ACE SF 5 Digit Number-Series SF Singles

Five-digit number format: 00000-09999

00007-X ANNE McCAFFREY Damia's Children (cover by Romas Kuklaia; January 1994)   

00010-X JACK CHALKER (ed.) Hotel Andromeda (1994; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

Collection of short stories that includes First Nighter (Karen Haber), The Room Key (Terry Kepner), Telling Human Stories (Margaret Ball), The Small Penance of Lady Disdain (Michael G. Coney), Rhuum Service (Brad Ferguson), Soft in the World, and Bright (M. Shayne Bell), To Caress the Face of God (Dave Wolverton), Glass Walls (Kristine Kathryn Rusch), Face Time (Janet Kagan),  It's a Gift (Esther M. Friesner), The Happy Hookermorph (Kevin J. Anderson), and Volatile Mix (Jerry Oltion)

00011-8 MARTIN H. GREENBERG (ed.) The Asimov Chronicles, Volume One (listed as "First Time in Paperback")

00015-9 ASHLEY McCONNELL Quantum Leap: The Wall (1994; 1st ACE printing and PBO; TV tie-in)

00017-7 ROBERT J. SAWYER Foreigner (cover by Bob Eggleton; March 1994; 1st ACE printing)

00018-5 PATRICIA ANTHONY Cold Allies (cover by Tim O'Brien; April 1994; 1st ACE printing)

00020-7 LIONEL PENN By The Time I Get To Nashville (March 1994; 1st ACE printing)

00021-5 GARDNER DOZOIC Geodesic Dreams (cover by Don Dixon; March 1994; 1st ACE printing)

By January of 1994, ACE Books had been taken over by Berkley.  This marks the end of the ACE Letter-Number system for cataloguing.  However, new titles simply started to use up the ACE Letter-Number series that had not been used.  Thus, this is why from 00000 to 10000 there are numerous titles that do not conform to the old ACE Letter-Number procedure based upon the title.

00023-1 ROGER MacBRIDE ALLEN (ed.) Isaac Asimov's Inferno (cover by Ralph McQuarrie; October 1994; 1st ACE printing)

Sequel to Caliban.

00024-X DAN CRAWFORD The Sure Death of a Mouse (cover by Bryant Eastman; 1994; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE fantasy)

00029-6 DEBORAH TURNER HARRIS Caledon Of The Mists (June 1994; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

00031-2 BRIAN JACQUES Salamandastron (1994; nd)

BRIAN JACQUES (~1940-2011) was a milk delivery man when he wrote his first "Redwall Abbey" fantasy story in 1986.  He choose animals as his characters because they were more popular with his target audience, children aged 9 to 15.

00033-9 DANIEL R. KERNS Border Dispute (cover by Cliff Miller; April 1994; 1st ACE printing)

00052-5 PIERS ANTHONY and ROBERTO FUENTES Dead Morn (cover by John Jude Palencar; 1994; 1st ACE printing)

00053-1 NICK O'DONOHOE The Magic and the Healing (May 1994; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

00055-X DANIEL HOOD Fanuilh (cover by Bob Eggleton; May 1994; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE fantasy)

1st novel following the exploits of the Rhenford and Fanuilh (dragon familiar) - fantasy mysteries. Although I am not a big fantasy genre reader, I do recommend this series for its characters, settings, and plots.

00056-8 KEVIN RANDLE Galactic MI: The Citadel (1994; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

00059-2 ROBERT WEINBERG A Logical Magician (cover by Peter Scanlan; 1994)

00062-2 ROBERT C. FLEET Last Mountain (cover by Den Beauvais; 1994; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE fantasy)

00065-7 JACK HOPKINS Satellite Night Fever (nd; 1st ACE printing)

00070-3 CHRIS CLAREMONT Sundowner (cover by Luis Royo; July 1994; 1st ACE printing)

00076-2 ASHLEY McCONNELL Quantum Leap: Prelude (1994; 1st ACE printing and PBO; TV tie-in)

Novelization of Universal Television series "Quantum Leap" created by Donald P. Belisario. There is a series of these volumes and they often do not correspond well to the ACE Letter-Number scheme.

00077-0 JACK McDEVITT The Engines of God (wraparound cover by Bob Eggleton; October 1994; 1st ACE printing)

00078-9 R. A. SALVATORE The Dragon's Dagger (August 1994; 1st ACE printing; ACE Fantasy)

Second book following the exploits of Gary Leger, Dragonslayer.

00083-5 BILL RANSOM Viravax (cover by Marvin Mattelson; c.1992; August 1994; 1st ACE paperback printing)

00085-1 JODY LYNNE NYE Medicine Show (1994; 1st thus)

Sequel to Taylor's Ark.

00089-4 ANNE McCARTHY and JODY LYNNE NYE Treaty At Doona (cover by Michael Herring; September 1994; 1st ACE printing)

00090-8 WILHELMINA BAIRD Clipjoint (aka JOYCE CARSTAIRS HUTCHINSON) (cover by Bruce Jensen; September 1994; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

00091-6 LAURELL K. HAMILTON The Laughing Corpse (nd; vampire/fantasy)

00092 MELANIE RAWN Quantum Leap: Knight Of The Morningstar (cover by Keith Birdsong; September 1994; 1st ACE printing and PBO; TV tie-in)

Novelization of Universal Television series "Quantum Leap" created by Donald P. Belisario. There is a series of these volumes and they often do not correspond well to the ACE Letter-Number scheme.

00093-2 STEVEN FRANKOS Beyond Lich Gate (cover by Maren; September 1994; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

00094-0 LIONEL FENN (aka CHARLES L. GRANT) Time: The Semi-Final Frontier (cover by Walter Velez; September 1994)

00104-1 ALAN DEAN FOSTER Greenthieves (cover by David Mattingly; October 1994; 1st ACE printing)

00105-X WILLIAM C. DIETZ Bodyguard (1994; 1st ACE printing)

00106-8 MICHAEL MOORCOCK The Revenge of the Rose (cover by Robert Gould; nd; ACE fantasy)

00114-9 ROBERT J. SAWYER End Of An Era (cover by Walter Velez; 1994; 1st ACE printing)

00118-1 DEBORAH TURNER HARRIS The Queen of Ashes (June 1995; ACE fantasy)

00119-4 WILLIAM SHATNER TekSecret (cover by Boris Vallejo; December 1994; 1st ACE printing)

Most of the William Shatner "Tek" stories are either ghostwritten or team-written by Ron Goulart (just read the acknowledgement and preface).

00121-1 SEAN STEWART Resurrection Man (cover by Tara McGovern; July 1995; 1st ACE printing; trade paperback)

00122-X MELISSA CRANDALL Quantum Leap: Search and Rescue (1994; 1st ACE printing; mass market edition; TV tie-in)

00122-X (back cover)

A novel based upon the popular TV series.

00128-9 SEAN STEWART Nobody's Son (cover by Tara McGovern; May 1995; 1st ACE printing)

00132-7 PIERS ANTHONY Chaos Mode (January 1995; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

Book 3 of the Mode series.

00134-3 ANNE LOGSTON Dagger's Point (cover by Duane O. Myers; January 1995; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

00137-8 JOHN VARLEY and RICIA MAINHARDT (eds.) Superheroes (cover by Bruce Jensen; January 1995; 1st ACE trade paperback)

Short story collection with contributions from Lawrence Watt-Evans, Dennis O'Neil, John Varley, and Roger Zelazny. Complete contents available at http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?33822. Not quite certain it should go on this page but not really comic book oriented.

00141-6 ANNE McCAFFREY Lyon's Pride (cover by Romas Kukalis; February 1995; 1st ACE printing)

00142-4 STEVE PERRY The Forever Drug (cover by Barclay Shaw; February 1995; 1st ACE printing)

00179-3 DAVID DRAKE Igniting the Reaches (cover by Bruce Jensen; c.1994; March 1995; 1st ACE mass market printing)

00180-7 NICK O'DONOHOE Under the Healing Sign (March 1995; 1st ACE printing; ACE Fantasy)

00183-1 DAN CRAWFORD A Wild Dog and Lone (cover by Bryant Eastman; 1995; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE Fantasy)

00187-4 PATRICIA ANTHONY Brother Termite (cover by Mark Smollin; c.1993; 1995; 1st ACE printing)

00189-0 JULIA ECKLAR Regenesis (cover by Dainiel Craig; 1995; 1st ACE printing)

00190-4 GARDNER DOZOIS and SHELIA WILLIAMS (eds.) Skin Deep (cover by Hajime Sorayama  [空 山基 in Japanese]; 1995; 1st ACE printing)

Ten (10) short stories of "sensual science fiction" from Asimov's Science Fiction magazine featuring Kathe Koja, Pat Cardigan, and Connie Willis.

00194-7 ROBERT ASPRIN Sweet Myth-tery of Life (cover by Walter Valez; May 1995; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

00217-X WILLIAM C. DIETZ The Final Battle (cover by Bruce Jensen; July 1995; 1st ACE printing)

00228-5 R. A. SALVATORE Dragonslayer's Return (1995; 1st ACE printing; ACE Fantasy)

Third book following the exploits of Gary Leger, Dragonslayer.

00231-5 DANIEL HOOD Wizard's Heir (cover by Bob Eggleton; 1995; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE fantasy)

2nd volume of the Rhenford and Fanuilh (dragon familiar) fantasy mysteries.

00234-X WILLIAM GIBSON Johnny Mnemonic (June 1995; 1st ACE printing)

Includes 22 stills from the movie, all credited to Takashi Seida. Contains the original short story and the screenplay.

00238-2 WILHELMINA BAIRD (aka JOYCE CARSTAIRS HUTCHINSON) Psykosis (cover by Bruce Jensen; September 1995; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

00245-5 ROGER MacBRIDE ALLEN (ed.) Isaac Asimov's Utopia (cover by Bruce Jensen; November 1996; 1st ACE trade paperback printing)

00255-2 DAVID POGUE Hardrive (cover by Tom Cushwa; August 1992; 1st ACE printing)

00263-4 DON CALLANDER Dragon Rescue (October 1995; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

00265 MACK REYNOLDS (aka DALLAS McCORD REYNOLDS) Ability Quotient (cover by Alex Ebel; September 1975; listed as "first paperback publication")

Original cover art (with a tear sheet of the printed cover) for Ability Quotient. Acrylic on board, 15" x 9.5" and signed lower left.

00269-2 ELIZABETH ANN SCARBOROUGH The Godmother (December 1995; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

00271-4 ALLEN STEELE The Jericho Iteration (cover by Mark Smollin; c.1994; November 1995; 1st ACE printing)

00275 DONALD A WOLLHEIM (ed.) Ace Science Fiction Reader (cover designed by Charles Volpe that utilizes art work by John Schoenherr and Jack Gaughan; 1971;1st ACE printing and PBO)

00275 (back cover)

This three novel paperback contains the Hugo award winning stories The Trouble With Tycho, Empire Star, The Last Castle and an Introduction by Donald A. Wollheim.

This is the only ACE Triple with science fiction stories. The other ACE Triples are in the Western genre.

00282-X GORDON R. DICKSON The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll (January 1996; 1st ACE printing; ACE Fantasy)

00284-6 JACK McDEVITT The Engines of God (cover by Bob Eggleton; December 1995;ACE mass market edition)

00286-2 RU EMERSON Night~Threads: The Science of Power (1995; 1st ACE printing; ACE Fantasy)

00289 WILLIAM SHATNER TekPower (cover by Boris Vallejo; c.1994; November 1995; 1st ACE printing)

00289-4 WILLIAM SHATNER TekPower (cover by Boris Vallejo; c.1994; 1995; nd)

Most of the William Shatner "Tek" stories are either ghostwritten or team-written by Ron Goulart (just read the acknowledgement and preface).

00291-9 MONA CLEE Branch Point (cover by John Stephens; January 1996; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

An extremely good alternate history 'change the timeline' story by an author who only has published two books (that I know of). 

00292-7 RICK SHELLEY The Buchanan Campaign (nd)

00301-X PATRICIA ANTHONY Cradle of Splendor (cover by Mark Smolin; April 1996; 1st ACE printing)

00305-2 SPIDER and JEANNE ROBINSON Starmind (cover by Michael Herring; February 1996; 1st ACE printing)

00305-2 (back cover)

00307-9 JOHN VARLEY and RICIA MAINHARDT (eds.) Superheroes (cover by Bruce Jensen; c.1995; January 1996; 1st mass-market edition)

For contents, see citation for ACE 00137-8.

00308-7 KEVIN J. ANDERSON and DOUG BEASON Virtual Destruction (cover by Doug Struthers; March 1996; 1st ACE printing)

00311-7 MICHAEL De LARRABEITI The Borribles: Across The Dark Metropolis (cover by Don Maitz; March 1988; 1st ACE printing)

00312-5 ASHLEY McCONNELL The Itinerant Exorcist (1996; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

00326-5 DAVID DRAKE Through the Breach (cover by Bruce Jensen; c.1995; May 1996; 1st ACE mass market printing)

00328-1 CARY OSBORNE The Glave (May 1996; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE fantasy)

00332-X SEAN STEWART Clouds End (cover by Tara McGovern; August 1996; 1st ACE printing; trade paperback)

00339-7 SEAN STEWART Resurrection Man (cover by Tara McGovern; c.1995; June 1996; 1st ACE printing; mass market paperback)

00343-5 KATHERINE KURTZ and DEBORAH TURNER HARRIS The Adept (1991; 1st ACE printing; ACE Fantasy)

00348 GREG BEAR Blood Music (1996)

00349-4 DOUGLAS NILES Breach in the Watershed (cover by Ciruelo Cabral; 1996; 1st ACE mass market printing; ACE Fantasy)

00350-8 STEVE PERRY The Trinity Vector (cover by Edwin Herder; July 1996; 1st ACE printing)

00354-0 WILLIAM C. DIETZ Where The Ships Die (cover by Bruce Jensen; 1996; 1st ACE printing)

00357-5 DENISE VITOLA Quantum Moon (cover by Neal McPheeters; August 1996; 1st ACE printing)

Quantum Moon is 1st volume in the Ty Merrick series.

