Yellow series (fiction)
The Yellow Series is a series of books by the Das Neue Berlin publishing house that appeared in the GDR from 1955 to 1972. The designation was initially not clearly specified, only the exterior of the volumes has yellow features.
Edition history
The series started in 1955. Mostly novels of the genre adventure , detective and science fiction were published. The authors mostly came from the GDR. In the first 11 years, the books were published as hardcover editions (half-linen with dust jacket) in a uniform format of 13 × 21 cm. On the cover of the book there was a small content-related line drawing, on the spine was the title and author. The colored dust jacket also had an eponymous yellow border at the top and bottom. On the lower one was usually a classification such as adventure novel , science fiction or detective novel , sometimes simply novel . In 1966 the appearance and shape were changed. In addition to the new 12 × 20 cm format, the series has been converted to cellophane paperback. The new exterior is characterized by a head on the cover of a large letter according to the classification of the work by next title and author A benteuer , K rimi or U topia contains. On the cover there is also the eponymous lettering “ Yellow Row” in an oval .
list
Year / edition | title | author | illustrator | Genre (according to cover) |
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1953 | With herbal schnapps and trust in God | Wolfgang Schreyer | ||
1956/2. | The banknote | Wolfgang Schreyer | ||
1955 | twilight | Käthe Muskewitz , Bruno Stubert | novel | |
1955, 1956/2., 1958/4. 1960/5. | The way to nowhere | Friedrich Karl Kaul | novel | |
1956/2. | A star reveals the perpetrator | HL Fahlberg | Detective novel | |
1956/2. | The banknote | Wolfgang Schreyer | ||
1956, 1957/2., 1958/3. | Earth without night | HL Fahlberg | Karl Heinz Birkner | Science fiction |
1957, 1958/2., 1959/3. | The blue folder | Friedrich Karl Kaul | novel | |
1957, 1958/2. | Betatom | HL Fahlberg | Karl Heinz Birkner (dust jacket only) | Detective novel |
1958 | Eldorado | Martin Selber | Gerhard Goßmann | |
1958 | The premiere is canceled | AG Petermann | Karl Stratil | |
1958, 1962/4. | The devil's mill in the Orinoco | Karl Reiche | Detective novel | |
1958, 1959/2. | The invisible | Günther Krupkat | ||
1959, 1960/2., 1961/3., 1962/4., 1964/5., 1966/6., 1969/7., 1971/8., 1974/9. | Titanus | Eberhardt del'Antonio | Adelhelm Dietzel | Science fiction |
1959 | Accomplices | Bruno Stubert | Detective novel | |
1960/5. | And the ice stays silent | Martin Selber | Karl Stratil | Expedition novel |
1960 | The valley of the seven moons | Harry Thürk | novel | |
1960 | Confession at midnight | Arne Leonhardt | Lothar Wulsch | novel |
1964, 1965/2. | Stranded by the sun Epsilon | Jirí Brabenec and Zdenek Veselý | ||
1960, 1961/2. | The big limit | Günther Krupkat | Hans Räde |
Science fiction |
1961, 1966/5. | The wind dies before the jungle | Harry Thürk | novel | |
1961 | Dangerous love | Georg Redmann | Detective novel | |
1961/3. | The Caribbean fiery furnace | Martin Selber | ||
1962 | In the shadow of the night | Bruno Stubert | ||
1962, 1964/2. | One knows more | Judah wading | Detective novel | |
1957, 1958/2., 1959/3., 1960/4., 1962/5. | Gigantum | Eberhardt del'Antonio | Adelhelm Dietzel | Science fiction |
1963, 1964/2. | The blue planet | Carlos Rasch | Fantastic novel | |
1963, 1964/2. | When the gods died | Günther Krupkat | Utopian novel | |
1963 | The borrowed face | Peter Addams | Detective novel | |
1964 | At the end of the road | Pavel Veshinov | Detective novel | |
1964 | The phantom with the mask | Fred Unger | Detective novel | |
1964/2. | The scarlet domino | Fred Unger | Detective novel | |
1964 | Where the sand covers the tracks | Martin Selber | Adventure novel | |
1964, 1965/3. | Boulanka artist pension | Fritz Erpenbeck | Detective novels | |
1964 | Death pays in ducats | Wolfgang hero | Detective novel | |
1965 | The dead don't talk | Werner Toelcke | ||
1965 | In the shadow of the deep sea | Carlos Rasch | Hans Räde | Science fiction |
1965 | The voice of infinity | Hubert Horstmann | Science fiction | |
1966 | Shots in the Andes | Rudolf White | Adventure novel | |
1966 | The commissioner's hat | Werner Steinberg | without ill. | K |
1966 | Crimes in Rainbow Bay translated from the Czech by Josef Ulrich |
Jirí Brabenec and Zdenek Veselý | U | |
1966/2. | Duel with the devil | Klaus Beuchler | Detective novel | |
1966, 1966/2., 1968/3., 1969/4., 1971/5. | Return of the ancestors | Eberhardt del'Antonio | Science Fiction - U | |
1966 | The forbidden room | Fred Unger | ||
1967 | Ambushed | Fritz Erpenbeck | K | |
1967 | Angels for ten shillings | Peter Addams | K | |
1967 | Foggy night | Heiner Rank | Rolf F. Müller (only cover drawing) | K |
1967 | Password Balt-Orient from the Czech by Erwin Thielmann |
IA Jedlicka | without ill. | K |
1967, 1975/2. | When the gods died | Günther Krupkat | U | |
1967 | The ride in the mountains | Wolf Dieter Brennecke | A. | |
1967 | The light of the black candle | Wolfgang hero | A. | |
1967 | Souvenir from Artopol | Karl-Heinz Weber | K | |
1967 | The hobby of Mr. R. | Kurt Turk | K | |
1968 | He went alone | Werner Toelcke | K | |
1968 | Trail of the falcon | Charles P. Henry | A. | |
1968/2. | The case of Erika Groller | Karl-Heinz Weber | without ill. | K |
1969 | The Fatima case | Fritz Erpenbeck | K | |
1969 | Fire on the mountains | Ernst Keienburg | A. | |
1969 | The killer wore sandals | Bernd Diksen ( Erich Loest or Werner Dembski ) |
K | |
1969/2. | Deadly record | Fritz Erpenbeck | K | |
1969/2. | Headhunters | Alan Winnington | Adventure novel - A | |
1968, 1970/2. | Mysterious rays. Utopian novel | Alexei Tolstoy | U | |
1970 | The jeweler from Kapuzinergasse. Adventure novel | Rostyslaw Sambuk | Karl Stratil | A. |
1970 | White Wolves | Charles P. Henry | A. | |
1971 | The forbidden room | Fred Unger | K | |
1972 | Deadly error | Charles P. Henry | A. |
Reminiscences
In 1994, the Aufbau Taschenbuch Verlag published the novel “Praktikanten” by Arkadi and Boris Strugazki in the typical layout of the Yellow Series, but in a smaller format and without a series name.
In 1998 a single book was published in the Avalon Edition in a small edition in the typical layout of the Yellow Series, in the same size and with this series name.
Year / edition | title | author | illustrator | genre |
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1998 | Peter goes crazy or what if ...? | Horst Mueller | Annemarie Britz | Fantastic novel |