Perry Rhodan is the eponymous hero of a German science fiction novel series which has been published each week since 8 September 1961 in the ‘Hefte’ format (digest-sized pulp mags) booklets, by Pabel-Moewig Verlag, a subsidiary of Bauer Media Group. As of April 2016, more than 2850 booklet novels have been published totalling some 160,000 pages. Having sold approximately two billion copies, it is the most successful science fiction book series ever written.The first 126 novels (plus five novels of the spinoff series Atlan) were translated into English and published by Ace Books between 1969 and 1978. Faulty publication history. Theme: "Milky Way", Atlan and Arkon (#50 to# 99). I have 57, 66, 76, 83.