Earth 2000
ERDE 2000 is a German booklet series that was published by Wolfgang Marken Verlag in Cologne.
A total of forty-four volumes of this time travel series appeared between 1978 and 1979, which was a continuation of the Zeitkugel series . In contrast to the Zeitkugel series, only journeys into the future were described.
action
In this series, the scientist Professor Robert Lintberg, who invented the time ball, a time machine , is sent on expeditions into the future with his two assistants Frank Forster and Ben Hammer. The clients are the members of the wealthy London “Club of Seven”, through which the funding for the Zeitkugel project was run. The time ball is a round, aluminum-colored time machine that is used to transport the three time travelers into the future. There they have jobs to do for the “Club of Seven”. In addition to a defensive armament such as a light cannon and paralyzer, they carry a radar timer, a kind of mini-computer with radio equipment, and a translator. It is not possible to take people and things from the respective time period with you, this also applies to recordings of all kinds.
General
ERDE 2000 is a continuation of the Zeitkugel series , in which journeys into the past were predominantly described. In the series ERDE 2000 only trips into the future took place. After the largely self-contained individual adventures were published, there were several mini-cycles from volume 18 onwards. Volumes 35, 37, 39 and 41 were double volumes in which two old novels were republished. From volume 43, the publication mode was changed from fortnightly to four weeks. The series was discontinued with Volume 44. ERDE 2000 was the first magazine novel series before the well-known SF series Terranauten , in which the authors dealt with ecological topics and pointed out the threat to the earth from human overexploitation at an early stage .
Authors
A total of five authors contributed to the series. Horst Hübner (as P. Eisenhuth or Penn Flemming Webster), OJ Birner, Erno Fischer (as WA Travers), Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf (as Arl Duncan) and Ned Parkins.
Horst Hübner was editor and regular author of the series.
criticism
The novels were of very different quality, particularly due to a lack of editing. The quality of the novels only increased with the mini-cycles.
Novel title
The following issues were published by Erde 2000 :
- The days of the second sun / P. Eisenhuth
- The Mutiny of the Deep Sea Slaves / OJ Birner
- Death from another star / P. Eisenhuth
- The Eternal Rain / OJ Birner
- The merchants of eternal life / P. Eisenhuth
- When the forests died / OJ Birner
- The lost I / P. Eisenhuth
- War the Machines / Penn Fleming Webster
- Death from the Eternal Ice / WA Travers
- The peoples of the deep / P. Eisenhuth
- You inherited death / OJ Birner
- The human factory / P. Eisenhuth
- The Last Drop / Penn Fleming Webster
- The satellite of death / P. Eisenhuth
- Wanted poster from the past / Penn Fleming Webster
- Monster from the retort / WA Travers
- The day without night / WA Travers
- The sons of Atlantis / P. Eisenhuth
- The Hunt for Immortality / Penn Fleming Webster
- The green terror / P. Eisenhuth
- The Machine of Deadly Dreams / WA Travers
- When the monsters awoke / Penn Fleming Webster
- The 7th continent / WA Travers
- The flying city / P. Eisenhuth
- The Dying Cities / WA Travers
- Guests of the Earth / P. Eisenhuth
- The Trek That Came From The Future / Penn Fleming Webster
- The fire planet / P. Eisenhuth
- The two-moons fortress / WA Travers
- The Time Pirates / Penn Fleming Webster
- Duel of the androids / P. Eisenhuth
- The decoys of Taruga / Penn Fleming Webster
- Legion of the Lost / WA Travers
- The error of the computer / P. Eisenhuth
- Double volume with two old titles
- The island of children / Arl Duncan
- Double volume with two old titles
- The Answer from Space / Penn Fleming Webster
- Double volume with two old titles
- The battle over the moon / P. Eisenhuth
- Double volume with two old titles
- Raid at the Space Lab / Penn Fleming Webster
- Planet without space / Ned Parkins
- Satellite death dance / Penn Fleming Webster
The new edition
The Mohlberg publishing house reissued the series from 2004 to 2008 in a revised form, supplemented by inserted, newly written novels. Up to volume 10 individual novels were published in one volume, from volume 11 two novels. Volume 16 was the last volume of the new edition, the missing volumes of the first edition will not be published.
List of novels new edition
- Dirk van den Boom: "Ruler of Time" (new novel)
- P. Eisenhuth: "The days of the second sun" (Ex # 1)
- OJ Birner: "The Mutiny of the Deep Sea Slaves" (Ex # 2)
- P. Eisenhuth: "Death from another planet" (Ex # 3)
- Sylke Brandt: "Revenge from the Future" (new novel)
- OJ Birner: "The Eternal Rain" (Ex # 4)
- P. Eisenhuth: "The traders of eternal life" (Ex # 5)
- WA Travers: "Death from the Eternal Ice" (Ex # 9)
- OJ Birner: "When the forests died" (Ex # 6)
- P. Eisenhuth: "The lost self" (Ex # 7)
- P. Eisenhuth: "Dark Future - The Unrest" (Ex # 8 and # 10)
- P. Eisenhuth: "Dark Future - Horrible Visions" (Ex # 12 and # 15)
- P. Eisenhuth: "Dark Future - The Energy Wars" (Ex # 13 and # 14)
- Udo Mörsch: "The Last Refuge" (new novel)
- OJ Birner & Jörg Bielefeld: "Welt am Abgrund" (Ex # 11 and # 25, the latter largely rewritten)
- P. Eisenhuth: "The Sons of Atlantis" (Ex # 18 and # 19)