19 more issues got published as a subscription service (privateer work by the
>>> same translator) when Ace stopped due to a finacial dispute with the original
>>> German publisher.
>>> (See also the Perry Rhodan page in the English Wikipedia.)
>>>
>>> As far as I know that's the only offical stuff in English. There are fan
>>> translations around though.
>>> The only reasonbly substantial translation (2500+ issues and counting)
>>> as far as
>>> I know is in Dutch.
>>>
>>>
>>> ___________________
>>> No sig to steal......
>>
>> I posted all of the translated versions that I could find a couple
>> years back. I took some time to edit the first two books into a couple
>> of decent ebooks, but never got around to getting any more of the books.
>>
>> I've posted the nzb file for my earlier post. Looks like everything is
>> still up.

I don't see any problem in reposting. It's only about 30MB or so, and
it has been quite a few years. I'm posting all that I have in English.

From the wiki, it looks like another English translation is available
through iTunes. Unfortunately, I can't tell which ones are in English...


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