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| TITLE | FRONT COVER | BACK COVER | EXTRA IMAGE/S | AUTHOR | GENRE | DATE | PRICE | EDITION | COVER BY | NOTES | ||
| 20275 | Elidor | Alan Garner | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1965; nd; | |||||||
| 20403 | -1 | Elsewhere: Tales of Fantasy | Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold (eds.) |
ACE Fantasy | 1981 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | George de Hoff | Interior illustrations by Terri Windling Contains: The Green Child (John Crowley); The Judgement of St Yves (Evangeline Walton); Sweetly the Waves Call to Me (Pat Murphy); The Merman in Love and The Tree's Wife (Jane Yolen); The Renders (Janny Wurts); The Prodigal Daughter (Jessica Amanda Salmonson); The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship (Gabriel Garcia Marquez); The Unicorn Mask (Ellen Kushner); Song of Amergin (Robert Graves); Pooka's Bridge (Gillian FitzGerald); Tales of Houdini (Rudy Rucker); Sea Change (C . J. Cherryh); The Golden Slipper (Antanas Vaiciulaitis); A Spell for Sleeping (Alastair Reid); Pale Horse (Masao Takiguchi); The Thunder Cat (Nicholas Stuart Gray); Queen Louisa (John Gardner); The Song of the Dragon's Daughter (Ursula K. Le Guin); Little Boy Waiting at the Edge of the Darkwood (Andrew J. Offut); Islandian Tale: The Story of Alwina (Austin Tappan Wright); The Succubus (John Alfred Taylor); Ku Mei Li: A Chinese Ghost Story (M. Lucie Chin); Tatuana's Tale (Miguel Angel Asturias); Overheard on a Saltmarsh (Harold Monro); Oh My Name is John Wellington Wells (W. S. Gilbert); Elric at the End of Time (Michael Moorcock); Viriconium Knights (M. John Harrison); The Magician (William Kotzwinkle); and The Hosting of the Sidhe (William Butler Yeats). |
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| 20404 | -X | Elsewhere: Tales of Fantasy vol. II | Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold (eds.) |
ACE Fantasy | 1982 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | George de Hoff | Interior drawings by Terri Windling Contains an Introduction and Contributor's Notes (by the editors), and 32 stories: In the Very Earliest Time (Eskimo Chant); Junction's Pleasure (Richard Englehart); The Em Queen (Jane Newbold); Gwydion's Loss of Llew (Ellen Kushner); Amigo Heliotropo (Felix Marti-Ibanez); The Golden Goat (Michael de Larrabeiti); The Island and the Cattle (Nicholas Moore); The Fallen Country (Somtow Sucharitkul); Small Dragon (Brian Patten); The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Anne Sexton); The Courtship of Mr. Lyon (Angela Carter); Lord of the Reedy River (Donovan Leitch); In the Hall of Grief (Jane Yolen); Magic Strings (Li Ho); The Handomest Drowned Man in the World (Gabriel Garcia Marquez); Haunted (R. P. Lister); Vistors to a Castle (Sylivia Townsend Warner); A Tourist Camped on a Donegal Field (Bellamy Bach); Gran and the Roaring Boys (Jenny Sullivan); Homecoming (Peter Viereck); The Little Dirty Girl (Joanna Russ); A Young Man Gleaming White (Joao Guimaraes Rosa); Cerridwen and the Quern of Time (Paul Hazel); The Ship from Away (Evangeline Walton); The Day the World Died (Thomas Wiloch); Blood and Dreams (Richard Monacop); The Trash Dragon of Shensi (Andrew Glazer); The Vanishing Trolls and The Magic Wood (Henry Treece); The Healer (Robin McKinley); The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath (Patricia A. McKillip); and The Moon Porthole (Fritz Leiber). |
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| 20405 | -8 | Elsewhere, Tales of Fantasy, Vol. III | Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold (eds.) |
ACE Fantasy | 1984 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | George de Hoff | |||||
| 20547 | -X | Emperor, Swords, Pentacles | Phyllis Gotlieb | Sci-Fi | 1982 | 1st ACE printing | Sequel to A Judgement of Dragons. This ACE Letter-Number series is a bit of a problem (Oh, ACE Books strikes again). This particular ACE Letter-Number was printed twice (2nd printing was November 1982) with the same cover art and price. Then it was reissued in May 1985 with a NEW Letter-Number (ACE 18067-1). |
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| 20557 | -7 | Empire | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1981 | 1st ACE printing | Michael Whelan | Short story collection of post-Terran Federation (and post-Space Viking) story arc from one of my favourite authors. | ||||
| 20558 | -5 | Empire | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1986 | c.1981; 1986; 5th ACE printing | Michael Whelan | |||||
| 20562 | -3 | Empire of the East | Fred Saberhagen | Sci-Fi | 1979 | 1st ACE trade market printing | Enric | Introductions by LARRY NIVEN and ROGER ZELAZNY. EMPIRE OF THE EAST is a compendium of three (3) Saberhagen novels. Two are reprints of The Black Mountains and The Broken Lands while the third novel is new for this volume. | ||||
| 20563 | -1 | Empire of the East | Fred Saberhagen | Sci-Fi | 1980 | 2nd ACE printing | Enric | |||||
| 20565 | Empire of Two Worlds | Barrington J. Bayley | Sci-Fi | 1972 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | John Schoenherr | interior illustration by Jack Gaughan | |||||
| 20571 | Empire Star and The Ballad Of Beta-2 | Samuel R. Delany | Sci-Fi | nd | Note this single cover volume is actually a DOUBLE Novel and in this form is a 1st thus. The Ballad of Beta-2 was originally published in ACE Double M-121 (1965) bound with Emil Petaja's Alpha Yes, Terra No! Empire Star was originally published in ACE Double M-139 (1966) bound with Tom Purdom's The Tree Lord of Imeten. |
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| 20656 | -5 | End As A Hero | Keith Laumer | Sci-Fi | 1985 | 1st ACE printing | Les Edwards | |||||
| 20660 | -3 | Endless Voyage | Marion Zimmer Bradley | Sci-Fi | 1975 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Lombardo | This is one of the ACE Science Fiction Specials (2nd series) and listed as #3. | ||||
| 20661 | -1 | Endless Universe | Marion Zimmer Bradley | Sci-Fi | 1979 | c.1975; 1979; 2nd ACE printing | Attila Hejja | Note the title has changed from Endless Voyage to Endless Universe. This edition is listed as a "revised edition." This edition was also reprinted with the same ACE Letter-Number series in September 1979. |
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| 20662 | -X | Endless Universe | Marion Zimmer Bradley | Sci-Fi | 1981 | c.1975; 1979; 1981; | Attila Hejja | |||||
| 20663 | -9 | Endless Universe | Marion Zimmer Bradley | Sci-Fi | 1982 | c.1975; 1979; 1981; 1982 | Attila Hejja | |||||