00358-3 ELIZABETH ANN SCARBOROUGH The Godmother's Apprentice (August 1996; 1st ACE printing)

00360-5 THOMAS J. RYAN The Adolescence of P-1 (cover by Dean Ellis; August 1979; 1st ACE printing)

00361-3 PATRICIA A. McKILLIP The Book of Atrix Wolfe (nd; ACE Fantasy)

00362-1 BILL RANSOM Burn (cover by Doug Struthers; c.1995; September 1996; ACE mass market edition)

00364-8 DAVID EVANS Time Station: London (cover by Jeff Walker; 1996; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

00369-9 WILHELMINA BAIRD (aka JOYCE CARSTAIRS HUTCHINSON) Chaos Come Again (cover by Bruce Jensen; October 1996)

00370-2 BRUCE STERLING Schismatrix Plus (cover by Danilo Ducak; December 1996; 1st ACE printing)

This volume contains the novel Schismatrix and all of the associated Shaper - Mechanist short stories along with two essays. These include Introduction: The Circumsolar Frolics; A Shaper/Mechanist Chronology; Swarm; Spider Rose; Cicada Queen; Sunken Gardens; and Twenty Evocations (aka Life in the Mechanist/Shaper Era: 20 Evocations). One of the best of the transhuman/post-human story arcs.

00373-3 ROBERT J. SAWYER Starplex (cover by Doug Struthers; October 1996; 1st ACE printing)

00375-4 JACK DANN & GARDNER DOZOIS (eds.) Hackers (cover by Sharmen Liao; October 1996; 1st ACE printing)

Short story collection including Preface (Hackers; essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois); Burning Chrome (William Gibson); Spirit of the Night (Tom Maddox); Blood Sisters (Greg Egan); Rock On (Pat Cadigan); The Pardoner's Tale (Robert Silverberg); Living Will (Alexander Jablokov); Dogfight (Michael Swanwick and William Gibson); Our Neural Chernobyl (Bruce Sterling); (Learning About) Machine Sex (Candas Jane Dorsey); Conversations with Michael (Daniel Marcus); Gene Wars (Paul J. McAuley); Spew (Neal Stephenson); and Tangents (Greg Bear).

00384-6 NICHELLE NICHOLS and MARGARET WANDER BONANNO Saturn's Child (cover by Michael Herring; c.1995; November 1996; 1st ACE printing)

Another novel written by a member of the original Star Trek crew. As with many, these were written in association (either specifically noted on the cover or in the acknowledgements) with another writer. I especially like how they note them on the cover.  Sorry, just a pet peeve about citation of works with regards to whom does what (happens all the time in scientific literature, but is really annoying in literature as it is more difficult to distribute either praise or blame).

00385-2 RICK SHELLEY The Fires of Coventry (November 1996; 2nd ACE printing)

00390 WILLIAM SHATNER TekMoney (nd)

Most of the William Shatner "Tek" stories are either ghostwritten or team-written by Ron Goulart (just read the acknowledgement and preface).

00391-5 NICK O'DONOHOE The Healing of Crossroads (December 1996; ACE fantasy)

00392 MIKE MOSCOE First Dawn (cover by Joe Danisi; 1996; 1st ACE printing)

00393-1 ASHLEY McCONNELL The Courts of Sorcery (January 1997; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

00398-2 PIERS ANTHONY Balook (cover and interior illustrations by Patrick Woodroffe; 1997; 1st ACE printing)

00409-1 ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Tramp Royale (1996; 1st thus; Biography)

More a travelogue than a biography, but gives an important insight into the mind and experiences of one of the most important science fiction authors of the 20th century. I am also putting this in the ACE Potpourri section.

00417-2 DAVID DRAKE Fireships (cover by Bruce Jensen; c.1996; February 1997; ACE mass market edition)

00425-3 KEVIN J. ANDERSON and DOUG BEASON Fallout (cover by Doug Struthers; March 1997; 1st ACE printing)

00426-1 PATRICIA ANTHONY Cradle of Splendor (cover by Mark Smollin; c.1996; March 1997; 1st ACE mass market printing)

00428-8 JACK DANN and GARDNER DOZOIS Timegates (cover by Jean-Francois Podevin; March 1997; 1st ACE printing) 

Twelve (12) short stories about time travel.

00433-4 ALLEN STEELE Tranquillity Alternative (1997; 1st thus)

00434-2 DANIEL HOOD Beggar's Banquet (cover by Bob Eggleton; April 1997; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE Fantasy)

3rd volume of the Rhenford and Fanuilh (dragon familiar) fantasy mysteries. Although I am not a big fantasy genre reader, I do recommend this series for its characters, settings, and plots.

00435-0 THOMAS K. MARTIN Magelord: The Awakening (1997; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE Fantasy)

00438-5 PATRICIA A. McKILLIP Winter Rose (nd; ACE Fantasy)

00450-4 N. LEE WOOD Looking For The Mahdi (cover by Bruce Jensen; c.1996; August 1997; 1st ACE mass-market edition)

00454-7 WILLIAM SHATNER Man O'War (June 1997; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

00454-7 (back cover)

00458-X MIKE MOSCOE (aka MIKE SHEPHERD) Second Fire (cover by Joseph Danisi; July 1997; 1st ACE printing)

Book 2 of the "Lost Millennium" series.

00459-8 MARK SUMNER News From The Edge: The Monster of Minnesota (nd)

Note that this s'posedly was an "NBC TV series." Yet another (short lived) experience that I did not lose time on. An attempt to tag onto the "X-Files" viewing group.

00460-7 ALLEN STEELE All American Alien Boy (1997; 1st thus)

This is the second collection of eleven (11) short stories by Allen Steele, including the Hugo Award winning short story "The Good Rat."

00464-4 RUTLEDGE ETHERIDGE Agent of Chaos (cover by Chris Moore; August 1997; 1st ACE printing)

00465-2 DENISE VITOLA Opalite Moon (cover by Neal McPheeters; August 1997; 1st ACE printing)

Opalite Moon is second volume in the Ty Merrick series.

00466-0 MICHAEL KANALY Thoughts of God (cover by David S. Rheinhardt; July 1997; 1st ACE printing)

00470-9 HOWARD V. HENDRIX Lightpaths (cover by Phil Heffernan; September 1997)

00471-7 ROGER MacBRIDE ALLEN Utopia (March 1999; 1st ACE printing)

This appears to be a sequel (written by Allen) to Isaac Asimov's Caliban and Inferno stories.

00476-8 ROBERT J. SAWYER Illegal Alien (cover by Danilo Ducak; December 1997; 1st ACE printing)

00478-4 CRAIG SHAW GARDNER Dragon Burning (1997; 1st ACE printing; ACE Fantasy)

Book 3 of the "Dragon Circle."

00479-2 WILHELMINA BAIRD (aka JOYCE CARSTAIRS HUTCHINSON) Chaos Come Again (cover by Bruce Jensen; c.1996; October 1997; 2nd ACE printing)

00485-7 RICHARD PAUL RUSSO Carlucci's Heart (cover by Victor Stabin; November 1997; 1st ACE printing)

00487-3 PETER HAINING (ed.) The Wizard of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy (November 1997; 1st ACE printing; ACE Fantasy)

Short story collection (fantasy) from Douglas Adams, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Terry Pratchett, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and others.

00489-X WILLIAM SHATNER TekKill (cover by Donato Giancola; December 1997; 1st ACE printing)

Most of the William Shatner "Tek" stories are either ghostwritten or team-written by Ron Goulart (just read the acknowledgement and preface).

00491-1 GARNER DOZOIS and SHEILA WILLIAMS (eds.) Isaac Asimov's Christmas (cover by Les Edwards; December 1997; 1st ACE printing)

00496-2 RICK SHELLEY Return to Camerein (1998)

00498-9 CARY OSBORNE Deathweave (January 1998; 1st ACE printing)

00509-8 MONA CLEE Overshoot (cover by Diane Fenster; February 1998; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

00509-8 (back cover)

00510-1 MIKE MOSCOE (aka MIKE SHEPHERD) Lost Days (cover by Joseph Danisi; February 1998; 1st ACE printing)

Book 3 of the "Lost Millennium" series.

00514-7 ROGER MacBRIDE ALLEN (ed.) Isaac Asimov's Inferno (cover by Ralph McQuarrie; c.1994; March 1998; 1st ACE mass market printing)

Inferno was originally published as ACE 00023-1 (1994) and is a sequel to Caliban.

00515-4 DANIEL HOOD Scales of Justice (cover by Bob Eggleton; March 1998; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE Fantasy)

4th volume of the Rhenford and Fanuilh (dragon familiar) fantasy mysteries.

00516-0 A.C. CRISPIN and RU EMERSON Voices of Chaos (cover by Duane O. Myers; March 1998; 1st ACE printing)

00521-7 DENISE VITOLA Manjinn Moon (cover by Neal McPheeters; April 1998; 1st ACE printing)

Manjinn Moon is third volume in the Ty Merrick series.

00522-5 JACK DANN and GARDNER DOZOIS (eds.) Clones (1998; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

00522-5 (back cover)

Nine (9) short stories dealing with genetic engineering by Ursula K. LeGuin, Joe Haldeman, John Varley, Greg Egan, Damon Knight, Ian R. MacLeod, Pamela Sargent, Charles Sheffield, and Kate Wilhelm.

00526-8 RICK SHELLEY Officer-Cadet (cover by Duane O. Myers; May 1998)

00527-6 GARDNER DOZOIS and SHEILA WILLIAMS (eds.) Isaac Asimov's Camelot (1998; 1st thus)

Ten (10) short stories from Asimov's Science Fiction magazine with contributions from Tanith Lee, Jane Yolen, Esther M. Friesner, Michael Swanwick, and Roger Zelazny.

00536-5 KEVIN J. ANDERSON and DOUG BEASON Lethal Exposure (cover by Danilo Ducak; July 1998; 1st ACE printing)

00537-3 PATRICIA ANTHONY God's Fires (cover by Mark Smollin; c.1997; July 1998; ACE mass market edition)

00539-X JACK DANN & GARDNER DOZOIS (eds.) Immortals (cover by Jean-Francois Podevin; July 1998; 1st ACE printing)

Eight (8) short stories dealing with immortality by Brian W. Aldiss, Damon Knight, Robert Silverberg, Jack Vance, and others.

00542-X WILLIAM C. DIETZ Steelheart (cover by Bruce Jensen; August 1998; 1st ACE printing)

00543-8 CONNIE WILLIS and CYNTHIA FELICE Promised Land (cover by David R. Darrow; c.1997; August 1998; 1st ACE mass-market edition)

00544 ELAINE BERGSTROM The Door Through Washington Square (1998; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE Fantasy)

00553-5 HOWARD V. HENDRIX Standing Wave (cover by Phil Heffernan; September 1998; 1st ACE printing)

00554-3 SEAN STEWART The Night Watch (cover by Tara McGovern-Benson; c.1997; September 1998; 1st ACE mass market printing)

Reprinted once with no changes other than the price, but no publication date.

00556-X PATRICIA ANTHONY Eating Memories (cover photograph credited to Carlos Alejandro; September 1998; 1st ACE printing)

Short story collection.

00558-6 JOHN VARLEY The Golden Globe (cover by Danilo Ducak; October 1998; 1st ACE printing)

00565-9 DEBORAH CHESTER LucasFilm's Alien Chronicles: The Crimson Claw (1998; 1st thus)

Novelization related to the movie series "Alien." I am also not certain how this should be titled, but with the later period ACE numbering, it is anyone's guess.

00566-7 JOE HALDEMAN Forever Peace (cover by Bruce Jensen; c.1997; October 1998; 1st ACE printing)

00568-3 RICK SHELLEY Lieutenant (cover by Duane O. Myers; October 1998; 1st ACE printing)

00577-2 PETER HAINING (ed.) The Flying Sorcerers (cover by Walter Velez; c.1997; November 1998; 1st ACE printing)

00577-2 (back cover)

Short story collection.

00592-6 ROBERT J. SAWYER Illegal Alien (cover by Danilo Ducak; c.1997; January 1999; ACE mass-market edition)

00595-0 MICHAEL KANALY Thoughts of God (cover by David S. Rheinhardt; c.1997; January 1999, 2nd ACE printing; ACE mass market edition)

00600-0 ELIZABETH ANN SCARBOROUGH The Godmother's Web (February 1999; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

00601-9 DENISE VITOLA The Red Sky File (cover by Cliff Nielsen; April 1999; 1st ACE printing)

The Red Sky File is fourth volume in the Ty Merrick series.

