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Quote from: Gothick
Deutsche Erstausgabe means "German [language] First Edition."

Thank you Gothick!
Here’s some additional information about the German reprints.  First of all, they were part of a series called Vampire Horror Roman.  I gather these were more like magazines than actual paperbacks, but that’s conjecture.  I do know that the series started in 1973 and ended in 1981, with issue 451.  Starting bi-weekly and quickly moving weekly, they ran a mix of foreign translation and probably some domestic material.  I don’t know if they ever ran anything original.  They did reprint Donald Glut’s Frankenstein series.  You may recall that he had written an article on DS in a Marvel Magazine.  It’s late, so I won’t get up and get the exact title and date.  # 68 saw the publication of Barnabas Collins and the Mysterious Ghost in 1974.  Barnabas didn’t return until 1977, in issue 211. My second posting on this topic gives the release order for the series.  #s 215, 219, 223, 227, and 231 all came out on a monthly schedule.  The series went bi-monthly with 237.  Only two books came out in 1978, 245 and 253.  In 1991, a title called Damonen-land attempted to revive the series by releasing a second reprint of Barnabas Collins.  Perhaps they hoped to capitalize on the ’91 revival?  Does anyone know if it aired there?  As far as I know Dark Shadows has only been translated into one foreign language, Spanish.  I have no idea if either version of the show aired on the US Military Channels overseas.  House of Dark Shadows has most likely been shown there, as I found reference to a title Das Schloss der Vampire.
Here's a link to the cover image for BC and the Mysterious Ghost.  You can access the covers for all of the issues in the series.  Hint, the last few digits of the URL have the issue number. Simply change those digits and jump ahead quickly to the issue you want.  It avoids the need to continually hit the arrow button.  Click on the image for an enlarged version.  Their artist made no attempt at all to portray Frid, Parker, Selby, or anyone from the show.
http://www.mcsammel.de/romanhefte/deutschland_nach_1945/r_vampir_horror_roman/vampir_horror_roman_0068.html


Here's a link to the reprint cover for BC. 
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://gruselromane.de/daemonen-land/romane/dl_043.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DDamonen-Land%2BBarnabas%26hl%3Den

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I found this followup information.  These are the order of the German translations  I'm providing the original English, the German and literal translations of the titles.  These translations may differ slightly from what was given in the last post.  One of my sources listed 9 novels in the series, noting both the German title and the English one.  The second source did not specify the original English title.  I'm assuming that book one is Barnabas Collins and the Mysterious Ghost, as I don't recall any other book having a dancer in it.  On a totally personal note, if I were launching a series of foreign translations, that book would be high on the list of those to translate LAST.  It was never a favorite of mine. 
1 Barnabas Collins and the Mysterious Ghost- Der Vampir und die Tänzerin- The Vampire and the Dancer
2 Barnabas Collins-Sein erstes Opfer- His First Victim
3 The Secret of Barnabas Collins-Das Blutfest auf den Klippen- Blood Feast on the Cliffs
4 The Foe of Barnabas Collins- Der Werwolf und die Hexe -Of the Werewolf and the Witch
5 The Demon of Barnabas Collins- Wenn der Totenvogel klagt- Of the Dead Bird Complains
6 The Phantom and Barnabas Collins- Die Gruft der Phantome- The Tomb of the Phantoms
7 The Peril of Barnabas Collins- Der Blutgraf- The Blood Count
8 Barnabas, Quentin, and the Nightmare Assassin- Jagd auf Werwölfe,- Hunting for Werewolves
9 Barnabas Quentin, and the Haunted Cave- Die Geisterhöhle- The Ghost Cave
10 Barnabas, Quentin and the Avenging Ghost- Die Teufelsfrau von Collinwood - The Devil Woman from Collinwood

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Here's some information I found about the German translations of the Paperback Library DS novels.  They were translated by Karl Heinz Poppe.   The literal translation is given after each of the German titles. This was done by the Google service and in at least one case, is obviously not indicative of what the title is supposed to mean in German.  The words "Deutsche Erstausgabe" followed each title in the list that I have.  I have no idea what this means.

 Sein erstes Opfer (1977) (D) (HO) His First Victim(s?)
   Barnabas Collins (1968) (US)
  Pabel Vampir-Heft, 211: 1. Aufl. (RH)
  64 S

Das Blutfest auf den Klippen (1977) (D) (HO) The Blood Feast on the Cliffs
  The Secret of Barnabas Collins (1969) (US)
  Pabel Vampir-Heft, 215: 1. Aufl. (RH)
  64 S.

 Der Blutgraf (1977) (D) (HO) The Blood Count
      The Peril of Barnabas Collins (1969) (US)
  Pabel Vampir-Heft, 231: 1. Aufl. (RH)
  64 S.