| 20664 | -6 | The Endless Frontier | Jerry Pournelle (ed.) | Sci-Fi | 1979 | 1st ACE printing | Vincent Di Fate | Short story collection and essays - contents available at URL: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?39218 | ||||
| 20666 | -2 | The Endless Frontier Vol. II | Jerry Pournelle and John F. Carr (eds.) |
Sci-Fi | 1982 | Vincent Di Fate | Note this image is for a promotional cover, that lacks the ISBN barcode. | |||||
| 20667 | -0 | The Endless Frontier Vol. I | Jerry Pournelle (ed.) | Sci-Fi | 1982 | c.1979; 1982; 2nd ACE printing | Vincent Di Fate | |||||
| 20669 | -7 | The Endless Frontier | Sci-Fi | 1985 | c.1979; 1982; 1985; 3rd ACE printing | Vincent Di Fate | ||||||
| 20670 | England Swings SF: Stories of Speculative Fiction | Judith Merrill (ed.) | Sci-Fi | 1st ACE printing | Ron Walotsky | ENGLAND SWINGS stories include: Roger Jones The Island; Josephine Saxton Ne deja vu pas; John Calder Signals; John Clark Saint 505; George Collyn The Singular Quest of Martin Borg; Bill Butler The First Gorilla on the Moon; Kyril Bonfiglioli Blastoff; J.G. Ballard You and Me and the Continuum; Daphne Castell Who's in There With Me?; Thomas M. Disch The Squirrel Cage; Keith Roberts Manscare;, Charles Platt The Total Experience Kick; and George MacBeth The Silver Needle. | ||||||
| 20671 | -9 | The Endless Frontier Vol. II | Jerry Pournelle and John F. Carr (ed.) |
Sci-Fi | 1985 | c.1982; 1985; | Vincent Di Fate | |||||
| 20672 | -7 | Enemy Mine | Barry B. Longyear and David Gerrold | Sci-Fi | 1985 | Movie tie-in Now attribution of this volume is a bit odd. This volume has three attributions on the cover: novel by Longyear and Gerrold, from screenplay of the film, and from the original story by Longyear that first appeared in the September 1979 issue of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. |
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| 20724 | -3 | Ensign Flandry | Poul Anderson | Sci-Fi | 1979 | c.1966; 1979; 1st ACE printing | Michael Whelan | There appears to be (thank you Bill) several printing with the same ACE Letter-Number series, price, cover art and even the advertisements. The 2nd printing was April 1979, followed by a 3rd printing in June 1980. For the 4th printing, there was one that was exactly the same as the 3rd edition, with a second 4th edition printing that is ACE 20725-1. Oh, the printing history of ACE Books - never a dull moment. | ||||
| 20725 | -1 | Ensign Flandry | Poul Anderson | Sci-Fi | 1980 | c.1966; 1979; 1980; 4th ACE printing | Michael Whelan | |||||
| 20726 | -X | Ensign Flandry | Poul Anderson | Sci-Fi | 1982 | c.1966; 1979; 1980; 1982; 6th ACE printing | Michael Whelan | |||||
| 20729 | -4 | Ensign Flandry | Poul Anderson | Sci-Fi | 1985 | c.1966; 1979; 1980; 1982; 1985; 8th printing | Michael Whelan | |||||
| 20730 | Envoy To New Worlds | Keith Laumer | Sci-Fi | 1969 | c.1963; 1969; | Ed Emschwiller | Envoy to New Worlds was originally published in ACE Double F-223 (1963) bound with Robert Moore Williams' Flight From Yesterday. This uses the same cover art. | |||||
| 20731 | Envoy To New Worlds | Keith Laumer | Sci-Fi | 1973 | c.1963; 1969; 1973; | Ed Emschwiller | Note that although the volume is listed as "2nd ACE printing," this ignores the printing history of ACE 20730. Different cover art. Thank you Bill for tracking this down. | |||||
| 21430 | -4 | Equality: In the Year 2000 | Mack Reynolds | Sci-Fi | 1977 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Davis Meltzer | |||||
| 21526 | -2 | Eramus Magister | Charles Sheffield | ACE Fantasy | 1982 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | ACE historical fantasy | |||||
| 21561 | Escape on Venus | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1946; 1964; nd; 3rd ACE printing | Roy Krenkel, Jr | listed as "complete and unabridged" This volume has the same cover art as ACE F-268 (1964), even down to the ACE Science Fiction classic logo block. This is another example of re-use of old stock. |
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| 21562 | Escape on Venus | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Sci-Fi | 1974 | c.1946; 1964; 1974; | Frank Frazetta | title page illustration by Roy Krenkel Jr | |||||
| 21563 | Escape on Venus | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Sci-Fi | 1975 | c.1946; 1964; 1974; 1975/1976?; 4th ACE printing | Frank Frazetta | Escape on Venus was originally published as ACE F-268 (1964). These use the same Frazetta cover art with slightly different cover design motif. | |||||
| 21564 | Escape on Venus | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Sci-Fi | 1977 | c.1946; 1964; 1974; 1975/1976; 1977; 5th ACE printing | Frank Frazetta | ||||||
| 21565 | -3 | Escape on Venus | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Sci-Fi | 1979 | c.1946; 1964; 1974; 1975/1976; 1977; 1979; 6th ACE printing | Frank Frazetta | |||||
| 21566 | -1 | Escape on Venus | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Sci-Fi | 1981 | c.1946; 1964; 1974; 1975/1976; 1977; 1979; 1981; 7th ACE printing | Frank Frazetta | This ACE Letter-Number series was printed twice (October 1981 and September 1982) with the same price and cover art. | ||||
| 21567 | -X | Escape on Venus | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Sci-Fi | 1984 | c.1946; 1964; 1974; 1975/1976; 1977; 1979; 1981; 1982; 1984; 10th ACE printing | Frank Frazetta | |||||
| 21590 | -4 | The Escape Orbit | James White | Sci-Fi | 1983 | 2nd ACE printing | Wayne Barlowe | |||||
| 21599 | -8 | Escape Velocity | Christopher Stasheff | Sci-Fi | 1983 | 1st ACE printing | Stephen Hickman | |||||
| 21600 | -5 | Escape Velocity | Christopher Stasheff | Sci-Fi | 1984 | c.1983; 1984; 3rd ACE printing | Stephen Hickman | |||||
| 21601 | -3 | Escape Velocity | Christopher Stasheff | Sci-Fi | 1984 | c.1983; 1984; October 1984; 4th ACE printing | Stephen Hickman | |||||
| 21602 | -1 | Escape Velocity | Christopher Stasheff | Sci-Fi | 1986 | c.1983; 1984; 1986; 5th ACE printing | Stephen Hickman | |||||
| 21603 | -X | Escape Velocity | Christopher Stasheff | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1983; 1984; 1986; nd; 6th ACE printing | Stephen Hickman | This ACE Letter-Number series was then used for the 7th through 9th printing. | ||||
| 21801 | The Eternal Savage | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Sci-Fi | 1969 | c.1914; 1963; 1969; 2nd ACE printing | Roy Krenkel Jr. | Original title: The Eternal Lover The Eternal Savage was originally published as ACE F-234 (1963). Same cover art as F-234 (1963) and listed as "Science Fiction Classic" and still maintains the "complete and unabridged" notation on the cover. Thus, think this is the 2nd ACE printing. |