00605-1 RICK SHELLEY Captain (cover by Duane O. Myers; March 1999)

00613-2 ANNE LOGSTON Waterdance (1999; 1st ACE printing; ACE Fantasy)

00616-7 SHARON SHINN Wrapt In Crystal (May 1995; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

00619-1 LOUISE MARLEY The Terrorist of Irustan (June 1999; 1st ACE printing)

00622-1 B. A. CHEPAITIS The Fear of God (1990; 1st ACE printing)

00631-0 WILLIAM C. DIETZ By Blood Alone (cover by Bruce Jensen; July 1999; 1st ACE printing)

00635-3 DEBORAH CHESTER LucasFilm's Alien Chronicles: The Crystal Eye (1999; 1st ACE printing)

Novelization related to the movie series "Alien." See comment about this series in notes on ACE 00565-9.

00639-6 JACK DANN and GARDNER DOZOIS (eds.) Future War (1999; 1st ACE printing)

Ten (10) short stories concerning the 'battlefields of tomorrow' featuring Joe Haldeman, Lucius Shepard, Allen Steele, and others.

00643-4 JOHN VARLEY The Golden Globe (cover by Danilo Ducak; September 1999; 1st ACE printing)

However, this volume has been reprinted a number of times with the same ACE letter-number series.

00646-9 ALANNA MORLAND Shackle and Sword (1999; ACE fantasy)

00650-X PATRICIA ANTHONY Eating Memories (cover by Carlos Alejandro; September 1998; 1st ACE printing)

00669-8 ANNE LOGSTON Exile (1999; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

00670-1 DENISE VITOLA The Radon File (cover by Cliff Nielsen; October 1999; 1st ACE printing)

The Radon File is fifth volume in the Ty Merrick series.

00672-8 SEAN WILLIAMS and SHANE DIX The Prodigal Sun: Evergence (November 1990, 2nd ACE printing)

00675-2 JACK DANN and GARDNER DOZOIS (eds.) Armageddons (1999; 1st ACE printing)

Short story collection concerning the 'end of the world - but not as we know it' featuring Frederik Pohl, Gregory Benford, Larry Niven, William Barton, and others.

00680-9 RICK SHELLEY Major (cover by Duane O. Myers; 1999)

00695-7 MIKE MOSCOE The Price of Peace (cover by Duane O. Myers; January 2000; 1st ACE mass-market edition)

00701-5  T. A. BARRON The Seven Songs of Merlin (2000; ACE fantasy)

00702-3 DEBORAH CHESTER The Sword (cover by Jean Pierre Targete; February 2000, fantasy)

Book 1 in "The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice" fantasy series.

00704-X JACK DANN and GARDNER DOZOIS (eds.) Aliens Among Us (2000; 1st ACE printing)

Short story collection (with a great cover) featuring Philip K. Dick, Gene Wolfe, Paul J. McAuley, and Pat Cadigan.

00708-2 PETER GARRISON The Changeling War (March 2000; 1st ACE printing)

00715 JOHN G. HENRY Stark's War (cover by Cliff Miller; 2000; 1st ACE printing)

00720-1 ANNE McCAFFREY The Tower and the Hive (2000; 1st ACE printing)

00722-8 RICK SHELLEY Lieutenant Colonel (May 2000)

00735-X WILLIAM C. DIETZ By Force Of Arms (cover by Bruce Jensen; June 2000; 1st ACE printing)

00736-8 STEVE PERRY & DAL PERRY Titan A. E. (2000; 1st ACE printing; movie tie-in)

Movie tie-in novel for the 20th Century Fox animation film.

00746-5 WILLIAM GIBSON Neuromancer (July 2000; ACE trade edition)

Same cover art by Rick Berry (from original paperback edition), but a mirror image.

00755-4 WILLIAM GIBSON All Tomorrow's Parties (August 2000; 1st ACE printing)

00756-2 JAMES P. BLAYLOCK The Rainy Season (1st thus; ACE fantasy)

00757-0 DEBORAH CHESTER The Ring (cover by Jean Pierre Targete; August 2000, fantasy)

Book 2 in "The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice" fantasy series.

00760-0 NICK O'DONOHOE The Gnomewrench in the Peopleworks (2000;1st thus; ACE fantasy)

00767-8 HOWARD V. HENDRIX Better Angels (cover by Victor Stabin; c.1999; November 2000; 1st ACE trade paperback edition)

00775-9 PETER GARRISON The Sorcerer's Gun (2000; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

Book Two of the Changeling Saga.

00782-1 RICK SHELLEY Colonel (November 2000)

00784-8 GARNER DOZOIS and SHEILA WILLIAMS (eds.) Isaac Asimov's Utopias (cover by Jan the Younger Brueghel; November 2000; 1st ACE printing)

00787-2 JOE HALDEMAN Forever Free (cover by Bruce Jensen; November 2000; 1st ACE printing)

00789-9 DANIEL HOOD King's Cure (cover by Bob Eggleton; December 2000; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE fantasy)

5th volume of the Rhenford and Fanuilh (dragon familiar) fantasy mysteries.

00790-2 ELIZABETH A. LYNN A Different Light (December 2000)

00791-0 ROBERT ASPRIN with PETER J. HECK Phule Me Twice (cover by Walter Velez; December 2000; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

00796-1 DEBORAH CHESTER The Chalice (cover by Jean Pierre Targete; January 2001, fantasy)

Book 3 in "The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice" fantasy series.

00797-X JACK DANN and GARDNER DOZOIS (eds.) Genometry (cover by Walter Velez; January 2001; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

Short story collection on theme of genetic engineering with tales by Bruce Sterling, Paul J. McAuley, Frederick Poul, Cordwainer Smith, Eileen Gunn, Brian Stapleford, John Brunner,  J. R. Dunn, Chris Lawson, Robert Reed, and Greg Egan.

00803-8 SHARON SHINN Summers at Castle Auburn (2001; ACE large trade edition; ACE fantasy)

00806-2 WILLIAM SHATNER The Law of War (cover by Sean Beavers; c.1998; February 2001; 1st ACE mass-market printing)

00824-0 JACK DANN and GARDNER DOZOIS (eds.) Space Soldiers (April 2011; 1st ACE printing)

00831-3 LYNN ABBEY Behind Time (cover by Phil Howe; July 2001; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

00834-8 RICK SHELLEY Spec Ops Squad: Holding the Line (August 2008)

00836-4 LOUISE MARLEY The Glass Harmonica (2001; ACE fantasy)

00837-2 ROBERT S. STONE Hazard's Price (cover by Keith Birdsong; 2001; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

00841-0 JEFFREY E. BARLOUGH The House In The High Woods (2001; 1st thus; ACE fantasy)

00846-1 T. A. BARRON The Mirror of Merlin (October 2001; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

Book 4 of The Lost Years of Merlin series.

00847-X ALAN DEAN FOSTER Interlopers (cover by Jerry Vanderstelt; May 2001; 1st ACE mass market printing)

00852-6 MARTIN H. GREENBERG (ed.) The Further Adventures of Xena: Warrior Princess (2001; 1st ACE printing; TV tie-in)

Good Grief! Fifteen (15) short stories revolving around this silly television series. And to think some astronomers want to name some of the Kuiper Belt/Oort Cloud objects after these characters. Nevertheless (my ranting aside) - story contributors include Jennifer Roberson, Melissa Good, Diane Duane, Josepha Sherman, and Greg Cox.

00854-4 GARDNER DOZOIS and SHEILA WILLIAMS (eds.) Isaac Asimov's Halloween (September 2001; 1st ACE printing)

Short story collection (Halloween oriented as you might guess) with contributions from Nancy Kress, Howard Waldrop, Ian R. MacLeod, Esther M. Friesner and Lawrence Watt-Evans.

00868-2 MACK MALONEY Starhawk (June 2001)

00868-2 (back cover)

00874-7 GARDNER DOZOIS and SHEILA WILLIAMS (eds.) Isaac Asimov's Father's Day (2001; 1st ACE printing)

Short story collection from Asimov's Science Fiction magazine with contributions from Pamela Sargent, Harry Turtledove, Thomas M. Disch, and Jonathan Lethem.

00876-3 JOE HALDEMAN The Coming (cover by Danilo Ducak; c.2000; November 2001; ACE mass market edition)

00892-5 SEAN WILLIAMS and SHANE DIX Echoes of Earth (cover by Chris Moore; January 2002)

00893-3 RICHARD PAUL RUSSO Ship Of Fools (cover by Bruce Jensen; c.2001; January 2002; 1st ACE mass market edition)

00895-X PATRICIA A. McKILLIP Ombria in Shadow (wraparound cover by Kinuko Y. Craft; January 2002; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

00899-2 ROBERT A. METZGER Picoverse (2002; 1st ACE printing)

00921-2 ALAN DEAN FOSTER Dinotopia Lost (March 2002; 1st ACE printing)

00922-0 DAVID FEINTUCH Children of Hope (cover by Michael Herring; c.2001; April 2002; 1st ACE mass-market printing)

Last book in the series of seven. However, this was the only one published by ACE Books.

00937-9 HOWARD V. HENDRIX Empty Cities of the Full Moon (cover by John Jude Palencar; c.2001; August 2002)

Released in August 2001 in hardcopy (ACE 00844-5); ACE paperback with same cover art in August 2002 - with different ACE Letter-Number series)

00941-7 ROBERT SHECKLEY (ed.) After The Fall (October 1980; 1st ACE printing)

However, Locus has actual publication date as January 1981.

Short story collection. Introduction (After the Fall) by Robert Sheckley, The Last Days of (Parallel?) Earth (Robert Sheckley), The Day After the End of the World (Harry Harrison), A Very Good Year . . . (Roger Zelazny), Fire and/or Ice (Roger Zelazny), Exeunt Omnes (Roger Zelazny), Sungrab (William F. Nolan), Where Are You Now, Erik Scorbic? (K. Copeland Shea), Bud (Ian Watson), The Making of Revelation, Part I (Philip José Farmer), Rebecca Rubinstein's Seventeenth Birthday (Simon Gandolfi),The Revelation (Thomas M. Disch), Nirvana Is a Nowhere Place (Joel Schulman), Heir (J. A. Lawrence), The Kingdom of O'Ryan (Bob Shaw), and Just Another End of the World (Maxim Jakubowski)

00942-5 ALASTAIR REYNOLDS Revelation Space (2002; 1st ACE printing)

00945-X DAWN COOK First Truth (2002; ACE Fantasy)

00945-X (back cover)

00950 RON GOULART After Things Fell Apart (cover by Leo and Diane Dillion; 1970; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

This is one of the ACE Science Fiction Specials.

00951-4 RON GOULART After Things Fell Apart (cover by Paul Alexander; c.1970; October 1977; 2nd ACE printing)

Original cover art by Paul Alexander (b. 1937) for After Things Fell Apart (probable 1970). Acrylic on board (24.5" x 15.5"). Signed in lower left.

00954-9 BRUCE BALFOUR The Forge of Mars (cover by Jean-Pierre Targete; August 2002; 1st ACE printing)

00958-1 MACK REYNOLDS (aka DALLAS McCORD REYNOLDS) After Utopia (cover by Gray Morrow; November 1977; 1st ACE printing)

Original cover art by Gray Morrow for After Utopia. Acrylic on board (24.5" x 15.5"). Signed in lower right in art.

00961-1 JACK DANN and GARDNER DOZOIS (eds.) Future Sports (2002; 1st ACE printing)

00963-8 ROBERT ZUBRIN First Landing (cover by Bob Warner and cover design by Rita Frangie; c.2001; August 2002; ACE mass market edition)

00981-6 WILLIAM C. DIETZ Death Day (cover by Edwin Herder; c.2001; October 2002; 1st ACE mass market printing)

00995-6 DAVID GEMMELL Against The Horde (cover by Jerry Tiritili; May 1988; fantasy)

This is one of the New Infinities series, listed as "Volume 1 of The Legend Trilogy."

00997-2 DEBORAH CHESTER The Queen's Gambit (cover by Jean Pierre Targete; December 2002; fantasy)

Book 1 of "The Queen's Gambit" fanasy series.

00999-9 JACK DANN and GARDNER DOZOIS (eds.) Beyond Flesh (2002; 1st ACE printing)

Short story collection with tales by Poul Anderson, Greg Egan, Pat Cardigan, Michael Swanwick, Robert Reed, Michael Cassutt, Ian R. MacLeod, Geoffrey A. Landis, Stephen Baxter, and Paul J. McAuley.

01000 JOHN BRUNNER Age of Miracles (c.1965; May 1973)

01001 JOHN BRUNNER Age of Miracles (c.1965; between July and October 1976)

Age of Miracles was an expansion of the short novel The Day of the Star Cities, originally published as ACE F-361 (1965).

01006-7 SEAN WILLIAMS and SHANE DIX Orphans of Earth (cover by Chris Moore; January 2003)

01020-2 ANNE McCAFFREY Freedom's Ransom (2003; 1st thus)

01032-6 T. A. BARRON The Ancient One (2003; nd; ACE fantasy)

01038-5 JOHN MADDOX ROBERTS Hannibal's Children: A Novel of Alternate History (2003; 1st ACE printing)

JOHN MADDOX ROBERTS is the author of the historical mysteries "SPQR" set in the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire period. This story is an alternate history in which Carthage wins the Punic Wars. Thus its inclusion in the science fiction section, similar to the stories of S. M. Stirling or Harry Turtledove.

01043 LARRY MADDOX (aka JACK JARDINE) Agent of T.E.R.R.A. #4: The Time Trap Gambit (1969)

In this volume is another example of an ACE Books oddity. There is an advertisement in the end pages of ACE 01043 for the three prior stories of this series:  ACE 01040 Agent of T.E.R.R.A. #1: The Flying Saucer Gambit;  ACE 01041 Agent of T.E.R.R.A. #2: The Golden Goddess Gambit; and ACE 01042 Agent of T.E.R.R.A. #3: The Emerald Elephant Gambit.  However, these five-digit ACE letter-number series titles do not exist.  Thanks to Bill for uncovering this.

