Der Luftpirat und sein lenkbares Luftschiff

Der Luftpirat und sein lenkbares Luftschiff (The Air Pirate and His Steerable Airship) was a German pulp magazine with 165 issues from 1908–1911.[1][2][3] The book followed the adventures of Captain Mors, the "Air Pirate".

The series was banned in 1916 together with nearly 150 other series under the military censorship apparatus. In the case of the "Luftpirat" and some other series, the production plates were destroyed so the series couldn't be reprinted after the end of the First World War.

A print on demand edition was published in 2005, edited by Heinz J. Galle, containing issues 1, 40, 42, 56, 63, and 66.[4] In the preface, Heinz J. Galle attributes the work to Oskar Hoffmann, however this contradicts Lexikon der deutschen Science Fiction & Fantasy by Klaus Geus.[5]

A reprint of all available issues is currently being undertaken by German print-on-demand publisher Villa-Galactica.

  1. ^ James E. Gunn (1988). The New encyclopedia of science fiction. Viking. p. 196. ISBN 0-670-81041-X.
  2. ^ Brian M. Stableford (2004). Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature. Scarecrow Press. p. 134. ISBN 0-8108-4938-0.
  3. ^ Werner G Schmidtke (1980). Das phantastische Abenteuer in 70 Jahren deutscher Heftgeschichte: Ein Serienbericht von damals bis heute (in German). OCLC 74562428.
  4. ^ Heinz J. Galle (2005). Der Luftpirat und sein lenkbares Luftschiff. D. von Reeken. ISBN 3-8334-2542-3.
  5. ^ Nessun Saprà (2005). Lexikon der deutschen Science Fiction & Fantasy 1870–1918. p. 19.