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| 21802 | The Eternal Savage | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Sci-Fi | 1972 | c.1914; 1963; June 1972; 3rd ACE printing | Roy Krenkel Jr. | Original title: The Eternal Lover Maintains the same Krenkel cover art as F-234 but removes the "Science Fiction Classic" and "complete and unabridged" notation on the cover. |
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| 21803 | The Eternal Savage | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1914; 1963; 1972; nd; | Roy Krenkel Jr. | Original title: The Eternal Lover | |||||
| 21804 | The Eternal Savage | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Sci-Fi | nd | .1914; 1963; 1972; nd; | Roy Krenkel Jr. | Original title: The Eternal Lover | |||||
| 21805 | -9 | The Eternal Savage | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Sci-Fi | 1978 | c.1914; 1963; 1972; 1978; | Roy Krenkel Jr. | Original title: The Eternal Lover | ||||
| 21806 | -7 | The Eternal Savage | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1914; 1963; 1972; 1978; nd; | Roy Krenkel Jr. | Original title: The Eternal Lover | ||||
| 21883 | -0 | Expanded Universe | Robert A. Heinlein | Sci-Fi | 1981 | c.1980; 1981; 1st trade paperback ACE printing | Illustrated edition. This edition has the cover blurb is "The New Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein." It is not used on the other editions. | |||||
| 21885 | -7 | Exiles to Glory | Jerry Pournelle | Sci-Fi | 1980 | c.1977; 1980; 3rd ACE printing | David Plourde | Interestingly, the cover art is signed (Plourde) but the copyright pages has "Cover art by Boris." Hmmm. ACE strikes again. Notice this printing is also outside the ACE Letter-Number sequence. | ||||
| 21888 | -1 | Expanded Universe | Robert A. Heinlein | Sci-Fi | 1981 | c.1980; 1981; 2nd ACE printing | Collection of RAH essays (How To Be A Survivor) and short stories including Blowups Happen and Solution Unsatisfactory. | |||||
| 21889 | -X | Expanded Universe | Robert A. Heinlein | Sci-Fi | 1983 | c.1980; 1981; 1983; 7th ACE printing | ||||||
| 21891 | -1 | Expanded Universe | Robert A. Heinlein | Sci-Fi | 1986 | c.1980; 1981; 1983; 1986; 8th ACE printing | This ACE Letter-Number series was reprinted from the 7th to (at least) 12th edition with the same cover art but differing ACE logos and prices. For example, here is the 11th ACE printing (21891-1) | |||||
| 22215 | -3 | Exiles to Glory | Jerry Pournelle | Sci-Fi | 1977 | c. 1977; July 1978; 1st ACE printing | Boris Vallejo | |||||
| 22216 | -1 | Exiles to Glory | Jerry Pournelle | Sci-Fi | 1978 | c. 1977; 1978; 2nd ACE printing | Boris Vallejo | |||||
| 22217 | -X | Exiles to Glory | Jerry Pournelle | Sci-Fi | 1983 | c. 1977; 1978; 1983; 4th ACE printing | Boris Vallejo | |||||
| 22218 | -8 | Exiles to Glory | Jerry Pournelle | Sci-Fi | 1986 | c. 1977; 1978; 1983; 1986; 5th ACE printing | Boris Vallejo | |||||
| 22332 | -X | Expecting Someone Taller | Tim Holt | ACE Fantasy | 1990 | 1st ACE printing | ||||||
| 22336 | -2 | Euryale | Kara Dalkey | ACE Fantasy | 1988 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Mel Odom | |||||
| 22365 | Exiles of the Stars | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1972 | 1st ACE printing | Exiles of the Stars is the sequel to Moon of Three Rings (ACE H-033, 1966). | ||||||
| 22366 | Exiles of the Stars | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1975 | 2nd ACE printing | |||||||
| 22367 | -2 | Exiles of the Stars | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1979 | 3rd ACE printing | John Rush | |||||
| 22368 | -0 | Exiles of the Stars | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1984 | 1979; 1984; | John Rush | There are two printings of this ACE Letter-Number series. The second printing (April 1984; 5th ACE printing) adds a Canadian price to the slugline and the ACE logo is moved. | ||||
| 22374 | -5 | Eye | Frank Herbert | Sci-Fi | 1987 | 1st ACE printing | Jim Burns | Cover and interior illustrations by Jim Burns Collection of an essays and short stories. This includes three essays on the Author (Burns), Artist, and Illustrations (Burns) and one on the collection (by Herbert). The short stories include Rat Race; Dragon in the Sea (excerpt); Cease Fire; A Matter of Traces; Try to Remember; The Tactful Saboteur; The Road to Dune; By the Book; Seed Stock; Murder Will In; Passage for Piano; Death of a City; and Frogs and Scientists. |
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| 22375 | Eye of the Monster | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1975 | c.1962; 1975; | This ACE Letter-Number volume was printed twice (in March 1975 and then later in 1975) with the same cover art and price. The only difference is the advertisements in the back. The cover art is not attributed, but may be Dean Ellis - more on this later as we check. Eye of the Monster was originally published in ACE Double F-147 (1962) bound with Sea Siege by Andre Norton |
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| 22376 | -1 | Eye of the Monster | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1980 | c.1962; 1975; 1980; 4th ACE printing | ||||||
| 22377 | -X | Eye of the Monster | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1984 | c.1962; 1975; 1980; 1984; 5th ACE printing | Ken Barr | |||||
| 22378 | -8 | Eye of the Monster | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1986 | c.1962; 1975; 1980; 1984; 1986; 6th ACE printing | Ken Barr | This edition has different cover art than ACE F-147. | ||||
| 22386 | Eye In The Sky | Philip K. Dick | Sci-Fi | 1975 | c.1957; 1975; | J. H. Breslow | Eye In The Sky was originally published as ACE D-211 and ACE H-39. | |||||
| 22387 | -7 | Eye In The Sky | Philip K. Dick | Sci-Fi | 1977 | c.1957; 1975; 1977; | J. H. Breslow | This edition has an Introduction by Theodore Sturgeon. | ||||
| 22388 | -5 | Eye of the Sun | Mike Conner | Sci-Fi | 1988 | 1st ACE printing | Barclay Shaw | |||||
| 22416 | -4 | The Eyes on Utopia Murders | Barbara D'Amato | Mystery | 1981 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | (December 1981) | |||||
| 22500 | -4 | The Faceless Man | Davis Meltzer | Sci-Fi | 1978 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Original title: The Anome | |||||
| 22530 | -6 | The Face in the Frost | John Bellairs | ACE Fantasy | 1984 | 6th ACE printing | ||||||
| 22549 | -7 | The Face of Chaos | Robert Lynn Asprin and Lynn Abbey (eds.) |