01052 JOHN G. HENRY A Just Determination (cover by Michael Herring; 2003; 1st ACE printing)

01065-2 SIMON R. GREEN Something From the Darkside (nd; fantasy/detective)

The Simon Green fantasy detective stories are like a graphic novel, without the artwork. For some reason they are not very satisfying and leave me feeling as if they are missing something necessary.

01066-0 POUL ANDERSON Agent of the Terran Empire (cover by Michael Whelan; January 1980; 1st ACE printing)

01067-9 POUL ANDERSON Agent of the Terran Empire (cover by Michael Whelan; c.1980; 1981; 2nd ACE printing)

01068-7 POUL ANDERSON Agent of the Terran Empire (cover by Michael Whelan; c.1980; 1981; May 1982; 4th ACE printing)

01070-9 POUL ANDERSON Agent of the Terran Empire (cover by Michael Whelan; c.1980; 1981; 1982; March 1985; 5th ACE printing)

Book 3: Dominic Flandry saga.  There is a bit of publishing history confusion with this set of titles.  The attribution of ACE printing history is from the volumes, but it does not quite match the publishing history from the number lines on the copyright page.  Looks like ACE Books was doing a 'fine' job of quality control once again.

01075-X JAMES H. SCHMITZ Agent of Vega (cover by Boris Vallejo; August 1982; 1st ACE printing)

01079-2  PIERCE ASKEGRE Human Resource (2005)

Book One in the "Inconstant Moon" trilogy.

01084-9 BRUCE BALFOUR The Digital Dead (cover by Craig White; July 2003; 1st ACE printing)

01097-0 GILLIAN BRADSHAW The Wrong Reflection (September 2009; 1st ACE printing)

01102-0 JACK McDEVITT Chindi (cover by Edwin Herder; c.2002; November 2003; 1st mass-market ACE printing)

01104-7 WILLIAM C. DIETZ Earth Rise (cover by Edwin Herder; c.2002; October 2003; 1st ACE mass market printing)

01106-3 JOE HALDEMAN Guardian (cover by Craig White; c.2002; August 2004; ACE mass market edition)

01110 CHAZ BRENCHLEY Hand of the King's Evil: The Fifth Book of Outremer (cover by Barbara Lofthouse; nd; ACE fantasy)

01114-4 CHAZ BRENCHLEY The End of All Roads: The Sixth Book of Outremer (2003; ACE fantasy)

01115-2 DEBORAH CHESTER The King Betrayed (cover by Lisa Falkenstern; December 2003; fantasy)

Book 2 of "The Queen's Gambit" fanasy series.

01116-0 ALLEN STEELE Coyote: A Novel of Interstellar Exploration (cover by Ron Miller; December 2003)

01118-7 JACK DANN and GARDNER DOZOIS (eds.) Future Crimes (nd; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

Short story collection of crime in the future.

01126-8 SEAN WILLIAMS and SHANE DIX Heirs of Earth (cover by Chris Moore; January 2004)

01127-6 DOUGLAS NILES The Goddess Worldweaver (2004; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

Book Three of the Seven Circles Trilogy.

01133-0 ORSON SCOTT CARD (ed.) Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century (c.2001; March 2004; ACE trade paperback edition)

01142-X MIKE SHEPHERD Kris Longknife: Mutineer (January 2004; 1st ACE printing)

01152-0 ROBERT ASPRIN with PETER J. HECK No Phule Like An Old Phule (cover by Walter Velez; April 2004; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

01156-X URSULA LE GUIN Changing Planes (cover by Cliff Nielsen and interior art by Eric Beddows; c.2003; August 2004; ACE trade paperback edition)

Short story collection.

01162-4 JOHN VARLEY Red Thunder (cover by Bob Warner; c.2003; May 2004; 1st ACE mass-market edition)

01176-4 CHRISTOPHER STASHEFF The Warlock's Last Ride (May 2004; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

The last Warlock story in Stasheff's nearly endless opus.

01178-0 DAVID DRAKE and BILL FAWCETT (eds.) The Fleet: Sworn Allies (cover by Jim Gurney; c.1990; 2004; 2nd ACE printing)

Short story collection in The Fleet "sandbox" with tales by Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, and Christopher Stasheff.  Originally published as ACE letter-number series 24090-9 in 1990.

01179-9 CHARLES STROSS Singularity Sky (cover by Danilo Ducak; July 2004; 1st ACE printing)

01184-5 DAVID DRAKE and BILL FAWCETT (eds.) The Fleet: Crisis (2004; 1st ACE printing)

Book 6 of this series including tales by Poul Anderson, Mike Resnick, and Steve Perry.

01187-X PATRICIA BRIGGS Raven's Shadow (cover by Jerry Vandersteit; August 2004; ACE mass-market edition; ACE fantasy)

01195-0 JOHN VARLEY The John Varley Reader (September 2004; 1st ACE printing)

The "cover" is composed of "elements" credited to Ian Mckinnell and Ralph Mercer. Now what that is s'posed to mean I think is up to the reader (of the details on the copyright page).  Oh, ACE Books - what are you doing?

01210-8 JACK McDEVITT Omega (cover by Danilo Ducak; November 2004; ACE mass market printing)

01211-6 JULIAN MAY Conqueror's Moon (March 2005; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

Book One in the Boreal Moon Tale.

01214-0 WILLIAM C. DIETZ For More Than Glory (cover by Bruce Jensen; c.2003; October 2004; 1st ACE mass market printing)

01216-7 JACK DANN and GARDNER DOZOIS (eds.) A.I'.s (1st ACE printing and PBO)

Ten (10) short stories addressing the future of computer sentience.

01217-5 JACK McDEVITT A Talent For War (nd; later printing)

01221-3 BRUCE BALFOUR Prometheus Road (cover by Craig White; November 2004)

01225-6 DEBORAH CHESTER The Queen's Knight (cover by Michael Herring; December 2004; fantasy)

Book 3 of "The Queen's Gambit" fanasy series.

01240-X PAUL COOK The Alejandro Variations (cover by James (Jim) Gurney; October 1984; 1st ACE printing)

01251-5 ALLEN STEELE Coyote Rising (cover by Ron Miller; December 2005)

01252-3 JOE HALDEMAN Camouflage (cover by Craig White; c.2004; August 2005; ACE mass market edition)

01253-1 JACK McDEVITT Polaris (cover by John Harris; November 2005; ACE mass market edition)

Sequel to A Talent For War.

01254-X ELIZABETH ANN SCARBOROUGH Cleopatra 7.2 (2006)

01267-1 WILLIAM C. DIETZ For Those Who Fell (cover by Bruce Jensen; c.2004; October 2005; 1st ACE mass market printing)

01268-X JIM BUTCHER Furies of Calderon (2005; 11th ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

01269-8 SEAN WILLIAMS with SHANE DIX Geodesica Ascent (cover by Chris Moore; February 2005)

01278-7 ALSTAIR REYNOLDS Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (cover by Chris Moore; c.2003; 2005; January 2006; 1st ACE mass market edition)

Contains two novellas: Diamond Dogs and Turquoise Days, both set in Reynold's Chasm City universe. Diamond Dogs reminds me of Algis Budrys Rogue Moon.

01284-1 CHARLES STROSS Accelerando (1st ACE printing)

01287-6 JOHN MOORE The Unhandsome Prince (April 2005;1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

01291-4 ALASTAIR REYNOLDS Absolution Gap (cover by Chris Moore; c.2003; 2004; June 2005; Ace mass market edition)

01292-2 LOREN L. COLEMAN Blood of Wolves: Legends of Kern (Volume I; 2005; 1st thus; fantasy)

01295-7 LOREN L. COLEMAN Cimmerian Rage: Legends of Kern (Volume II; 2005; 1st thus; fantasy)

This is a new series (AGE OF CONAN: HYBORIAN LEGENDS) set in the mythical world of Conan of Cimmeria and based upon the works of Robert E. Howard.

01296-5 CHARLES STROSS Iron Sunrise (cover by Danilo Ducak; July 2005; 1st ACE printing)

01301-5 ROBERT A. METZGER Cusp (cover by Chris Moore; c.2005; 2006; ACE mass market edition)

01303 ROBERT A. METZGER Cusp (cover by Chris Moore; c.2005; 2006; 1st ACE edition)

01310-4 LOREN L. COLEMAN Songs of Victory: Legends of Kern (Volume III; 2005; 1st thus; fantasy)

This is a new series (AGE OF CONAN: HYBORIAN LEGENDS) set in the mythical world of Conan of Cimmeria and based upon the works of Robert E. Howard.

01312-0 PATRICIA BRIGGS Raven's Strike (cover by Jerry Vandersteit; August 2005; ACE mass-market edition; ACE fantasy)

Sequel to Raven's Shadow (ACE 01187-X).

01321-0 JACK DANN and GARDNER DOZOIS (eds.) Robots (2005; 1st ACE printing)

Short story collection.

01329-5 JACK McDEVITT Seeker (1st ACE printing)

01335-X JOHN VARLEY Mammoth (1st ACE printing May 2006)

01343-0 JOE HALDEMAN Old Twentieth (2006)

01353-8 DEBORAH CHESTER The King Imperiled (cover by Aleta Rafton; December 2005; fantasy)

Book 4 of "The Queen's Gambit" fanasy series.

01354-6 J. STEVEN YORK Anok, Heretic of Stygia, Volume III: Venom of Luxur (2005; 1st ACE printing)

An "AGE OF CONAN: HYBORIAN LEGENDS" series, appears to be modeled on Howard's Conan universe - but this title is a bit long in the tooth.

01357-0 ALLEN STEELE Coyote Frontier (cover by Ron Miller; December 2006)

01363-5 JACK DANN and GARDNER DOZOIS (eds.) Beyond Singularity (cover by Ben Gibson; December 2005; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

Short story collection revolving around the "Singularity" and post-human transcendence. Includes Brian W. Aldiss Old Hundreth; Greg Egan Border Guards; Charles Stross Rogue Farm; Paul J. McAuley All Tomorrow's Parties; Gregory Benford Naturals; Timons Esaias Osmund Considers; Robert Reed Coelacanths; Michael Swanwick The Dog Said Bow-Wow; James Patrick Kelly Barry Westphall Crashes the Singularity; Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross Flowers From Alice; Mary Rosenblum Tracker; Eric Brown Steps Along the Way; Walter Jon Williams The Millennium Party; and Christopher Rowe The Voluntary State.

01365-1 CHARLES STROSS The Atrocity Archives (2006; 1st ACE printing)

This is a hoot!  Spy spoof, fantasy, computational theory, and cubicle humour. 

01375-9 JACK McDEVITT Seeker (cover by John Harris; November 2006; ACE mass-market edition)

01378-3 SEAN WILLIAMS with SHANE DIX Geodesica Descent (cover by Chris Moore; February 2006)

01381-3 PATRICIA BRIGGS Moon Called (cover by Daniel Dos Santos; February 2006; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

01389-0 RICHARD PAUL RUSSO The Rosetta Codex (cover by Bob Warner; c.2005; May 2007; 1st ACE mass market edition)

01390-2 JUDITH BERMAN Bear Daughter (November 2006; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

01391-0 STEVE PERRY The Albino Knife (cover by Luis Royo; July 1991; 1st ACE printing)

Another story in Perry's Matador universe.

01409-7 WILLIAM C. DIETZ Runner (August 2006; 1st ACE printing)

01415-1 CHARLES STROSS Accelerando (cover art by Digital Vision / Getty Images; July 2006; 1st ACE printing)

01418 JOHN CAMPBELL (aka JOHN G. HENRY) The Lost Fleet: Dauntless (c.2006; 2nd ACE printing)

01424-0 DAWN COOK Princess At Sea (July 2006; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

01450-X STEVEN L. KENT Rogue Clone (2006; 1st ACE printing)

01460-6 SIMON R. GREEN Hell To Pay: A Novel of the Nightside (2007; ACE fantasy)

01475-5 IAN WATSON Alien Embassy (cover by Dean Ellis; July 1978; listed as "first paperback publication")

01479-8 DAVE DUNCAN The Alchemist's Apprentice (cover by Jim Griffin; March 2007; 1st ACE trade paperback printing)

01488-0 JOHN VARLEY Red Lightning (cover by Bob Warner; c.2006; May 2007; 1st ACE mass-market edition)

01498-9 CHARLES STROSS HaltinG StatE (wrap around cover by Sophie Toulouse; October 2007; 1st ACE printing)

And yes, that that is the correct spelling of the title on the cover.

01499-2 JOE HALDEMAN The Accidental Time Machine (c.2006; nd)

01502-6 ALASTAIR REYNOLDS Pushing Ice (2007; 1st ACE printing)

Set in Reynold's Chasm City universe.

01508-5 CHARLES STROSS Glasshouse (cover photo by axb group; July 2007; 1st ACE printing)

01514-X JEFF CARLSON Plague Year (July 2007; 1st ACE printing)

01517-7 JOE HALDEMAN A Separate War & Other Stories (cover by Max Dannenbaum; c.2006; August 2007; ACE mass market edition)

Foreward by Connie Willis.

