Bad Earth

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Bad Earth is a German science fiction - series , the 45 booklet novels of April 29, 2003 to December 28, 2004 in Bastei appeared. Since it was discontinued as a booklet series, the series has been continued as a hardcover edition by Zaubermond Verlag .

The main author and creator of the series is the German science fiction author Manfred Weinland . Bad Earth was Bastei Verlag's first new series of issues in the space opera genre since Die Terranauten was discontinued in the mid-1980s.

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In the year 2041 the astronauts of the second Martian expedition around John Cloud move 211 years into the future, where the people of the earth are feared as Erinjij (meaning: scourge of the galaxy ) due to their merciless expansion efforts in the Milky Way . The group comes into the possession of the SESHA , a spaceship of the ancient people of the Forons , which John Cloud calls RUBIKON in memory of the ship of the Mars mission . With this they return to the shielded solar system, where they have to find out that humanity is ruled by the mysterious masters . They also learn that a conflict is smoldering between the CLARON League , an association of many organic peoples, and the Jay'nac , the leaders of inorganic living beings, both of whom also feel threatened by the Erinjij . In the course of her adventurous voyage, the RUBIKON also reaches the Large Magellanic Cloud , the home of the forons , and the crew succeeds in understanding the events in whose vortex they got caught.

Due to the abrupt termination of the series at Bastei, Manfred Weinland was forced to bring the story to a reasonably conclusive end within two novels. In this forced “ showdown ” many arcs of the story remained open. At the same time, however, the possibility was created to insert the sequel to Zaubermond, which had already been decided at that time, relatively seamlessly into the context of the series.

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The first 45 issues of Bad Earth appeared fortnightly in magazine format. At the same time, a book edition was published, the individual volumes of which each contained four slightly edited Bastei notebooks of the series. The edition was discontinued with Volume 7 (Issue 28). In 2007/2008 the edition was continued with the remaining issues in hardcover and was completed by Mohlberg-Verlag . A total of 11 books were published.

Since the end of the series, Bad Earth has been continued in book form as a hardcover edition with new texts in a total of 44 volumes by Zaubermond Verlag .

From December 19, 2017, Bastei Entertainment will publish the original issue series in its entirety in an e-book, the following year all sequels from Zaubermond Verlag, which Uksak Verlag added to its program under the title "RAUMSCHIFF RUBIKON", were available on everyone relevant portals.

Authors

Cover pictures

The cover pictures of the magazine series and the first issues of the hardcover edition were created almost without exception by Candy Kay . Since these are computer images, there were regular controversial discussions in fan circles about the quality of the cover images. For the continuation in book format, the cover pictures will be drawn by Arndt Drechsler .