Sci-Fi | 1983 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Walter Velez | |||||
| 22551 | -9 | Far-Seer | Robert J. Sawyer | Sci-Fi | 1992 | 1st ACE printing | Tom Kidd | |||||
| 22555 | -1 | The Faceless Man: Book One of the Durdane Trilogy | Jack Vance (aka: John Holbrook Vance) |
Sci-Fi | 1987 | 2nd ACE printing | Peter Dana | |||||
| 22569 | -1 | Falcon | Emma Bull | Sci-Fi | 1989 | 1st ACE printing | Kirk Reinert | This ACE Letter-Number series was reprinted with the price and cover art, except the number line ends in ‘2’ [likely 1990]. | ||||
| 22577 | -2 | Falcons of Narabedla | Marion Zimmer Bradley | Sci-Fi | c.1964; 1979; | Bob Adragna | The Falcons of Narabedla was originally published in ACE Double F-273 (1964) bound with The Dark Intruder & Other Stories and ACE 22576. | |||||
| 22640 | The Fall of the Towers | Samuel R. Delany | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1966; nd | Kelly Freas | The Fall of the Towers is a compilation of all three of the "Towers" tales. | |||||
| 22640 | The Fall of the Towers | Samuel R. Delany | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1966; nd | Kelly Freas | ||||||
| 22641 | The Fall of the Towers | Samuel R. Delany | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1966; nd | Kelly Freas | Original prelim cover art by Kelly Freas for The Fall of the Towers. Note that the preliminary artwork does not have the woman but a beast instead. Verso of artwork. Original cover art by Kelly Freas for The Fall of the Towers. Note the difference between the finished art and the preliminary artwork. 15" x 20" and signed in image. |
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| 22641 | The Fall of the Towers | Samuel R. Delany | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1966; nd | Kelly Freas | Listed as "Three Volumes In One." Contains "Out of the Dead City," "The Towers of Toron," and "City of a Thousand Suns." | |||||
| 22642 | The Fall of the Towers | Samuel R. Delany | Sci-Fi | 1975 | c.1966; 1975; | |||||||
| 22643 | -4 | Out of the Dead City | Samuel R. Delany | Sci-Fi | 1963 | Original title: Captives of the Flame Captives of the Flame was originally published in ACE Double F-199 (1963) bound with Keith Woodcott's (aka John Brunner) The Psionic Menace. A bit out of ACE Letter-Number sequence. |
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| 22680 | Fallout For a Spy | Richard L. Hershatter | Mystery | 1970 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | This appears to be both a spy- and mystery-story. I have cross-listed this with the ACE Potpourri singles. | ||||||
| 22690 | The Falling Astronauts | Barry N. Malzberg | Sci-Fi | 1971 | Davis Metzler | The Conquest of Space (poem) by Trim Bissell (1967) on frontsleaf. | ||||||
| 22744 | -9 | Famine | Graham Masterton | Sci-Fi | 1981 | 1st ACE printing | ACE Charter edition This story, of ecological terrorism, is just on the edge of science fiction and "thriller." |
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| 22767 | -8 | The Fancher Train | Amelia Bean | Western | 1982 | c.1958 | ||||||
| 22799 | -6 | The Far Call | Gordon R. Dickson | Sci-Fi | 1983 | 1st ACE printing | ||||||
| 22811 | The Far-Out Worlds of Van Vogt | A. E. Van Vogt | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1968; nd; | Note that it has a white-out block and suggests a renumber edition from older stock. | ||||||
| 22812 | The Worlds of A. E. Van Vogt | A. E. Van Vogt | Sci-Fi | 1974 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Bart Forbes | Introduction by Forrest J. Ackerman and collects 15 short stories. These two A. E. van Vogt short story collections are essentially the same, with The Worlds of A. E. Van Vogt having the addition of a couple of extra stories to The Far-Out Worlds of Van Vogt. In particular this edition includes the first paperback publication of "The Storm" and "The Expendables." |
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| 22813 | The Worlds of A. E. Van Vogt | A. E. Van Vogt | Sci-Fi | 1974 | 2nd ACE printing | Bart Forbes | ||||||
| 22819 | -4 | A Far Sunset | Edmund Cooper | Sci-Fi | 1977 | 1st ACE printing | David Bergen | |||||
| 22830 | Farewell, Earth's Bliss | D. G. Compton | Sci-Fi | 1971 | Karel Thole | revised U. S. edition | ||||||
| 22876 | -3 | Final Circuit | Melinda M. Snodgrass | Sci-Fi | 1988 | Don Dixon | Concluding volume of the Circuit trilogy. Original cover art by Don Dixon for Final Circuit. Dated 1987, acrylic and gouache, 20" x 12." |
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| 22925 | A Fire In The Sky | Walter Kendrick | Sci-Fi | 1978 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Movie tie-in Novelization (by Walter Kendrick; based upon a story by Paul Gallico) of the NBC television movie starring Richard Crenna and Elizabeth Ashley about astronomers attempting to convince the authorities that a comet is going to collide with Earth. Features front and rear movie photo covers, with 16 pages of movie photos. |
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| 23188 | -8 | Federation | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1981 | Michael Whelan | listed as "first ACE trade edition" | |||||
| 23189 | -6 | Federation | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1982 | c.1981; 1982; | Michael Whelan | listed as "first mass market edition" The 2nd ACE printing was January 1983, but either a repeat of ACE Letter-Number 23189-6 or a first instance of 23190-X. Stay tuned for future details. |
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| 23190 | -X | Federation | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1983 | c.1981; 1982; 1983; 3rd ACE printing | Michael Whelan | |||||
| 23191 | -8 | Federation | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1981; 1983; 1983; nd; 4th ACE printing | Michael Whelan | There may be another printing [from Locus 1] with same ACE Letter-Number but different price and date of May 1986. Introduction by John F. Carr and Preface by Jerry Pournelle. Contains the Federation short stories Omnilingual, Naudsonce, Oomphel in the Sky, Graveyard of Dreams, and When in the Course -". |
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| 23194 | -2 | Crisis on Doona | Anne Mccaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye |
Sci-Fi | 1992 | 1st ACE printing | Michael Herring | A bit out of ACE Letter-Number sequence. | ||||
| 23350 | The Fetish Murders | Avon Curry | Mystery | 1973 | 1st ACE printing | |||||||
| 23359 | -7 | Feud Fury | Jack M. Bickham | Western | c.1959; nd; | Feud Fury was originally published in ACE D-384 (1959) bound with Louis Trimble's Mountain Ambush (abridged edition). | ||||||