01529-0 DOUGLAS CLEGG The Vampyricon: The Lady of Serpents (nd; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy - vampire genre)

01538-2 KELLY McCULLOUGH Cybermancy (2007; 1st ACE printing)

01540-5 JACK McDEVITT Odyssey (cover by Larry Price; November 1997; ACE mass market edition)

01542-5 STEVEN L. KENT The Clone Alliance (October 2007; 1st ACE printing)

01562-7 DAVE DUNCAN The Alchemist's Code (cover by Jim Griffin; March 2008; 1st ACE trade paperback printing)

01570 FLETCHER PRATT Alien Planet (cover by Josh Kirby; c.1963; January 1973; 2nd ACE printing)

This is an example of the ACE editions that reprinted "Science Fiction From The Great Years" Orignally published as ACE F-257 (1963).

01575-7 DAVE DUNCAN The Alchemist's Apprentice (cover by Jim Griffin; c.2007; March 2008)

01594-8 CHARLES STROSS Saturn's Children (wrap around cover by Joe Williamsen; July 2008; 1st ACE printing)

01598-0 MOIRA J. MOORE Heroes Adrift (February 2008; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

ACE Books is getting a bit too Harlequin in its cover art with this series (sorry, I passed over this the first time when I saw it and did not believe it was an ACE volume).

01600-6 ALASTAIR REYNOLDS Galactic North (cover by Chris Moore; c.2006; June 2008; 1st ACE mass-market printing)

Short story collection set in the universe of Chasm City. Includes Great Wall of Mars, Glacial, A Spy in Europa, Weather, Dilation Sleep, Grafenwalder's Bestiary, Nightingale, and Galactic North. An Afterword follows by Reynolds.

01607-3 CHARLES STROSS Halting State (2008; 1st ACE printing )

01613-8 LOUIS SIMONSON Batman: Gotham Knight (May 2008; 1st ACE printing)

This ACE volume is "based on the DC Universe animated movie from Warner Premiere." Simonson provided the novelization based on a story by Jordan Goldberg (a bit complicated history here). My other notes indicate that this volume (and the animated movie) are a prequel to the Dark Knight big-screen movie.

01627-8 ANN AGUIRRE Wanderlust (2008; 1st ACE printing)

01650-2 JACK McDEVITT Cauldron (October 2008; 1st ACE printing)

01672-3 GARDNER DOZOIS (ed.) Issac Asimov's Aliens: Extraordinary Tales of Extraterrestrials (nd)

Short story collection from Issac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.  Includes stories by Gregory Benford, Nancy Kress, Jack C. McDevitt and others.

01684-7 GORDON R. DICKSON Alien Art (cover by David Plourde; c. 1973; April 1978; 1st ACE printing)

01685-5 GORDON R. DICKSON Alien Art & Arcturus Landing (cover by David Plourde; June 1981; 1st ACE printing)

Reprinted in 1983 with same cover art and ACE Letter-Number series.  Note that the cover art is the same as used  in ACE 01684-7.  Technically and ACE Double in single format.

01688-X LYNN S. HIGHTOWER Alien Eyes (cover by Michael Herring; February 1993; 1st ACE printing)

01688-X (back cover)

01690-7 DAVE DUNCAN The Alchemist's Code (cover by Jim Griffin; c.2008; March 2009)

01692-8 GORDON R. DICKSON The Alien Way (cover by Stephen Hickman; November 1982)

01702-9 ILONA ANDREWS Magic Strikes (2009; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE fantasy)

01703-4 STEPHEN BAXTER Emperor (cover by Alan Brooks; April 2009; 1st ACE mass market printing)

This title is Time Tapestry Book One; An Alternate History Epic.

01713-4 SEAN WILLIAMS Astropolis: The Grand Conjunction (April 2009; 1st ACE printing)

01719-5 CHARLES STROSS Wireless (cover by by S. Miroque; July 2009; 1st ACE printing)

Short story collection with contents available at URL: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?274605

01739-3 JOE HALDEMAN Marsbound (cover by Fred Gambino; c.2008; August 2009; ACE mass market edition)

01750 ROBERT E. HOWARD Almuric (cover by Jeff Jones; c.1964; 1970; 2nd ACE printing)

Almuric was originally published as ACE F-305 (1964). Collection of stories that originally appeared in the pulp magazine "Weird Tales" in 1939.

01757-7 JOHN VARLEY Slow Apocalypse (cover photo collage by Judith Lagerman; September 2012; 1st ACE printing)

01768 J. NEIL SCHULMAN Alongside Night (1982; 1st ACE printing)

01770 LEIGH BRACKETT Alpha Centauri Or Die (cover by Carlos Ochagavia; c.1963; 1976; 1st thus)

Alpha Centurai Or Die was originally published in ACE Double F-187 (1963) bound with G. McDonald Wallis' (aka Hope Campbell) Legend of Lost Earth.

01774-6 MICHAEL P. KUBE-McDOWELL Alternaties (October 1988; 1st ACE printing)

01785-0 JACK McDEVITT The Devil's Eye (cover by John Harris; November 2009; 1st ACE printing)

01794-2 STEVEN R. BOYETT Ariel (cover by Steve Stone; c.1983; August 2009; ACE fantasy)

Steven Boyett's Architects of Sleep was an amazing first book.  Ariel (which is his second book) is pretty good and has been co-opted for the television series "Revolution" - but without the unicorn (screenwriters - argh).  This volume is listed as "includes restored material and an afterword by the author new to this edition."

Note: Ariel has an earlier ACE edition, but in the Letter-Number series 02920-5.  Cover art for these was by Barclay Shaw.

01799-7 JEFF CARLSON Plague Zone (cover by Eric Williams; December 2009; ACE mass market edition)

01800-0 STEPHEN BAXTER Navigator (cover by Bruce Emmett; December 2009; 1st ACE mass market printing)

This title is Time Tapestry Book Three; An Alternate History Epic.

01815-4 MICHAEL BOWERS Prison Ship (2010; 1st ACE printing)

01843-2 AMBER BENSON Cat's Claw (February 2010; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

01845-9 WALTER GREATSHELL Xombies: Apocalypticon (2010l 1st ACE printing)

Yes, these are out of sequence, but it appears that in 2010, ACE Books (read Penguin Books) was not really paying attention to the letter-number sequence.

01854-3 STEPHEN BAXTER Weaver (cover by Bruce Emmett; April 2010; 1st ACE mass market printing)

This title is Time Tapestry Book Four; An Alternate History Epic.

01862-9 TALIA GRYPHON Key To Justice (March 2010; 1st ACE printing; ACE paranormal fantasy)

01867-3 CHARLES STROSS The Fuller Memorandum (cover by Mark Fredrickson; July 2010; 1st ACE printing)

This is a hoot!  Spy spoof, fantasy, computational theory, and cubicle humour.  Follow Bob (and his pals) into the nether dimensions.

01942-0 PATRICIA BRIGGS Masques (c.1993; September 2010; revised edition; ACE fantasy)

Another 'out-of-sequence' letter-number listing.

01943-9 STEVEN R. BOYETT Elegy Beach (cover by Steve Stone; c.2009; November 2010; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

Elegy Beach is a sequel (somewhat) to Ariel (A Book of the Change).

01950 MACK REYNOLDS Amazon Planet (1975; listed as "First Paperback Publication")

01950 (back cover)

This ACE Letter-Number series was printed twice in 1975 with the same cover art and price, but only distinguished by the advertisements in the back.

01955-7 JACK McDEVITT Time Travellers Never Die (cover by Tony Mauro; c.2009; November 2010; 1st ACE paperback printing; listed as "first time in a paperback")

01979-3 JOE HALDEMAN Starbound (cover by Fred Gambino; c.2010; January 2011; ACE mass market edition)

01999-1 ALLEN STEELE Coyote Destiny (cover by Ron Miller; March 2010)

02034-8 CHARLES STROSS Rule 34 (cover by Alberto Seveso; July 2011; 1st ACE printing)

02041-6 JOHN BARNES Directive 51 (cover by Craig White; March 2011; 1st ACE printing)

02235-9 BEN BOVA (ed.) Analog Yearbook (c.1977; January 1979; 1st ACE printing)

Short story collection from Analog. Introduction ("Taking Off In All Directions) by Bova. Editorial ("The Awe and the Awful") by Gregory Benford.  Stories and contributions include:  Julian (Kate Wilhelm), Too Soon We Grow Old (Spider Robinson), Guzman's Gardener (Stephen Robinett), More Deadly Than The Male? (Sam Nicholson), Kingsmeat (Orson Scott Card), Oh Say Can You See (Robert Bloch), The Fifties (Barry Malzberg), Immunity to Cancer (Malcolm Thaler), Science Fiction in the Cinema: 1977 (Jeff Rovin) and New Maps of Science Fiction (William Bainbridge and Murray Dalziel).

02236-7 STANLEY SCHMIDT (ed.) Analog Yearbook II (cover by Vincent DiFate; March 1981; 1st ACE printing)

Short story collection from Analog.  There were two printings using the same letter-number series.  The one listed above is the published edition with a $2.50 price. ACE Books (and probably all of the other publishers) had what were called "promotional covers" that were sent to the bookstores (and booksellers).  This allowed them to see what they would order, which is why the actual published book might have a different cover than the promotional covers.  For this volume, there were not one but TWO promotional covers for the same book!  One  promotional cover at $1.95, a second at $2.25 with the eventual released one at $2.50.  All with the same artwork.  Who knew that there was so much work on getting the cover art marketable.

02255-3 A. E. VAN VOGT The Anarchistic Colossus (April 1977; listed as "An ACE Original")

Includes an Introduction by A. E. van Vogt.

02257-X S. N. LEWITT Cybernetic Jungle (cover by Luis Royo; March 1992; 1st ACE printing)

02260-X DEAN ING Anasazi (December 1980; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

Originally serialized in ANALOG magazine. This volume includes two (2) additional stories: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?2564

02267 JOANNA RUSS And Chaos Died (same cover as ACE 02269; c.1970; 1976; nd; 3rd ACE printing)

This ACE Letter-Number has no date on the copyright page other than the original copyright (1970), but the price indicates a 1976 or early 1977 date for publication.  More on this later.

02268 JOANNA RUSS And Chaos Died (cover by Leo and Diane Dillon; January 1970; 1st ACE printing)

This is an example of one of the ACE Science Fiction Special editions.

02269 JOANNA RUSS And Chaos Died (c.1970; 1976; 2nd ACE printing)

02274-X DONALD R. BENSEN And Having Writ...... (cover by Vincent Di Fate; c.1978; March 1979; 1st ACE printing)

Originally published in 1978 in hardcover by Bobbs-Merrill.

02275 ANDRE NORTON Android at Arms (August 1973; 1st ACE printing)

There is a 2nd ACE printing of Android at Arms (July 1974) and except for the printing statement, both printings are absolutely identical with the same price and catalogue number.

02279-0 S. N. LEWITT Angel at Apogee (nd)

02295 KEITH ROBERTS Anita (cover by George Ziel; c.1970; 2nd printing but 1st ACE edition)

02295 (back cover)

02320 ALEXEI PANSHIN Masque World (cover by Kelly Freas; 1969; 1st ACE printing)

The 3rd Anthony Villers novel. Note that although this looks like it is out of seqeuence with the ACE numbering scheme and title, ACE Books considers the title of this series to be "Anthony Villiers: Masque World."

02320-7 R. A. LAFFERTY Annals of Klepsis (cover by James Gurney; 1983; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

Note the numbering sequence looks odd - but that is what is on the volume.  The Panshin and this volume have the same ACE Letter-Number series of 02320.  Will look into this further as I have time.

02359-2 ROBERT ASPRIN Another Fine Myth (cover by Walter Velez; August 1984; ACE fantasy)

Another Fine Myth was originally published by Donning/Starblaze in 1978.

02380-0 TIM POWERS The Anubis Gates (cover by Don Brautigam; December 1983; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

02381-9 TIM POWERS The Anubis Gates (cover by Don Brautigam; c.1983; December 1983; 2nd ACE printing)

02892-6 DIANA WYNNE JONES Archer's Goon (cover by Don Maitz; c.1984; 1988; 1st ACE printing)

Originally published in hardcover in May 1984 by Greenwillow.  In June 1987 Berkley published first paperback with the identical cover.  The only difference between the Berkley printing and the ACE printing is the slug line.

02893-4 GORDON R. DICKSON Arcturus Landing (cover by Gary Cooley; September 1978; 2nd ACE printing)

This volume is an expansion of the story Alien From Arcturus.

02905-1 STEVEN R. BOYETT The Architect of Sleep (cover by Jim Gurney; July 1986; 1st ACE fantasy)

An extremely good fantasy. I highly recommend it.

02920-5 STEVEN R. BOYETT Ariel: A Book of the Change (cover by Barclay Shaw; December 1983; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

This ACE Letter-Number series was reprinted in February 1984 with the same cover art and price.

02921-3 STEVEN R. BOYETT Ariel: A Book of the Change (cover by Barclay Shaw; c.1983; 1984; May 1984; 3rd ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

02922-1 STEVEN R. BOYETT Ariel: A Book of the Change (c.1983; 1984; 1986; 4th ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

02935 PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAND Armageddon 2419 A. D. (cover by Emsh; c.1962; 1969; 2nd ACE printing;  listed as "Complete & Unabridged")

Armageddon 2419 A.D. was originally published as ACE F-188 (1962). This edition is an example of the re-use and renumbering of old stock. This is probably the 2nd ACE printing.

02936 PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAND Armageddon 2419 A. D. (c.1962; 1969; October 1972; 3rd ACE printing; different cover art)

02938 PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAND Armageddon 2419 A. D (c.1962; 1969; 1972; August 1974)

These volumes are an example of the ACE editions that reprinted "Science Fiction From The Great Years." Both use the same cover art and seee the reuse of volumes with the block overprint for number and price on ACE 02938.

