I pulled out my copy and took a look... it says Darlton wrote it in German,
then Wendy Ackermann read it and called on Byrne to help revise it, since
Darlton was unavailable at the time,. I would say that all 3 wrote the
story...

Grant

----- Original Message -----
From: "johnfoyt" <rhodanenglish@...>
To: <perryrhodan2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Perry Rhodan] Perry & Thora


> --- In perryrhodan2@yahoogroups.com, "The 4th Wiseman" <The4thWiseman@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hey all....
>>
>> The name of the short story took place in 2 parts in "Perry Rhodan 68 &
>> 69"
>> English editions - titled "Test Flight To Venus" by Clark Darlton and
>> Stuart
>> J. Byrne
>>
>
> Stu Byrne was co-author? I didn't realize! Man, I loved working with that
> guy. He translated the first Silberbaende of the Masters of the Island for
> me, unfortunately VPM kiboshed it in their infinite wisdom. Stu was
> amazingly intelligent, fun to be around, and a complete crackpot on
> politics. He once spent a good half hour telling me in great detail why
> the income tax was illegal. I disagreed, but still, what a mind. Anyone
> know if he's still alive? I used to meet him for breakfast occasionally;
> always a fun time.
>
> Stu was an author in his own right back in the 1940s through the 1960s,
> sometimes writing as John Bloodstone. I wanted to do a book of his
> stories, but poor OCR, a demanding job, and my new status as a father
> conspired to kill that. Too bad, I was enjoying the stories and really
> wanted to put it out there. I think many of his stories are online,
> available for download. Peeps here should give a look, they were quite
> good.
>
> For a later question: The story was a later addition, for the English
> speaking audience. The German audience had never particularly asked, or
> in any event had long since gotten past that era.
>
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