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Mahr, Kurt

Pseudonym of German physicist and author Klaus Mahn (1934-1993), mostly resident in the US from 1962; he began to publish (yet untranslated) sf tales as early as 1959, but remains best known as a principal writer from 1961 until his death for the vast Space Opera series and subseries published under the Perry Rhodan rubric, his contributions showing a bent toward Hard SF, specifically Physics, though he died (a pedestrian fatality in a car crash) before Perry Rhodan story-arcs began fully to explore distant galaxies and Cosmologies. Mahr contributed several hundred titles to the series; we list English translations only at this point; unless otherwise registered, each title given in the Checklist incorporates one novella plus additional material. [JC]

Klaus Mahn

born Frankfurt am Main, Germany: 8 March 1934

died Melbourne Beach, Florida: 27 June 1993

works

series

Perry Rhodan (highly selected; English translations only at this point)

• Galactic Alarm (New York: Ace Books, 1969) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Invasion from Space (New York: Ace Books, 1970) with Walter Ernsting [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• The Vega Sector (New York: Ace Books, 1970) with K-H Scheer [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• The Ghosts of Gol (New York: Ace Books, 1971) with K H Scheer [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Johnny Bruck]
• The Planets of the Dying Sun (New York: Ace Books, 1972) with K-H Scheer [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Johnny Bruck]
• Venus in Danger (New York: Ace Books, 1972) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• The Menace of the Mutant Master (New York: Ace Books, 1972) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• The Fleet of the Springers (New York: Ace Books, 1972) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• The Fleet of the Springers (New York: Ace Books, 1972) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Peril on Ice Planet (New York: Ace Books, 1973) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Planet of the Gods (New York: Ace Books, 1973) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• To Arkon! (New York: Ace Books, 1973) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Beware the Microbots (New York: Ace Books, 1973) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• The Venus Trap (New York: Ace Books, 1974) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Unknown Sector: Milky Way (New York: Ace Books, 1974) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Solar Assassins (New York: Ace Books, 1974) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Return from the Void (New York: Ace Books, 1974) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• The Blue Dwarfs (New York: Ace Books, 1974) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• The Guardians (New York: Ace Books, 1974) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Dimension Search (New York: Ace Books, 1974) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• The Silence of Gom (New York: Ace Books, 1974) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Death Waits in Semispace (New York: Ace Books, 1975) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• The Ambassadors from Aurigel (New York: Ace Books, 1975) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Renegades of the Future (New York: Ace Books, 1975) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• The Atom Hell of Grautier (New York: Ace Books, 1975) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Caves of the Druufs (New York: Ace Books, 1975) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Checkmate: Universe (New York: Ace Books, 1975) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Enemy in the Dark (New York: Ace Books, 1975) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Action: Division 3 (New York: Ace Books, 1976) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• The Plasma Monster (New York: Ace Books, 1976) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• The Idol from Passa (New York: Ace Books, 1976) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Desert of Death's Domain (New York: Ace Books, 1976) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/Gray Morrow]
• Wonderflower of Utik (New York: Ace Books, 1976) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/George Wilson]
• Sgt. Robot (New York: Ace Books, 1977) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/George Wilson]
• Death's Demand (New York: Ace Books, 1977) [coll assembling various material: dos: Perry Rhodan: pb/George Wilson]
• Menace of Atomigeddon (New York: Ace Books, 1977) [coll assembling various material: Perry Rhodan: pb/George Wilson]
• Between the Galaxies (Van Nuys, California: Master Publications, 1978) [chap: Perry Rhodan: pb/Johnny Bruck]
• Fortress in Time (Van Nuys, California: Master Publications, 1978) [chap: Perry Rhodan: pb/Johnny Bruck]
• The Beasts Below (Van Nuys, California: Master Publications, 1979) [chap: Perry Rhodan: pb/Johnny Bruck]
• Station of the Invisible (Van Nuys, California: Master Publications, 1979) [chap: Perry Rhodan: pb/Johnny Bruck]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 02:48 am on 25 April 2024.
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