| 23500 | The Fifth Head of Cerberus | Gene Wolfe | Sci-Fi | 1976 | 1st ACE printing | The Fifth Head of Cerberus contains two novellas and a short novel, along with a short Afterword by Pamela Sargent. The title story was originally published in Damon Knight's Orbit anthology. | ||||||
| 23501 | -8 | The Fifth Head of Cerberus | Gene Wolfe | Sci-Fi | 1981 | 2nd ACE printing | Martin Rigo | |||||
| 23510 | -7 | The Aldebaran Campaign | Kevin Randle and Robert Cornett |
Sci-Fi | 1988 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Miro | Sequel to Seeds of War. | ||||
| 23516 | -6 | The 57th Franz Kafka | Rudy Rucker | Sci-Fi | 1983 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Contains 19 short stories. The 57th Franz Kafka (1982); Schrödinger's Cat (1981); A New Golden Age (1981); Jumpin' Jack Flash (1983); Sufferin' Succotash (1983); Faraway Eyes (1980); Hyperspherical Space and Beyond (1980, essay); The Indian Rope Trick Explained (1983); A New Experiment with Time (1982); The Man Who Ate Himself (1982); The Facts of Life (1983); Tales of Houdini (1981); Buzz (1981); The Last Einstein-Rosen Bridge (1983); Pac-Man (1982); Pi in the Sky (1983); Inertia (1983); Message Found in a Copy of Flatland (1983) and The Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics (1982). | |||||
| 23584 | -0 | First Flight | Chris Claremont | Sci-Fi | 1987 | 1st ACE printing | Luis Royo | |||||
| 23765 | -7 | The Filty Five | Nick Carter | Spy Thriller | c.1967; nd; 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint | |||||||
| 23776 | -2 | The Final Encyclopedia | Gordon R. Dickson | Sci-Fi | 1985 | c.1984; 1985; 1st ACE printing | Michael Whelan | |||||
| 23777 | -0 | The Final Encyclopedia | Gordon R. Dickson | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1984; 1985; nd; 2nd ACE printing | Michael Whelan | |||||
| 23860 | -2 | Timesearch | Geo. W. Proctor | Sci-Fi | Original title: Fire At The Center And here we have an unusual title. This volume was NEVER PUBLISHED. Booksellers received the promotional covers but the book never saw the light of day. The original title, noted on the cover, was of a Fawcett publication from 1981. I want to thank Bill Taylor for this information and cover image - this is what this database is all about - defining the publication history of ACE Books. What an interesting twist this volume provides. |
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| 23919 | -6 | First Cycle | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1982 | 1st ACE printing | Edited & expanded by Michael Kurland Issued twice in 1982 with identical ACE Letter-Number series, as well as price and cover art. Second printing was August 1982. |
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| 23929 | -3 | Twilight of the Gods: The First Name | Dennis Schmidt | ACE Fantasy | Romas Kukalis | Note that although the title on the cover is "Twilight of the Gods," the ACE Letter-Number series coding is based upon "The First Name" portion of the title. | ||||||
| 23998 | -6 | First and Final Rites | Shariann Lewitt (aka: S. N. Lewitt) |
Sci-Fi | 1984 | Barclay Shaw | Shariann Lewitt also writes under the name . | |||||
| 24035 | Five Way Secret Agent and Mercenary From Tomorrow | Mack Reynolds (aka: Dallas Mccord Reynolds) |
Sci-Fi | 1975 | Note: this is a double novel with a single cover - much like the five digit number series ACE SF doubles | |||||||
| 24071 | -2 | Flandry of Terra | Poul Anderson | Sci-Fi | 1979 | c.1965; July 1979; 1st ACE printing | Michael Whelan | This ACE Letter-Number volume was reprinted twice in 1979, and once in 1980 Flandry of Terra contains A Message in Secret (c. 1959), The Plague of Masters (c. 1960) and The Game of Glory (c. 1958). A Message in Secret was reprinted in 1961 by ACE Books under the title Mayday Orbit as ACE Double F-104 (bound with Kenneth Bulmer's No Man's World). The Plague of Masters was reprinted by ACE books in 1961 under the title Earthman, Go Home! as ACE Double D-479 (bound with Wilson Tucker's To the Tombaugh Station). |
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| 24072 | -0 | Flandry of Terra | Poul Anderson | Sci-Fi | 1981 | c.1965; 1979; 1981; 4th ACE printing | Michael Whelan | Flandry of Terra contains A Message in Secret (c. 1959), The Plague of Masters (c. 1960) and The Game of Glory (c. 1958). | ||||
| 24073 | -9 | Flandry of Terra | Poul Anderson | Sci-Fi | 1983 | c.1965; 1979; 1981; 1982; 1983; 5th and 6th ACE printing | Michael Whelan | Printed in August 1982 and April 1983 using the same ACE Letter-Number series. Flandry of Terra contains A Message in Secret (c. 1959), The Plague of Masters (c. 1960) and The Game of Glory (c. 1958). |
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| 24074 | -7 | Flandry of Terra | Poul Anderson | Sci-Fi | 1985 | c.1965; 1979; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1985; 7th ACE printing | Michael Whelan | Flandry of Terra contains A Message in Secret (c. 1959), The Plague of Masters (c. 1960) and The Game of Glory (c. 1958). | ||||
| 24086 | -0 | The Fleet | David Drake and Bill Fawcett (eds.) |
Sci-Fi | 1988 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Short story collection in The Fleet "sandbox"with tales by Anne McCaffrey, Poul Anderson, Gary Gygax, and Margaret Weis. However, this cover art is for the 2nd ACE printing (nd; probably ~ 1992; determined by the number line). It appears that this ACE Letter-Number appears to have been printed at least five (5) times with the same catalog number and cover art, and only separable by the change in price. Thus, finding a PBO (true first) will be difficult for the collector. |
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| 24087 | -9 | The Fleet: Counterattack | David Drake and Bill Fawcett (eds.) |
Sci-Fi | 1988 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Short story collection in The Fleet "sandbox" with tales by Piers Anthony, Janet Morris, and Christopher Stasheff. Note that although the title (on the image) is "Counter Attack," the title page gives it as one word "Counterattack." This ACE Letter-Number appears to have been printed at least five (5) times with the same catalog number and cover art. |
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| 24090 | -9 | The Fleet: Sworn Allies | David Drake and Bill Fawcett (eds.) |
Sci-Fi | 1990 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Jim Gurney | Short story collection in The Fleet "sandbox" with tales by Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, and Christopher Stasheff. | ||||