  Die Geisterhöhle (1977) (D) (HO)  The Ghost Cave
    Barnabas, Quentin and the Haunted Cave (1970) (US)
  Pabel Vampir-Heft, 245: 1. Aufl. (RH)
  64 S.

  Die Gruft der Phantome (1977) (D) (HO) The Tomb of the Phantoms
    Deutsche Erstausgabe
  The Phantom of Barnabas Collins (1969) (US)
  Pabel Vampir-Heft, 227: 1. Aufl. (RH)
  64 S.

  Jagd auf Werwölfe (1977) (D) (HO) Hunting on (of?) the Werewolves
     Barnabas, Quentin and the Nightmare assassin (1970) (US)
  Pabel Vampir-Heft, 238: 1. Aufl. (RH)
  64 S.

  Die Teufelsfrau von Collinwood (1977) (D) (HO) The Vicious Wife of Collinwood
      Barnabas, Quentin and the Avenging Ghost (1970) (US)
  Pabel Vampir-Heft, 253: 1. Aufl. (RH)
  64 S.

  Wenn der Totenvogel klagt (1977) (D) (HO)  If the Dead Bird Laments (Is something lost in translation here?)
     The Demon of Barnabas Collins (1969) (US)
  Pabel Vampir-Heft, 223: 1. Aufl. (RH)
  64 S.
 
Der Werwolf und die Hexe (1977) (D) (HO) The Werewolf and the Witch
   The Foe of Barnabas Collins (1969) (US)
  Pabel Vampir-Heft, 219: 1. Aufl. (RH)


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Calendar Events / Announcements '08 II / Re: Back in the Shadows Again
« on: September 21, 2008, 01:16:20 AM »
I'm hoping it's the next release, which should be coming up very soon, as September is more than half over. 

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I'll feel more at ease when I hear that the second season has been recorded.  I just noticed that the DS Reborn website is down. 

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I recieved my DS music and interview CD, just in time, sort of, for the 41st  anniversary of DS.  This is the last Monday in June, which is when it premiered 41 years ago.  Of course, Wednesday is the actually anniversary.  Still it's something nice to commemorate it this year.  I didn't have the will power to save it for Wed.

It's interesting to hear about the creative process that went into the series.  The music works well as standalone pieces.  This CD has the distinction of being the first CD of DS music NOT to feature "Quentin's Theme" Or "Shadows of the Night".  It's also nice to have some DS music to add to my Xmas compilation CD this year.  I think you all wiill enjoy this release.  I can't wait for the new stories. 

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I wouldn't be checking the mail until the webistie is updated.  As I posted earlier though, I'd expect the webiste to be changed very soon.  There will probably be an announcement that the CDs are ready and all pre-orders have been dispatched. 

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I've ordered from Big Finsish before.  From my experienice, they usually ship out at the end of the given month.  Usually, I get my product early in the next month.  I won't start looking for mine until say June 7th or so.  Check the main site.  They usually let you know when they ship CDs.
WWW.doctorwho.co.uk

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I'm on dial up until I go back to work Monday.  Is this the same trailer that was on the Bloopers DVD or is it new?

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Current Talk '04 II / Re: Archiving Ross Novels / Gold Key Comics
« on: March 07, 2007, 10:16:47 PM »
I acquired digital copies of the Gold Key Comics on CD discs.  I'm currently working on a project to archive the Ross novels onto disc as well.  I've been scanning the first few and saving them to my hard drive.  The problem has been finding "reading copies" of some of the later ones.  I cannot bring myself to risk breaking the spine of any collectable copy of these books.  All of the early novels were reprinted many times and finding beat up copies is not a problem.  Many of the later ones (after 20) can be hard to find.  Scanning them requires one to open the book wide and squash it under the cover of the scanner.

When I finish a quantity of the novels, I want to offer them to fans on a totally non-profit basis.  I don't own the copyrights and concede that I have no right to make money off of them.  Still, time is marching on, and it seems unlikely that these will be reprinted.  New fans are discovering DS and might want to read these books and comics without paying a fortune for them.

One advantage to reading them on the computer has been the ability to enlarge the text.  I'm coming up on my mid-forties and my eyesight isn't what it used to be, even with reading glasses.  It's much easier to read the comics on the computer.  Also the art looks much better when it's blown up.  Using a laptop PC, I can read on the couch, in bed, just about any where in the house.  Even at work, I can get through a comic in my lunch hour, comfortably from my desk.

I only question whether there is a demand for this?  Are there enough fans out there who are interested in reading the books and don't already have them?  As of today, I've scanned the first three novels and the Gold Key Digest.