02939-6 PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAND Armageddon 2419 A. D (front cover by Don Brautigan and back cover by Dean Ellis; c.1962; 1969; 1972; 1974; August 1978)

Listed as 'The Seminal "Buck Rogers" Novel.'

“This edition has been specially revised and updated for the modern reader by noted science fiction critic and Hugo Award winning author, Spider Robinson.” is at the bottom of the first page, although he is not credited on the title or copyright page.

02970 JOHN DeCHANCIE Castle War! (cover by James Warhola; 1990; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

03088-2 D. G. COMPTON Ascendancies (cover by Barclay Shaw; c.1980; January 1985)

03095-5 BRUCE STERLING The Artificial Kid (cover by Bohdi Wind; c.1980; May 1987; 1st ACE printing)

Another of the 'need-to-read' stories in the cyber-punk/transhuman/post-human evolution genre.

03127-7 FRANK HERBERT and BILL RANSOM The Ascension Factor (cover by Ron Miller; February 1989)

03297-4 JACK VANCE (aka JOHN HOBROOK VANCE) The Asutra (cover by Peter Dama; December 1978; 1st ACE printing)

Conclusion of the Durdane Trilogy

There is at least two more printings of this ACE Letter-Number series.  The one I have been shown still retains the “Ace edition / December 1978” statement but the number line ends with ‘3’ and was published January 1988 per Locus. (Thank you Bill).  There is probably a 2nd printing but if any AIL user has a copy (number line would have a '2'), please send me a JPG/Tiff image of cover as well as the copyright page.  Thank you (in advance).

03300 JOHN BRUNNER The Atlantic Abomination (cover by Emsh; c.1960; see below)

The Atlantic Abomination was originally published in ACE Double D-465 (1960) bound with David Grinnell's The Martian Missile. This edition uses the same Ed Emshwiller ("Emsh") cover art as found on the ACE Double.

(Thanks to Bill) there might be a way to control the date on this printing.  It appears that ACE Books changed the spine code from a '020' lead-in to '441' in August '69 and ceased printing the small editions in '70.  Thus this volume can be placed into that time interval.

03301 JOHN BRUNNER The Atlantic Abomination (c.1960; 1976)

There is a second printing with the same ACE Letter-Number series that is from 1977.

03322 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS At The Earth's Core (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1962; March 1974; 4th ACE printing)

03325 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS At The Earth's Core (c.1962; 1974; nd; art cover similar to movie poster)

This edition promotes the release of the 1970 era American International Pictures movie starring Doug McClure, Peter Cushing and Caroline Munro. The back cover provides some photographic stills from the movie.

03326-1  EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS At The Earth's Core (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1962; August 1978)

03327-X EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS At The Earth's Core (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1962; 1978; May 1981)

03328 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS At The Earth's Core (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1962; 1978; 1981; 1985)

At The Earth's Core was originally published as ACE F-156 (1962). Note the addition to the title of ACE 03328 with "A Novel Of Pellucidar."

03342-3 STEVEN BRUST Athyra (April 1993; ACE Fantasy)

03610-4 JACK VANCE (aka JOHN HOBROOK VANCE) The Augmented Agent and Other Stories (cover by Terry Oakes; September 1988; 1st ACE printing)

04591 SAMUEL R. DELANY Babel-17 (cover by Jerome Podwil and title page illustration by Jack Gaughan; c.1966; January 1970; 2nd ACE printing)

Babel-17 was originally published as ACE F-388 (1966). Nebula Award winning novel for 1966 (tied with DANIEL KEYES Flowers For Algernon). This edition uses the same cover art, but the cover text is slightly rearranged from the ACE F-388 edition. This is probably the 2nd ACE printing.  Probably one of my most favourite Delany tales, up there with Nova, Driftglass and Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones (yes, I am a mineralogist).

04592 SAMUEL R. DELANY Babel-17 (cover by Davis Meltzer; c.1966; 1970; April 1973; 3rd ACE printing)

04592 (back cover)

04593 SAMUEL R. DELANY Babel-17 (c.1966; 1970; 1973; July 1974; 4th ACE printing)

04594 SAMUEL R. DELANY Babel-17 (cover by Davis Meltzer; c.1966; 1970; 1973; July 1974; October 1975; 5th ACE printing)

04595-2 SAMUEL R. DELANY Babel-17 (cover by David Bergen; c.1966; 1970; 1973; 1974; 1975; April 1978; 6th ACE printing)

Original cover art by David Bergen for Babel-17.

04632 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Back to the Stone Age (alternate title: Seven Worlds to Conquer; cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1963; January 1973; 4th ACE printing)

04633 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Back to the Stone Age (alternate title: Seven Worlds to Conquer; cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1963; 1973; 1974)

Both of these volumes have the same printing statement "Fourth Ace printing:  January 1973."  04533 was published in 1974 per notes from Stuart Wells (Bill, thank you for this data).

04635 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Back to the Stone Age (alternate title: Seven Worlds to Conquer; cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1963; 1973; 1974; nd)

04636-3 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Back to the Stone Age (original title: Seven Worlds to Conquer; cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1963; 1973; 1974; August 1978; 8th ACE printing)

Back to the Stone Age was originally published as ACE F-245 (1963) and these editions have same cover art.

04676-2 CRAIG SHAW GARDNER A Bad Day For Ali Baba (September 1992; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

Sequel to The Other Sinbad.

04722 SAMUEL R. DELANY The Ballad of Beta-2 (cover by Kelly Freas; c.1965; 1971)

The Ballad of Beta-2 was originally published in ACE Double M-121 (1965) bound with Emil Petaja's Alpha Yes, Terra No!  Another story that had a lot of influence on my career path (geology, history, and archaeology).

04758 BRIAN W. ALDISS Barefoot in the Head (cover by Leo & Diane Dillon; October 1972; 1st ACE printing)

04760 TOM PURDOM The Barons of Behavior (cover by Karel Thole; 1972; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

04760 (back cover)

THOMAS EDWARD PURDOM (b. 1936) first science fiction stories appeared in 1957: "Grieve for a Man" in Fantastic Universe and "A Matter of Privacy" in Science Fiction Quarterly.

04820-X ELLEN KUSHNER (ed.) Basilisk (cover by Rowena Morrill and interior artwork by Terri Windling; August 1980; 1st ACE printing)

Short story collection containing Introduction ("The Bonnie Road"), The Hunt of the Unicorn (Joan D. Vinge), The Man Who Sold Magic (Nicholas Stuart Gray), Peter Kagan and the Wind ( Gordon Bok), The Forty-seventh Island (R. A. Lafferty), The Lamia and Lord Cromis (M. John Harrison), War Wounds (Lynn Abbey), Feel Free (Alan Garner), The Word of Unbinding (Ursula K. Le Guin), Dream Poems (Gordon Grant), The Yukio Mishima Cultural Association of Kudzu Valley, Georgia (Michael Bishop), Wizard's Domain (Elizabeth A. Lynn), and a "Select Bibliography."

04860 A. E. VAN VOGT The Battle of Forever (cover by John Schoenherr; 1971)

04876-5 STAN LEE Stan Lee Presents: Battlestar Galactica (1978; 1st ACE printing; TV tie-in)

This is listed as the "official adaptation" of the TV series "Battlestar Galactica." In addition to the Stan Lee graphic illustrations, this volume includes photographs from the TV series. Note: It is interesting that the cover art has "1978 Universal Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved" at the lower left.

For more "Battlestar Gallactic," please see ACE 05104-9 for a different series and further information.

04886-2 VONDA N. McINTYRE Barbary (cover by Richard Hescox; c.1986; 1988; 1st ACE printing)

A 'young adult' coming-of-age novel. This volume was reprinted (2nd ACE printing) with the same Letter-Number series and cover art in January 1993.

04909-5 KEITH TAYLOR Bard II: The First Long Ship (cover by Don Maitz; September 1984; ACE fantasy)

04915-X KEITH TAYLOR Bard III: The Wild Sea (June 1986; ACE fantasy)

04924-9 KEITH TAYLOR Bard IV: Raven's Gathering (November 1987; ACE fantasy)

05000-X KEITH TAYLOR Bard (cover by Don Maitz; November 1981; ACE fantasy)

05080-8 ELLEN KUSHNER (ed.) Basilisk (cover by Stephen Hickman and interior artwork by Terri Windling; c.1980; May 1984; 2nd ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

Short story collection containing Introduction ("The Bonnie Road"), The Hunt of the Unicorn (Joan D. Vinge), The Man Who Sold Magic (Nicholas Stuart Gray), Peter Kagan and the Wind ( Gordon Bok), The Forty-seventh Island (R. A. Lafferty), The Lamia and Lord Cromis (M. John Harrison), War Wounds (Lynn Abbey), Feel Free (Alan Garner), The Word of Unbinding (Ursula K. Le Guin), Dream Poems (Gordon Grant), The Yukio Mishima Cultural Association of Kudzu Valley, Georgia (Michael Bishop), Wizard's Domain (Elizabeth A. Lynn), and a "Select Bibliography."

05104-9 GLEN A. LARSON and ROBERT THURSTON Battlestar Galactica 14: Surrender the Galactica! (cover by James Warhola; January 1988; 1st ACE printing and PBO; TV tie-in)

This is another TV tie-in noveliation. There appears to be a large number of these and I only have a few. If there are AIL users with this series, please send me some information.


Update: 07 May 2021.  An AIL contributor (Thank you Bill) has provided more insight into this series.  First, this is the ONLY ACE Book publication in the 'Battlestar Galatica' universe (thus, a true PBO).  There is supposed to be a reissue of the first one by Ace in 1985 with 05107-3.  So, if any AIL users have a copy of this edition, I would really appreciate a JPG/Tiff image of the cover (and back) art as well as the copyright page.  Thank you (in advance).  The remaining tales of the "Battlestar Galatica"saga were issued by Berkley, which later reissued so many titles on ACE after Putnam bought them. Details on the full original series can be found at this URL:

 https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.isfdb.org%2Fcgi-bin%2Fpe.cgi%3F2669&data=04%7C01%7Csmithms%40uncw.edu%7Cd77da1c1be4c4df6c5ea08d90f3ec671%7C2213678197534c75af2868a078871ebf%7C1%7C0%7C637557584589292833%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=o3sRmbB8j%2BCVyVGGKYiHG1EdxozKYZpwwc%2FWymySRYA%3D&reserved=0.

Of the original series the first 10 were novelizations of episodes but 11-14 were new.

Of course, the relaunch on TV generated a new series of books [four that I know of, all on TOR].  Lastly, in 1997 Richard Hatch, Apollo in the "Battlestar Galactica" series co-wrote seven new adventures, with the first two by Pocket Books and the remainder on iBooks. 

05161 ANDRE NORTON The Beast Master (c.1959; 1961; 1964; nd)

05162 ANDRE NORTON The Beast Master (c.1959; 1961; 1964; 1972)

This edition is probably 1972, even though there is no date listed. Base on ACE logo that changed to the "tombstone" logo in January 1973.

05163 ANDRE NORTON The Beast Master (cover by John Schoenherr; c.1959; 1961; 1964; 1972;  between June and September 1974)

The Beast Master was originally published in ACE Double D-509 (1961) bound with Star Hunter. It was then published in an abridged version as ACE F-315 (1964).

05173-1 ROBERT B. VARDEMAN and GEO W. PROCTOR The Beasts Of The Mist (cover by Luis Royo; August 1986; 1st ACE printing; fantasy)

Fifth installment of "The Sword of Raemllyn" adventure series.

05301 JOHN BRUNNER Bedlam Planet (wraparound cover art; c.1968; September 1975)

05330 JACK LONDON Before Adam (1970; 1st thus)

05357-2 PHILIP JOSE FARMER Behind the Walls of Terra (cover by Boris Vallejo; c.1970; 1977)

05360 PHILIP JOSE FARMER Behind the Walls of Terra (cover by Bart Forbes; c.1970; probably 1976; 2nd ACE printing)

05361 PHILIP JOSE FARMER Behind the Walls of Terra (cover by Bart Forbes; c.1970; 1976; nd)

05363-7 PHILIP JOSE FARMER Behind the Walls of Terra (cover by Boris Vallejo; c.1970; 1977; 1979)

05374-2 PHILIP JOSE FARMER Behind the Walls of Terra (cover by Boris Vallejo; c.1970; 1977; September 1981; 6th ACE printing)

05374-2 (back cover)

There is an ACE 71135 for Behind the Walls of Terra also having a 1970 publication date.

05404-8 FRED SABERHAGEN Berserker (cover by Boris Vallejo; c.1967; 1970; September 1978; 1st ACE printing)

Berserker was previously published in 1967 by Ballantine and 1970 by Penguin [UK].

05407-2 FRED SABERHAGEN Berserker Man (cover by Boris Vallejo; January 1980; listed as "first publication in any form")

05407-2 (back cover)

Original cover art by Boris Vallejo (b. 1941) for Beserker Man. Oil on board (25.5" x 15.5"), signed in lower left and dated '78.  Note that this ACE letter-number series has two printings (April 1979 and January 1980). Thus, although this edition (above) has listed "first publication." it is actually the 2nd printing.  Argh - ACE strikes again.

05408-0 FRED SABERHAGEN Berserker's Planet (cover by Boris Vallejo; May 1980; 1st ACE printing)

There appears to be a second printing of this same Letter-Number series and same price later in 1980.