| 24092 | -5 | The Flight of Mavin Manyshaped | Sheri S. Tepper | ACE Fantasy | 1985 | 1st ACE printing | ||||||
| 24093 | -3 | The Fleet: Total War | David Drake and Bill Fawcett (eds.) |
Sci-Fi | 1990 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Jim Gurney | Short story collection in The Fleet "sandbox" with tales by Katherine Kurtz, Anne McCaffrey, Janet Morris and Christopher Stasheff. | ||||
| 24103 | -4 | The Fleet: Breakthrough | David Drake and Bill Fawcett (eds.) |
Sci-Fi | 1989 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Jim Gurney | Short story collection in The Fleet "sandbox" with tales by Larry Niven, Steve Perry and Gary Gygax. Note that although the title (on the image) is "Break Through," the title page gives it as one word "Breakthough." | ||||
| 24105 | -0 | The Fleet: Breakthrough | David Drake and Bill Fawcett (eds.) |
Sci-Fi | 1989 | c.1989; May 1989; 2nd ACE printing | Jim Gurney | |||||
| 24590 | Fourth Mansions | R. A. Lafferty | Sci-Fi | 1969 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Leo and Diane Dillon | This is an Ace Science Fiction Special (1st series). Short story collection. | |||||
| 24620 | Forerunner Foray | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1975 | c.1973; 1975; 1st ACE printing | Charles Mikolaycak | listed as "first paperback publication" | |||||
| 24622 | -2 | Forerunner Foray | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1980 | c.1973; 1975; 1980; 2nd ACE printing | Wojtek Siudmak | The cover art by Wojtek Siudmak was originally on a French paperback edition of Van Vogt’s “La Bete” [The Beast] and later on a German edition of “Exotic Worlds” [Exotische Welten]. Thanks to Bill for finding this unusual art and history - all what the AIL is about. | ||||
| 24623 | -0 | Forerunner Foray | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1982 | c.1973; 1975; 1980; 1982; 3rd ACE printing | Wojtek Siudmak | |||||
| 24650 | The Forest of Forever | Thomas Burnett Swann | ACE Fantasy | 1st ACE printing | ||||||||
| 24712 | -1 | The Forever Man | Gordon R. Dickson | Sci-Fi | 1986 | 1st ACE printing | James Gurney | |||||
| 24713 | -X | The Forever Man | Gordon R. Dickson | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1986; nd; 3rd ACE printing | James Gurney | |||||
| 24800 | For the Flag | Jules Verne | Sci-Fi | 1961 | ||||||||
| 24806 | -3 | For the Witch of the Mists | David C. Smith and Richard Tierney |
Sci-Fi | 1981 | 1st ACE printing | Ezra Tucker | For The Witch of the Mists is a BRAN MAK MORN story based on the character created by ROBERT E. HOWARD. | ||||
| 24884 | -5 | Fossil Hunter | Robert J. Sawyer | Sci-Fi | 1993 | 1st ACE printing | Bob Eggleton | |||||
| 24886 | -7 | The Fortress of the Pearl | Michael Moorcock | ACE Fantasy | nd | |||||||
| 24890 | -X | Four-Day Planet and Lone Star Planet | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1979 | 1st ACE printing | Michael Whelan | Note: this is a double novel with a single cover - much like the five digit number series ACE SF doubles | ||||
| 24892 | -6 | Four-Day Planet and Lone Star Planet | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1984 | c.1979; 1984; 2nd ACE printing | Michael Whelan | |||||
| 24901 | Four For Tomorrow | Roger Zelazny | Sci-Fi | 1973 | c.1967; February 1973; 2nd ACE printing | Garland | Four For Tomorrow was originally published as ACE M-155 (1967) and contains four short novellettes by Zelazny with an Introduction by Theodore Sturgeon. | |||||
| 24903 | Four For Tomorrow | Roger Zelazny | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1967; 1973; nd; | Garland | ||||||
| 24904 | -3 | Four For Tomorrow | Roger Zelazny | Sci-Fi | 1981 | c.1967; 1973;1981; | Garland | |||||
| 24905 | -1 | Four For Tomorrow | Roger Zelazny | Sci-Fi | 1982 | c.1967; 1973; 1981; 1982; | Garland | |||||
| 24907 | The Four From Gila Bend | Merle Constiner | Western | c.1968; nd | The Four From Gila Bend was originally published in ACE G-755 (1968) bound with Wayne C. Lee's Trail of the Skulls. | |||||||
| 24975 | The Fox Valley Murders | John Holbrook Vance (aka:: Jack Vance) |
Mystery | nd | c.1968; nd; 1st thus | Written under his true name, John Holbrook Vance. This mystery is one of the two Sheriff Joe Bain novels. | ||||||
| 25130 | Boris Karloff: The Frankenscience Monster | Forrest J. Ackerman (ed.) | Biography | 1969 | 1st thus | Verne Tossey | A biography of Boris Karloff with observations and commentary by Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Lon Chaney, Christopher Lee, and Vincent Price. Forrest J. Ackerman (1916-2008) was a long-time science fiction fan, editor, and agent who was uniquely famous for being a fan and collector. "Forry" received the first Hugo presented, as '#1 Fan Personality' in 1953. In addition, he coined and popularized (alas) the term 'sci-fi' from 1954; edited Famous Monsters of Filmland for 25 years from 1958; popularized the "Perry Rhodan" series in the United States, and was lavishly supportive to generations of fans in both America and Britain. |
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| 25312 | -1 | Friends in High Places | John Weitz | Mystery | 1983 | c.1982; 1983; 1st thus | ACE Charter edition ~~ War Fiction/Mystery | |||||
| 25460 | From the Legend of Biel | Mary Staton | Sci-Fi | 1975 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | This is one of the ACE Science Fiction Specials (2nd series) and listed as #1. It is also the authors first book. | ||||||
| 25461 | From the Legend of Biel | Mary Staton | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1975; nd; 2nd ACE printing | |||||||
| 25500 | -0 | Frontier Blood | Ernest Haycox | Western | 1974 | 1st thus | Includes, in addition to title story, the three novellas The Kid from River Red, Manhunt! and The Roaring Hour. | |||||
| 25504 | -3 | Frontier of the Dark | A. Bertram Chandler | Sci-Fi | 1984 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Attila Hejja | |||||
| 25730 | -5 | Feud in Piney Flats | Ken Murray | Western | c.1953; 1958; nd | Feud in Piney Flats was originally published in ACE Double D-34 (1953) bound with Hellions' Hole. | ||||||
| 25950 | Furthest | Suzette Haden Elgin | Sci-Fi | 1971 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Leo and Diane Dillon | This is an ACE Science Fiction Special (1st series). | |||||
| 25970 | -7 | The Future At War, Vol. 1: Thor's Hammer | Reginald Bretnor (ed.) | Sci-Fi | 1979 | 1st ACE printing | Vincent di Fate | Short story and science fact/speculation article collection based upon the premise of war on Earth and in the near space environment. Original cover art by Vincent di Fate for The Future At War. Oil on masonite, 17" x 10" and signed lower left. Note the orientation of this painting is reversed with respect to the cover art on the ACE volume. |