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Current Talk '07 I / Re: Has any other show had 3 incarnations...
« on: March 02, 2007, 05:50:38 PM »
This may be the English teacher in me speaking, but House of Dark Shadows is not a novel.  A novel is a long work containing an original story. HODS is a novelization.  Star Trek novelized all of the original series episodes and Doctor Who noveilzied most, if not all of the original series episodes.  Help me out here, did Target ever get to the last few stories?  Some of the Douglas Adams stories were not released when I was collecting them.  I think a Dalek one or two were also lacking.

Dark Shadows: The Interrupted Voyage is a borderline case.  I count it as a novella.  By some standards of juvenile fiction though, it could be argued that it's novel length.  I count it as a novella, since a quick word count and readability analysis reveal it to have roughly half the text of a Ross novel.

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Current Talk '07 I / Re: Has any other show had 3 incarnations...
« on: March 02, 2007, 03:09:03 PM »
You can count Star Trek, depending upon how you define the premise.  Star Trek had two series, a live action show and an animated one.  The animated can also be considered a spin-off, depending upon how you define it.  There were 4 other spin-off series.  DS has had two incarnations, three if you count the unsold pilot.  Four, if you are counting the films.  If you are going to count the numbers of spin-offs, then All in the Family and Mary Tyler Moore both have quite a ffew.  If you are looking at sequel series, using most of the same cast, or remakes using the familiar characters then you have a different situation.  THe Brady Bunch, as mentioned in an earlier post has the record there.  Wasn't there a pilot film for a series wth Mike Brady as president???  This one used the movie cast, if i remember correctly.  I did not see it, so I might be WAYYY off.

In terms of licensing, DS was the leader for many years.  With 32 novels, it beat both Trek and Doctor Who for a long time.  I'm diffrentiating novels containing new stories from novelizations of episodes or movies. Trek had the record for that for a while.  Doctor Who surpassed them eventually, with the Target novelizations.

As far as audio adventures go, assuming they are using a significant number of original players, as is the case with DS and Who, I've always believed that these should be consideredd a legitimate continuation of the show, providing they are licensed and fit the continuty.  On that basis, Doctor Who also has the Bernice Summerfield Adventures, The Dalek Empire and Cybermen mini-series, the Sarah Jane Smith Adventures, and a few odds and ends.

If you are just counting TV, does that include animation?  Shows like the Flintstones, Scooby Doo, and others have had innumerable incarntations.

Dragnet had three series, 50s, 60s and recently.

The Munsters had two series and a pilot for a third.

The Addams Family had a prime-time show and at least two animated series, a Hallloween special/pilot in the 70s, and two movies.

DS is high on the list of cult shows that refuse to go away.  How high depends upon the fine print in the definition.

In terms of novels, besides Trek and Who, does any other show exceed 35?

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I don't think there will ever be an "official" progression of the series beyond the original's end that all fans will accept, but these are a real fun way to revisit the series.

I personally consider these to be official.  These are original dramas, sanctioned by Dan Curtis Productions, using the original cast in their familiar roles.  So far, I've seen nothing that does not fit the continuity set by the TV series.  One might argue that books might also be part of the continuity.  In the case of DS, none could really be counted.  Each book is inconsiistent with what was shown on TV.  The only book that would have claim to a canonical status would be Rainey's Labyrinth of Souls.  Unfortunately, it was never published.  Had it been, there would have been a discrepency between the audio series and the novel (assuming Big Finish hadn't taken care to avoid contradicting it).   In that event, I'd favor the audio series.  Dark Shadows was a drama.  The audio series is closer in form to the series in that it tells stories using actors to tell the story.  I see no reason to disregard these stories simply because they don't have video. 

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Current Talk '06 I / Re: Gold Key Comics
« on: February 22, 2007, 04:35:13 PM »
I have all of the Gold Key comics archived in CBR format, on CD.  All 35 issues and the Digest story "The Interrupted Voyage" fit on two discs. I've seen the comics on bit torrent sites, fairly often, which is where I got them.  I archived the digest myself. Any one who wants help locating these files can email me. 

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I've had much experience with packages from the UK.  The wait time varies greatly.  I've had packages come in less then a week, while others have taken as long as a few weeks.  My experience comes from ordering from Big Finish, other companies, and presents from in-laws.  We had two packages sent to us ON THE SAME DAY, with similar contents, sent the same way, by the same person.  They arrived ten days apart.  She was very concerned when the twin packages did ot arrive together, as it was a gift for my daughter.  This was not a case where we mistrusted the word of someone we ordered from.  I know it's hard, but the only remedy is patience.  We're dealing with two postal services interacting.   The system usually works fairly well, but quite often there are disappointments.