05423-4 FRED SABERHAGEN Berserker (cover by Boris Vallejo; c.1967; c.1967; 1970; 1978; June 1980; 3rd ACE printing)

05424-2 FRED SABERHAGEN Berserker Man (cover by Boris Vallejo; c. 1980; nd; probably 3rd ACE printing)

05448 ROBERT P. MILLS (ed.) Flowers for Algernon and other stories (c.1958, 1959, 1969)

The subtitle for this volume is "For the Ninth Series The Best From Fantasy and Science Fiction."

Daniel Keyes Flowers For Algernon; Kem Bennett A Different Purpose; Ron Goulart Ralph Wollstonecraft Hedge: A Memoir; Robert A. Heinlein "All You Zombies -"; R. M. McKenna Casey Agonistes; William Tenn Eastward Ho!; Lee Sutton Soul Mate; Damon Knight What Rough Beast?; Walter S. Tevis Far From Home; George P. Elliott Invasion of the Planet of Love; Avram Davidson Dagon; Winston P. Sanders Pact; Joel Townsley Rogers No Matter Where You Go; Jane Rice The Willow Tree; Alfred Bester The Pi Man; and Theodore Sturgeon The Man Who Lost the Sea.

05454 EDWARD L. FERMAN (ed.) The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 15th Series (cover by Panos Koutrouboussis; c.1966; 1970)

Includes stories by Issac Asimov, Fritz Leiber, Roger Zelazny, Richard Wilson, Zenna Henderson, and others.

EDWARD L. FERMAN (b. 1937) took over the editorial chair of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1966. This is the first annual anthology he edited.

05455 EDWARD L. FERMAN (ed.) The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 16th Series (cover by Karel Thole; c.1967; 1971)

Includes 13 stories by Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Ron Goulart, Roger Zelazny, Norman Spinrad, and others.

05456 EDWARD L. FERMAN (ed.) The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 17th Series (c.1968; 1972)

Monica Sterba Cyprian's Room; George Collyn Out Of Time, Out Of Place; Victor Contoski Von Goom's Gambit; Avram Davidson Bumberboom; Ron Goulart Fill In the Blanks; Russell Kirk Balgrummo's Hell; Samuel R. Delany Corona; Fritz Leiber The Inner Circles; Thomas M. Disch Problems of Creativeness; Robert Natham Encounter in the Past; Jean Cox Sea Change; Brian Cleeve The Devil and Democracy; and Brian W. Aldiss Randy's Syndrome.

05457 EDWARD L. FERMAN (ed.) The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 18th Series (cover by Dean Ellis; c.1969; 1972)

Includes 14 stories by J. G. Ballard, Ron Goulart, K. M. O'Donnell, Robert Sheckley, Harry Harrison, and others.

05458 EDWARD L. FERMAN (ed.) The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 19th Series (cover by Ordrick and six cartoons by Gahan Wilson; February1973; 1st ACE printing)

Robin Scott Wilson Gone Fishin'; Avram Davidson Selectra Six-Ten; Edgar Pangborn Longtooth; Robert Silverberg Sundance; Carter Wilson The Brief and Swinging Career of Dan and Judy Smythe; Charles W. Runyon Dream Patrol; Evelyn E. Smith Yankee Doodle Thing; Barry N. Malzberg Notes Just Prior to the Fall; Larry Niven Get a Horse!; Theodore Sturgeon The Man Who Learned Loving; Tony Morphett Litterbug; Vance Aandahl An Adventure in the Yolla Bolly Middle Eel Wilderness; Robert Sheckley Starting From Scratch; Bruce McAllister Benji's Pencil; and Edward L. Ferman Afterword.

05459-5 EDWARD L. FERMAN (ed.) The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 20th Series (cover by Joe Lombardero; 1975)

Original cover art by Joe Lombardero.

Includes the Hugo Award-winning story The Deathbird by Harlan Ellison as well as ten (10) other stories by Frederick Pohl, Alfred Bester, Stephen Tall, and others.

05460 EDWARD L. FERMAN (ed.) The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Special 25th Anniversary Anthology (cover by Paul Alexander; March 1977)

Includes Nebula and Hugo Award-winning stories as well as biographic material and essays on Theodore Sturgeon, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, and James Blish.

05461-7 EDWARD L. FERMAN (ed.) The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 22nd Series (cover by Patrick Woodroffe; September 1978; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

05461-7 (back cover)

12 short stories by Richard Cowper, Robert Bloch, Joanna Russ, John Varley, Liz Hufford, James Tiptree, Jr., Manly Wade Wellman, Harvey Jacobs, Tom Reamy, Edward Wellen, Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth, and R. Bretnor.

05463-3 FRED SABERHAGEN Berserker (c.1967; c.1967; 1970; 1978; 1980; nd)

05464-1 JAMES BAEN (ed.) The Best from Galaxy, Volume IV (cover by Patrick Woodroffe; May 1978; 2nd ACE printing)

Includes The Game of Blood and Dust (Roger Zelazny), Down and Out (Larry Niven), A Horse of Different Technicolor (Craig Strete), Allegiances (Michael Bishop), Overdose (Spider Robinson), Elephant with Wooden Leg (John Sladek), Life Among the Asteroids (Jerry Pournelle), Tinker (Jerry Pournelle), Helbent 4 (Stephen Robinett) and The Experimenter (Joanna Russ).

I have been informed that although this is listed as 2nd ACE printing, the 1st printing was under the Award Books imprint, not by ACE Books (thanks Bill).

05465-X FRED SABERHAGEN Berserker's Planet (cover by Boris Vallejo; 1980; December 1982; 4th ACE printing)

This ACE Letter-Number volume was reprinted twice in 1982 with the same cover art, price, and catalogue number.

05466-8 FRED SABERHAGEN Beserker Man (cover by Boris Vallejo; 1979; 1980; August 1983; 4th ACE printing)

Same cover art as ACE 05407-2. This volume is out-of-sequence in the ACE numbering scheme.  This printing has "6th printing' on the copyright page,even though it actually the 4th ACE printing.  Thank you Bill for sorting out this mess.

05470-6 BEN BOVA (ed.) The Best of Analog (cover by Alex Schomberg; March 1979; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

05470-6 (back cover)

Ben Bova Introduction; Scott W. Schumack Persephone and Hades; David Lewis Common Denominator; Alfred Bester The Four-Hour Fugue; Gene Wolfe How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion; George R. R. Martin A Song for Lya; Hayford Peirce Unlimited Warfare; Joe Haldeman Tricentennial; Gordon R. Dickson The Present State of Igneos Research; P. J. Plauger Child of All Ages (a personal favourite); Larry Niven The Hole Man; Vonda N. McIntyre Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand; Norman Spinrad A Thing of Beauty; Joe Allred When I Was In Your Mind; Tim Joseph Unified Field Theory; and Roger Zelazny Home is the Hangman.

05472-2 TONY LEWIS (ed.) The Best of Astounding (January 1979; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

Short story collection from Astounding including Clifford D. Simak's Ogre and Theodore Sturgeon's Thunder & Roses.

05473-0 JIM BAEN (ed.) The Best of Destinies: 1980 (cover by Vincent DiFate; June 1980; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

05474-9 FRED SABERHAGEN Berserker's Planet (cover by Boris Vallejo; 1980; 1982; January 1984; 5th ACE printing)

There is another printing of the same Letter-Number series in June 1984 (6th printing).

05475 LESTER DEL REY (ed.) Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (cover by Don Puchatz; 1st Annual Collection; 1972; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

Includes stories by Philip Jose Farmer, Robert Silverberg, James Triptree, Jr., David M. Locke, Harry Harrison, Thomas N. Scortia, Theodore Sturgeon, Burt K. Filer, Harlan Ellison and A. E. van Vogt, A. Lentini, Poul Anderson, W. MacFarlane, R.A. Lafferty, B. Alan Burhoe, and Larry Niven.

05476 LESTER DEL REY (ed.) Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (Second Annual Collection; c.1973; December 1975; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

05477 LESTER DEL REY (ed.) Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (Third Annual Collection; December 1976; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

05478-1 LESTER DEL REY (ed.) Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (Fourth Annual Collection; cover by Paul Alexander; May 1979; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

Includes stories by F. M. Busby, Harlan Ellison, Vonda M. MnIntyre, Carolyn Gloeckner, Alan Dean Foster, Mildred Downey Broxon, Harry Harrison, R. A. Lafferty, John Brunner, Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth, Robert Silverberg, Harvey Jacobs, Gordon R. Dickson, Stan Nodvik, and Clifford D. Simak.

05479-X LESTER DEL REY (ed.) Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (Fifth Annual Collection, cover by Alex Ebel; 1977; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

Includes stories by Poul Anderson, Hayford Pierce, P. J. Plauger, Phyllis Eisentein, Stephen Robinett, Robert Hoskins, Liz Hufford, Clifford D. Simak, Joan D. Vinge and Vernor Vinge.

05481-1 MACK REYNOLDS (aka DALLAS McCORD REYNOLDS) The Best Ye Breed (cover by Davis Meltzer; March 1978; 1st ACE printing)

05482-X GARDNER DOZOIS (ed.) Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (Sixth Annual Collection, c.1977; June 1978; 1st ACE printing)

Includes The Diary of the Rose (Ursula K. Le Guin), Custer's Last Jump (Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop), Air Raid (John Varley), Ladies and Gentlemen, This is Your Crisis (Kate Wilhelm), Back to the Stone Age (Jake Saunders), Armaja Das (Joe Haldeman), Mary Margaret Road-Grader (Howard Waldrop), and The Samurai and the Willows (Michael Bishop).

05483-8 SPIDER ROBINSON The Best of All Possible Worlds (April 1980; 1st ACE printing)

This letter-number series has two editions, one the regularly published version listed and a promotional version with a $1.95 price.  The published cover used only a small portion of the artwork [rotated] from the promotional cover and cost $2.25.

05484-6 EDWARD L. FERMAN (ed.) The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 23rd Edition (1981; 1st ACE printing)

Note that the other FS& F anthologies are listed as Series - this is the first time 'Edition' is used.

05485-4 EDWARD L. FERMAN (ed.) The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 24th Series (cover by Tito Salamioni; c.1982; April 1983; 1st ACE printing)

Note the change back to 'Series.'  This is also the last of the F& SF series published by ACE.

05490 FRED SABERHAGEN Berserker (cover by Boris Vallejo; c.1967; c.1967; 1970; 1978; 1980; December 1985; 12th ACE printing)

05492-7 FRED SABERHAGEN Berserker Man (cover by Boris Vallejo; 1979; 1980; 1983; September 1985)

05495-1 FRED SABERHAGEN Berserker (cover by Boris Vallejo; c.1967; c.1967; 1970; 1978; 1980; 1985; September 1992)

05496 FRED SABERHAGEN Berserker Man (cover by Boris Vallejo; 1979; 1980; 1983; 1985; November 1986)

There is yet another printing of this title with the same ACE letter-number series, a different price ($3.50) and no publication date.

05499-4 SHAWNA McCARTHY (ed.) Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! (abridged edition; nd)

Short story collection compiled by editor Shawna McCarthy. 

05500 ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Between Planets (cover by Steele Savage and interior art by Clifford Geary; c.1951; February 1971; 1st ACE printing)

This ACE Letter/Number volume was reprinted with same cover art but different advertisements in 1973.

05501 ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Between Planets (cover by Steele Savage and interior art by Clifford Geary; c.1951; 1971; 1973; October 1975; 3rd ACE printing)

Between Planets was originally published (hardcover) by Scribner in 1951 and the frontspiece by Clifford Geary is from that edition.

05506-0 JACK DANN and GARDNER DOZOIS (eds.) Bestiary! (cover by Carl Lundgren; 1985; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

Contains 18 short stories featuring Tanith Lee, T. H. White, Gene Wolfe, and Jane Yolen.

05507-9 FRED SABERHAGEN Berserker's Planet (cover by Boris Vallejo; 1980; 1982; 1984; January 1986; 7th ACE printing)

There is another printing of the same Letter-Number series in February 1986 (8th printing) with the same cover art.

05512-5 JANET MORRIS Thieves' World: Beyond The Veil (cover by Gary Ruddell; February 1987; 1st ACE printing)

05512-5 (back cover)

The second Thieves' World novel.

05586 JOHN VARLEY The Golden Globe (c.1998; 1999)

05612-1 ARTHUR C. CLARKE and GREGORY BENFORD Beyond The Fall of Night (cover by Bob Eggleton; May 1991; 1st ACE printing)

Based upon the Arthur C. Clarke novella Against the Fall of Night

05635-0 JANET MORRIS Thieves' World: Beyond Sanctuary (cover by Gary Ruddell; 1986; 1st ACE printing)

05635-0 (back cover)

The first Thieves' World novel.

05651 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Beyond the Farthest Star (cover and frontispiece by Frank Frazetta; c.1964; October 1969; 2nd ACE printing)

This edition uses the same cover art as ACE F-282 and is listed as "Science Fiction Classic." Thus, this is the true 2nd ACE printing (regardless of the publication information on ACE 05652) and probably a re-use of old stock with a new five digit ACE letter-number.

05652 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Beyond the Farthest Star (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1964; 1969; December 1972; listed as 2nd ACE printing - see previous edition comments)

05653 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Beyond the Farthest Star (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1964; 1969; 1972; December 1973; 4th ACE printing)

05654 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Beyond the Farthest Star (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1964; 1969; 1972; 1973; April 1975; 5th ACE printing)

05655 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Beyond the Farthest Star (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1964; 1969; 1972; 1973; 1975; July 1976; 6th ACE printing )

05656-3 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Beyond the Farthest Star (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1964; 1969; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; January 1979, 7th ACE printing)

05658-X EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Beyond the Farthest Star (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1964; 1969; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; May 1982; 8th ACE printing)

Beyond the Farthest Star was originally published as ACE F-282 (1964). The cover art by Frazetta for ACE 05652 through ACE 05658-X are different cover art from ACE F-282 and ACE 05651.