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| 25971 | -5 | The Future At War, Vol. 2: The Spear of Mars | Reginald Bretnor (ed.) | Sci-Fi | 1980 | 1st ACE printing | Vincent di Fate | Short story collection based upon the premise of the invasion of the Earth by extraterrestrials including Racoona Sheldon's (aka James Tiptree Jr., aka Alice Sheldon) The Screwfly Solution (another of my personal favourites). | ||||
| 25972 | -3 | The Future At War, Vol. 3: Orion's Sword | Reginald Bretnor (ed.) | Sci-Fi | 1980 | 1st ACE printing | Vincent di Fate | |||||
| 25980 | Future Glitter | A. E. Van Vogt | Sci-Fi | 1973 | 1st ACE printing | Bart Forbes | Special introduction by A. E. van Vogt. | |||||
| 26176 | -0 | Fuzzies and Other People | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1984 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Michael Whelan | This ACE Letter-Number series was reprinted as the 2nd edition (nd) and the 3rd edition (June 1985) with same price and cover art. | ||||
| 26177 | -9 | Fuzzies and Other People | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1986 | c.1984; 1985; 1986; 4th ACE printing | Michael Whelan | |||||
| 26181 | -7 | Fuzzy Bones | William Tuning | Sci-Fi | 1981 | 1st ACE printing | Michael Whelan | One of the several "after H. Beam Piper" stories but considered to be the "last" of the Fuzzy books of the trilogy as per information from Jerry Pournelle in his conversations with H. Beam Piper. | ||||
| 26188 | -4 | Fuzzy Sapiens | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1983 | c.1976; 1978; 1982; 1983; | Michael Whelan | Original title: The Other Human Race | ||||
| 26190 | Fuzzy Sapiens | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1976 | June 1976; 1st ACE printing | Michael Whelan | Original title: The Other Human Race | |||||
| 26191 | Fuzzy Sapiens | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1976 | August 1976; 2nd ACE printing | Michael Whelan | Original title: The Other Human Race Printed twice with the same ACE Letter-Number series, as well as same price and cover at by Michael Whelan. The second printing has no date, but probably 1977. |
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| 26192 | -X | Fuzzy Sapiens | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | c.1976; May 1978; 4th ACE printing | Michael Whelan | Original title: The Other Human Race | |||||
| 26193 | -0 | The Fuzzy Papers | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1980 | 1st ACE printing | Michael Whelan | These two printings are the first collection of the two "Fuzzy" stories - Little Fuzzy and Fuzzy Sapiens. Thus, these actually could be considered an "ACE Double." | ||||
| 26194 | -9 | The Fuzzy Papers | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1982 | c.1980; 1982; 2nd ACE printing | Michael Whelan | |||||
| 26196 | -5 | Fuzzy Sapiens | H. Beam Piper | Sci-Fi | 1985 | c.1976; 1978; 1982; 1983; 1985 | Michael Whelan | Original title: The Other Human Race | ||||
| 27226 | Galactic Derelict | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1972 | c.1964; April 1972; 3rd ACE printing | Davis Meltzer | Galactic Derelict was originally published as ACE F-310 (1964). | |||||
| 27227 | Galactic Derelict | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1974 | c.1964; 1972; nd - probably 1974 | Davis Meltzer | ||||||
| 27228 | Galactic Derelict | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1975 | c.1964; 1972; nd - probably 1975 | Davis Meltzer | ||||||
| 27229 | -0 | Galactic Derelict | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1978 | c.1964; 1972; July 1978; 8th ACE printing | Davis Meltzer | There seems to have been multiple printings with no change in ACE Letter-Number series for this volume. In addition, this cover art is different than the previous Davis Meltzer covers for ACE 27226 to 27228. | ||||
| 27231 | -2 | Galactic Derelict | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1982 | c.1964; 1972; 1982; | Walter Velez | |||||
| 27232 | -0 | Galactic Effectuator | Jack Vance (aka: John Holbrook Vance) |
Sci-Fi | 1981 | David B. Mattingly | listed as "First Paperback Publication" Galactic Effectuator is composed of two novellas: "The Dogtown Tourist Agency" (1975) and "Freitzke's Turn" (1977). |
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| 27233 | -9 | Galactic Derelict | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1984 | c.1964; 1972; 1982; 1984; | Walter Velez | |||||
| 27234 | -7 | Galactic Derelict | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1987 | c.1964; 1972; 1982; 1984; 1987; | Walter Velez | There were two printing of this edition with the same ACE Letter-Number series. The second was in January 1992. | ||||
| 27236 | -3 | Gallagher's Glacier | Walt & Leigh Richmond | Sci-Fi | 1979 | 2nd ACE printing | John Rush | |||||
| 27238 | -X | Galactic MI | Kevin Randle | Sci-Fi | 1993 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Kevin Murphy | |||||
| 27240 | Galactic Medal of Honor | Mack Reynolds (aka: Dallas Mccord Reynolds) |
Sci-Fi | 1976 | 1st ACE printing | Vincent Di Fate | ||||||
| 27241 | -X | Galactic Medal of Honor | Mack Reynolds (aka: Dallas Mccord Reynolds) |
Sci-Fi | 1978 | c.1976; 1977/1978?; 2nd ACE printing | Vincent Di Fate | |||||
| 27242 | -8 | The Galactic Silver Star | Kevin Randle | Sci-Fi | 1990 | |||||||
| 27280 | -0 | The Galaxy Builder | Keith Laumer | Sci-Fi | 1984 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | John Ennis | |||||
| 27284 | -3 | Galaxy's End | Richard A. Lupoff | Sci-Fi | 1988 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Ron Miller | Sequel to Sun's End. | ||||
| 27291 | The Galaxy Primes | Edward E. "Doc" Smith | Sci-Fi | nd | c.1965; nd; | This is one of the "Science Fiction from the Great Years" editions. The Galaxy Primes was originally published as ACE F-328 (1965). | ||||||
| 27296 | Galaxy: The Best of My Years | James Baen (ed.) | Sci-Fi | 1980 | 1st ACE printing | Collection of short stories from Galaxy including Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Ursula K. Le Guin, Larry Niven, Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth, Jerry Pournelle, Fred Saberhagen, Charles Sheffield, John Varley, and Roger Zelazny. | ||||||
| 27310 | The Game-Players of Titan | Philip K. Dick | Sci-Fi | 1972 | c.1963; 1972; | J. H. Breslow | ||||||
| 27346 | The Ganymede Takeover | Philip K. Dick and Ray Nelson |