Volumes published by Bastei Verlag

  1. Armageddon by Manfred Weinland
  2. Phantom Hunt by Conrad Shepherd
  3. The last enclave of Michael Marcus Thurner
  4. World under ice by Michael Marcus Thurner
  5. The chosen one by Manfred Weinland and Peter Haberl and Werner Kurt Giesa
  6. Escape to the aqua cube of Claudia Kern and Geralt di Cordoba
  7. Master of Matter by Achim Mehnert
  8. Forbidden for people by Achim Mehnert
  9. The limit to nothing by Werner Kurt Giesa
  10. Beyond the border by Manfred Weinland
  11. Architects of the time of Michael Marcus Thurner
  12. Planet of Wars by Susan Schwartz
  13. Manfred Weinland's Jay'nac plot
  14. Return to the solar system by Michael Marcus Thurner
  15. The jungle world by Horst Hoffmann
  16. Behind the shade of Manfred Weinland and Susan Schwartz
  17. The new humanity by Manfred Weinland and Susan Schwartz
  18. The final destination of Michael Marcus Thurner's dreams
  19. Strangers among strangers by Michael Marcus Thurner
  20. At the peak of power by Alfred Bekker
  21. Operation Omikron by Alfred Bekker
  22. In the center of power by Manfred Weinland
  23. Skytown by Michael Marcus Thurner
  24. SOS from Mars by Michael Marcus Thurner
  25. Sobek by Manfred Weinland
  26. Shadows over Crysral by Alfred Bekker
  27. The Ark of the Forons by Susan Schwartz
  28. The End of Freedom by Susan Schwartz
  29. On the edge of the galaxy by Alfred Bekker
  30. Jelto's dream from Marc Tannous
  31. The Call of the Black Suns by Marc Tannous
  32. Attack of the Gravo runners by Alfred Bekker
  33. The Forgotten by Alfred Bekker
  34. The master of forbidden knowledge by Manfred Weinland
  35. Planet made of glass by Michael Marcus Thurner
  36. The brood of Michael Marcus Thurner
  37. The secret of the Spore Auri by Alfred Bekker
  38. The great war by Alfred Bekker
  39. Cirr emergency call from Manfred Weinland
  40. Death the Cirr from Marten Veit
  41. The wrong universe by Marc Tannous
  42. The last ganf from Luc Bahl
  43. The meeting of Alfred Bekker
  44. Manfred Weinland's Millennium Plan
  45. The dreaming galaxy by Manfred Weinland

Volumes published by HJB and Mohlberg Verlag

  1. Invasion!
  2. Masters of Matter
  3. artifact
  4. Return to the solar system
  5. The new humanity
  6. At the center of power
  7. The end of freedom
  8. The call of the black suns
  9. The breed
  10. The great war
  11. The millennium plan

Volumes of the Zaubermond book edition

  1. The secret power of Manfred Weinland and Peter Haberl
  2. Beyond the Horizon by Susan Schwartz
  3. The pearl Chardhin by Alfred Bekker
  4. Forgotten Worlds by Marc Tannous
  5. The Satoga Wars by Manfred Weinland and Marc Tannous
  6. Island in the void from Alfred Bekker
  7. The Hermetic Galaxy by Susan Schwartz
  8. Degenerate time by Manfred Weinland
  9. Alfred Bekker's first empire
  10. The worlds of Prosper Mérimée by Manfred Weinland
  11. Sky Without Stars by Marc Tannous
  12. Pearls of creation by Manfred Weinland
  13. Echo! by Manfred Weinland
  14. The god of narrows by Lars Urban
  15. Dying Stars by Alfred Bekker
  16. Manfred Weinland's nega pearl
  17. The pupated colony of Manfred Weinland
  18. The stolen residence of Marc Tannous
  19. The oceanic sun by Manfred Weinland
  20. The Gray Eminence from Manfred Weinland
  21. Metahumans by Manfred Weinland
  22. The dreaming death of Manfred Weinland
  23. The truth of the bractons by Manfred Weinland
  24. Master of Lies by Manfred Weinland
  25. In an absolute stranger from Manfred Weinland
  26. The erased by Manfred Weinland
  27. Welt der Welten by Oliver Fröhlich
  28. The Oort-Erde by Manfred Weinland
  29. The secret of the Auruunen by Manfred Weinland and Carolina Möbis
  30. The odyssey of the RUBIKON by Carolina Möbis
  31. The jugglers from Scharan by Manfred Weinland
  32. At the crossroads between Manfred Weinland and Carolina Möbis
  33. Change of time by Manfred Weinland
  34. Old earth, new earth by Manfred Weinland
  35. The central element of Manfred Weinland
  36. Manfred Weinland's shock wave
  37. KRISTALLARIUM by Manfred Weinland
  38. The last age of Manfred Weinland
  39. New masters from Manfred Weinland
  40. Dying Universe by Manfred Weinland
  41. The Ghosts of Nomad by Manfred Weinland
  42. Chain reaction by Manfred Weinland
  43. Manfred Weinland's last ark
  44. At the end of eternity by Manfred Weinland

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