Sci-Fi | 1976 | 2nd ACE printing | Vincent DiFate | Original cover art by Vincent DiFate for The Ganymede Takeover. Acrylic on board, 11.75" x 10.25" and signed lower right. | |||||
| 27380 | -7 | The Gate of the Cat | Andre Norton | Sci-Fi | 1988 | 1st ACE printing | Rick Lovell | This is an odd printing. The first volume is dual pricing edition for Canadian and American markets. The second is a Canadian only pricing edition. Both have a full 10—1 number line and both state "Ace edition / July 1988." The ACE logo is shifted up the cover as well, so it's not just an over-print. Thanks to Bill for submitting this information. | ||||
| 27387 | -4 | The Gates of Creation | Philip Jose Farmer | Sci-Fi | 1977 | c.1966; 1977; | Boris Vallejo | The Gates of Creation was originally published as ACE F-412 (1966). | ||||
| 27387 | -4 | The Gates of Creation | Philip Jose Farmer | Sci-Fi | 1977 | c.1966; August 1977; 2nd ACE printing | Boris Vallejo | |||||
| 27388 | -2 | The Gates of Creation | Philip Jose Farmer | Sci-Fi | 1978 | c.1966; 1977; nd - but see note; 3rd ACE printing | Boris Vallejo | No date on the copyright page, but it has to be 1978 and before October as that’s when the ACE logo changed from the ‘tombstone’ to the ‘spear.’ | ||||
| 27389 | -0 | The Gates of Creation | Philip Jose Farmer | Sci-Fi | 1981 | c.1966; 1977; 1978; 1981; 4th ACE prinitng | Boris Vallejo | |||||
| 27390 | -4 | The Gates of Creation | Philip Jose Farmer | Sci-Fi | 1983 | c.1966; 1977; 1978; 1982;1983; 5th ACE prinitng | Boris Vallejo | |||||
| 27905 | Gender Genocide | Edmund Cooper | Sci-Fi | 1973 | 1st thus | Original title: Who Needs Men? | ||||||
| 27910 | The General Zapped An Angel | Howard Fast | Sci-Fi | 1970 | 1st ACE printing | Karel Thole | ||||||
| 27911 | -2 | The General Zapped An Angel | Howard Fast | Sci-Fi | 1978 | c.1970; 1978; 2nd ACE printing | Boris Vallejo | Short story collection including The General Zapped An Angel, The Mouse, The Vision of Milty Boil, The Mohawk, The Wound, Tomorrow's Wall Street Journal, The Interval, The Movie House, and The Insects. | ||||
| 28602 | -X | The Ghost Light | Fritz Leiber | Sci-Fi | 1991 | 1st ACE printing and maybe PBO | Collection of nine (9) stories and an autobiography. Illustrated (profusely) by Robert Gould, David Wiesner, John Jude Palencar, Thomas Cantry and JoEllen Trilling. | |||||
| 28702 | -6 | The Stone Giant | James P. Blaylock | Sci-Fi | 1989 | Darrell Sweet | ||||||
| 28811 | Giant on Horseback | Lewis B. Patten | Western | 1973 | c.1964; 1967; 1973; 2nd ACE printing | |||||||
| 28816 | -2 | Giant on Horseback | Lewis B. Patten | Western | 1985 | c.1967; 1973; 1985; 3rd ACE printing | Giant on Horseback was originally published as ACE F-423 (1967) | |||||
| 28837 | -5 | Gilpin's Space | Reginald Bretnor | Sci-Fi | 1986 | Alan Gutierrez | ||||||
| 28860 | The Fire-Eater | Ron Goulart | Sci-Fi | 1970 | 1st ACE printing | Robert LoGrippo | Notice that the ACE 28000 Letter-Number series seems to be the dumping ground for poorly organized ACE (by Letter-Number coding) volumes (argh). | |||||
| 28870 | The Girl In The Killer's Bed | Avon Curry | Mystery | nd | 1st ACE printing and PBO | |||||||
| 28911 | The Girl From Hollywood | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Western | 1977 | Boris Vallejo | listed as "First Time In Paperback" | ||||||
| 28920 | The Girl Nobody Knows | Mark Mcshane | Mystery | nd | c.1965; nd | Mark McShane also writes as Marc Lovell. | ||||||
| 28960 | The Glass-Sided Ants' Nest | Peter Dickinson | Mystery | 1968 | 1st ACE printing | Winner of the Golden Dagger Award for "Crime Novel of the Year." | ||||||
| 28988 | -6 | The Glass Teat | Harlan Ellison | Sci-Fi | 1983 | Barclay Shaw | On the copyright page, it states “Ace edition / May 1973.” However, that is a typo error and the year should have been 1983 as it has an ACE 'tombstone' logo. | |||||
| 29400 | -6 | The Glory That Was | L. Sprague De Camp | Sci-Fi | 1979 | c.1952, 1979; 1st ACE printing | Stephen Hickman | Introduction by ROBERT A. HEINLEIN. | ||||
| 29401 | -4 | Glory Road | Robert A. Heinlein | Sci-Fi | 1988 | c.1987; 1988; 3rd ACE printing | ||||||
| 29430 | -8 | The Goblin Plain War | Carl Miller | ACE Fantasy | 1991 | 1st ACE printing | ||||||
| 29467 | -7 | God Emperor of Dune | Frank Herbert | Sci-Fi | 1987 | 1st ACE printing | Note that this ACE Letter-Number series has been reprinted numerous times, always with the same number but varying prices. Thus, finding a 1st edtion, 1st printing copy may be difficult for collectors. | |||||
| 29470 | -7 | God of Tarot | Piers Anthony | ACE Fantasy | 1987 | 2nd ACE printing | ||||||
| 29497 | -9 | The Gods Look Down | Trevor Hoyle | Sci-Fi | 1982 | c.1978; April 1982; | Don Brautigam? | |||||
| 29525 | The Gods of Bal-Sagoth | Robert E. Howard | Sci-Fi | 1979 | 1st ACE printing and PBO | Sanjulian | Contains The Gods of Bal-Sagoth, Casonetto's Last Song, King of the Forgotten People, Usurp the Night, The Curse of the Golden Skull, The Shadow of the Beast, Nekht Semerkeht, Restless Waters and The Isle of the Eons. | |||||
| 29532 | -0 | Casca: God of Death | Barry Sadler | Sci-Fi | 1982 | This series is scattered across the ACE Letter-Number series, primarily depending upon whether the editor/accountant used the 'Casca' prefix for the series numbering. In this case, they did not. | ||||||
| 29729 | -3 | Golden Dream: A Fuzzy Odyssey | Ardath Mayhar | Sci-Fi | 1982 | 1st ACE printing | Michael Whelan | A continuation of the Fuzzy stories of H. Beam Piper. Since I am an H. Beam Piper fan, I will probably read this, but I also am a bit hesitant. | ||||
| 29736 | -6 | The Golden Serpent | Nick Carter | Spy Thriller | nd; 1st ACE printing - Charter imprint | |||||||
| 29741 | Gold in California! | Todhunter Ballard (aka:: W. T. Ballard) |
Western | c.1965; nd | George Gross | |||||||
| 29742 | Gold in California! | Todhunter Ballard (aka:: W. T. Ballard) |
Western | c.1965; nd | George Gross | |||||||
| 29743 | Gold in California! | Todhunter Ballard (aka:: W. T. Ballard) |
Western | c.1965; nd | George Gross | Gold in California! was originally published as ACE A-9 (1965). Gold in California! was also the winner of the Spur Award for Best Western Novel. | ||||||
| 29752 | -8 | The Golden Naginata | Jessica Amanda Salmonson | ACE Fantasy | 1984 | c.1982; 1984; | Kinuko Craft | This volume was released twice with the same ACE Letter-Number series (in February 1982 and March 1984). Only difference is the ACE slugline (where the catalog number and price is placed) was moved from the top left to the bottom left. |