05722-5 JANET MORRIS Thieves' World: Beyond Wizardwall (cover by Gary Ruddell; May 1987; 1st ACE printing)

05722-5 (back cover)

The third Thieves' World novel.

05735-7 MIKE SIROTA Bicycling Through Space and Time (1991; 1st ACE printing)

Hmmmm - "in the style of Douglas Adams" - not quite certain if this is going to be as classic.

05785 SHEPHERD MEAD The Big Ball of Wax (cover by Jeff Jones; nd)

Oh well, sex, science fiction, and satire - actually a REALLY terrible book.

05785 (back cover)

06061 LEIGH BRACKETT The Big Jump (c.1955; June 1976)

The Big Jump was originally published in ACE Double D-103 (1955) bound with Philip K. Dick's Solar Lottery.

LEIGH DOUGLAS BRACKETT (b. 1915; d. 1978) was one of the earliest of the women science fiction (and fantasy) writers. Her first published science fiction story, Martian Quest, appeared in Astounding in 1940. She was a prolific writer in the genres of science fiction (her most recognized story is probably The Long Tomorrow, c. 1955), mystery, and western as well as television and movie scripts ("The Big Sleep" - 1946 and "Rio Bravo" - 1958).

06171 JACK VANCE (aka JOHN HOLBROOK VANCE) Big Planet (cover by Vincent Di Fate; c.1958; 1967; May 1978; 2nd ACE printing)

Big Planet was originally published in ACE Double D-295 (1958) bound with Slaves of the Klau. Later it was published as ACE Single G-661 (1967).

06177 KEITH LAUMER The Big Show (October 1972; 1st ACE printing)

A collection of short stories, many of which are Bolo (the mechanized fighting machines) tales.  Contents are here: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?35964

06217 FRITZ LEIBER The Big Time (cover by Jack Woolhiser; c.1958, 1961; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 6th ACE printing)

06218 FRITZ LEIBER The Big Time (c.1958, 1961; 1972; 1973; 1975; 5th ACE printing)

06219 FRITZ LEIBER The Big Time (c.1958, 1961; 1972; 1973; 4th ACE printing)

06221 FRITZ LEIBER The Big Time (cover by JW - Jack Woolhiser; c.1958, 1961; August 1972; 3rd ACE printing)

06222-9 FRITZ LEIBER The Big Time (c.1958, 1961; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1977; 7th ACE printing)

06223-7 FRITZ LEIBER The Big Time (cover by Vincent Di Fate; c.1958, 1961; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1977; June 1982)

The Big Time was originally published in ACE Double D-491 (1961) bound with The Mind Spider and Other Stories.

06225-3 PIERS ANTHONY (aka PIERS ANTHONY DILLINGHAM JACOB) Bio of an Ogre (1989; 1st ACE printing and PBO; listed as "First Time in Paperback;" Biography)

Another timely biographic work that addresses the prolific author Piers Anthony. Contains a partial bibliography. I am also putting this in the ACE Potpourri section.

06226-1 STEPHEN AMES BERRY The Biofab War (cover by Alan Gutierrez; May 1984; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

06266-0 ROBERT E.VARDEMAN Biowar: The Infinity Plague (cover by Richard Hescox; 1989; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

06515-5 LES DANIELS The Black Castle (1983; 1st thus; vampire genre)

06530 MICHAEL MOORCOCK The Black Corridor (nd; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

This is one of the Ace Science Fiction Special series.

06583-X LYNN ABBEY The Black Flame (cover by Bob Adragna with interior illustrations by Steve Fabian; May 1980; 1st ACE  printing; ACE fantasy)

06584-8 LYNN ABBEY The Black Flame (cover by Bob Adragna with interior illustrations by Steve Fabian; c.1980; January 1981; 1st ACE mass market edition; ACE fantasy)

06586-4 LYNN ABBEY The Black Flame (cover by Bob Adragna with interior illustrations by Steve Fabian; c.1980; 1981; 1983; ACE fantasy)

06587-2 LYNN ABBEY The Black Flame (cover by Bob Adragna with interior illustrations by Steve Fabian; c.1980; 1981; 1983; July 1985; ACE fantasy)

06615 FRED SABERHAGEN The Black Mountains (cover by John Schoenherr and interior illustration by Jack Gaughan; 1971; 1st ACE printing)

06698-4 STEVE PERRY Black Steel (cover by Luis Royo; February 1992; 1st ACE printing)

Matador series.

06701 JOHN W. CAMPBELL The Black Star Passes (c.1930; 1953; 1965; August 1972; 2nd ACE printing)

The Black Star Passes was originally published as ACE F-346 (1965).

06727-1 GAIL VAN ASTEN The Blind Knight (cover by Robert Gould; July 1988; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

This is an "ACE Fantasy Special."

06778-6 ROBERT B. VARDEMAN and GEO W. PROCTOR Blood Fountain (cover by Luis Royo; November 1985; 1st ACE printing; fantasy)

Third installment of "The Sword of Raemllyn" adventure series.

06796-4 GREG BEAR Blood Music (cover by Don Brautigam; March 1986; 1st ACE printing)

06797-2 GREG BEAR Blood Music (cover by Don Brautigam; c.1986; 1991; 2nd ACE printing)

It appears as if this Letter-Number series was used for several reprints of Blood Music (I have data for same use up to 3rd ACE printing).

06827-8 MARK E. ROGERS The Blood of the Lamb: The Devouring Void (1991; 1st thus; fantasy)

06851 MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY The Bloody Sun (cover by Michael Whelan; c.1964; November 1975; 2nd ACE printing)

06852 MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY The Bloody Sun (cover by Michael Whelan; c.1964; 1975; 1976; 3rd ACE printing)

06853-7 MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY The Bloody Sun (cover by Michael Whelan; c.1964; 1975; 1976; 1978; 4th ACE printing)

06854-5 MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY The Bloody Sun (cover by Michael Whelan; c.1964; 1975; 1976; 1978; May 1979; 5th ACE printing)

This edition also has a short story titled "To Keep The Oath."

06858-8 MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY The Bloody Sun: A Novel of Darkover (c. 1964; 1979; 7th revised edition of the 1979 release; 1985)

The Bloody Sun was originally published as ACE F-303 (1964). All three of these editions have different cover art.

06880-4 ROBIN McKINLEY The Blue Sword (April 1991; 19th ACE edition; ACE fantasy)

06881-2 RAYMOND HARRIS Shadows of the White Sun (cover by Joe Burleson; December 1988; 1st ACE printing)

06976-2 JOE HALDEMAN, CHARLES G. WAUGH, and MARTIN HARRY GREENBERG (eds.) Body Armor: 2000 (cover by Walter Velez; April 1986; 1st ACE printing)

06976-2 (back cover)

Short story collection with contributions from C. J. Cherryh, David Drake, Gordon R. Dickson, Harry Harrison, and Joe Haldeman.

06997-5 KEITH LAUMER Bolo (cover by Vincent Di Fate; July 1986; 1st ACE printing)

Short story collection with the classic story "The Night of the Trolls," that first introduced the Bolo fighting machine. Contents are here:  www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?173891

07012-4 L. SPRAGUE de CAMP and CATHERINE CROOK de CAMP The Bones of Zora (cover by Victoria Poyser; August 1984)

Book #6 of the Krishna Series

07018-3 PETER HANRATTY The Book of Mordred (cover by David Cherry; January 1988; 1st ACE printing)

Note the publisher is New Infinities Productions, but issued by ACE Books with the appropriate Letter-Number series.

07024-8 MICHAEL de LARRABEITI The Borribles Go For Broke (cover by Don Maitz; February 1982; 1st ACE printing; fantasy)

This is a sequel to The Borribles (ACE 07191-0 and ACE 07170-8).

07161 JOHN BRUNNER Born Under Mars (June 1973; 2nd ACE printing)

07162-7 JOHN BRUNNER Born Under Mars (cover by Michael Herring; c.1973, September 1977)

07163-5 JOHN BRUNNER Born Under Mars (cover by Michael Herring; c.1973, 1977; 1979)

07170-8 MICHAEL de LARRABEITI The Borribles (cover by Walter Velez; December 1979; 1st ACE printing; ACE Fantasy)

07180-5 MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY The Brass Dragon (cover by Ken Barr; c.1969; May 1980; 2nd ACE printing)

Originally published in ACE Double 37250 (1969) bound with John Rackham's Ipomoea.

This volume was reprinted twice with the same ACE Letter-Number series number and cover art (September 1980 and August 1982).

07181-3 STEVEN BRUST Brokedown Palace (1986; 1st ACE printing; ACE Fantasy)

07191-0 MICHAEL de LARRABEITI The Borribles (cover by Don Maitz; c.1979; 1982; June 1984; 3rd ACE printing; ACE Fantasy)

A very enjoyable and novel fantasy novel - one of my favourites.

MICHAEL de LARRABETI (1934-2008) was a novelist and travel writer whose Borribles trilogy of children's books was most noted in genre circles for the exhilaratingly uninhibited violence and language.

Note: the 1st ACE printing is ACE 07170-8 (1979). This edition is a bit out of letter-number sequence.

07200-3 JACK VANCE (aka JOHN HOLBROOK VANCE) The Brave Free Men: Book II of the Durdane Trilogy (cover by Davis Meltzer; August 1978; 1st ACE printing)

07204-6 JACK VANCE (aka JOHN HOLBROOK VANCE) The Brave Free Men: The Second Book of the Durdane Trilogy (cover by Peter Dana; c.1978; October 1987; 2nd ACE printing)

07288-7 WYNNE WHITEFORD Breathing Space Only (cover by Don Dixon; c.1980; January 1986)

07297-6 BRENDA JORDAN The Brentwood Witches (1987; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

07373-5 ROBERT ASPRIN The Bug Wars (cover by Richard Hescox; April 1993; 1st ACE printing)

ROBERT ASPRIN (1946-2008) first novel was The Cold Cash War (1977). He is best known for creating (with Lynn Abbey) the Thieves' World fantasy shared world adventures in addition to his Phule science fiction comedies (many written with Peter J. Heck) and MythAdventures comic fantasies (many with Jody Lynn Nye).

07690 MURRAY LEINSTER The Brain-Stealers (c.1954; 1977; 2nd ACE printing)

This is an example of the ACE editions that reprinted "Science Fiction From The Great Years"

07840 RAY CUMMINGS A Brand New World (cover by Vincent DiFate; c.1966; March 1976)

"Science Fiction From The Great Years" volume.

RAYMOND KING CUMMINGS (1887-1957) was an adventurer (gold prospecting, oil field, and orange plantations) and later an editor for Thomas Alva Edison. His writing career spanned thirty years and he is most remembered for one of his earliest stories, " The Girl in the Golden Atom" (c. 1919), as well as being one of the authors used by Gernsback in the early Amazing pulp magazine.

07895 ANDRE NORTON Breed to Come (c.1972; September 1973; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

There is a second printing of this Letter-Number series with the same cover art and price. This edition has no date, but if you look at the slug line on the 1st edition you will see it says “AN ACE BOOK” but the second printing only has “ACE”.  Furthermore, if you look  closely at the two scans, you can see where the slug line has been partially obliterated on the cover of the second printing.  Probably published in 1973.  (Thank you Bill for this information).

07896 ANDRE NORTON Breed to Come (c.1972; 1973; nd; 3rd ACE printing)

07897-4 ANDRE NORTON Breed to Come (c.1972; 1973; February 1980; 4th ACE printing)

The cover art artist for these four printings is not identified, but probably Davis Meltzer.

07898-2 ANDRE NORTON Breed to Come (cover by Wayne Barlowe; c.1972; 1973; 1980; June 1981; 5th ACE printing)

This ACE Letter-Number series was printed at least twice (or maybe three times) with same price and cover art.

07899-0 ANDRE NORTON Breed to Come (cover by Wayne Barlowe; c.1972; 1973; January 1983; 8th ACE printing)

07950-4 CRAIG SHAW GARNER Bride of the Slime Monster (cover by Walter Velez; April 1990; 1st ACE printing; ACE Fantasy)

This ACE Letter-Number series was used for a second printing in September 2006, where the only change to the cover is that all the ACE price and letter-number is moved to the back cover, just leaving the current ACE logo on the front cover.

08098-7 JOYCE BALLOU GREGORIAN The Broken Citadel (cover by Kirk Reinert; c.1975; 1983; March 1984; 3rd ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

08099-5 JOYCE BALLOU GREGORIAN The Broken Citadel (cover by Kirk Reinert; c.1975; January 1983; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

This ACE Letter-Number was reprinted in May 1983 with the same cover art and price.

08134-7 RICHARD MONACO Broken Stone (1985; ACE fantasy)

08143-6 RAYMOND HARRIS The Broken Worlds (August 1986; 1st ACE printing)

08145 JOHN RANKINE (aka DOUGLAS RANKINE MASON) The Bromius Phenomenon (cover by T. Upshur; August 1973; 1st ACE printing)

Original cover art for John Rankine's The Bromius Phenomenon

08215-7 FRED SABERHAGEN Brother Assassin (cover by Michael Whelan; c.1969; December 1978; 1st ACE printing)

This ACE Letter-Number was reprinted in February 1979 with the same cover art and price.  This title was originally published in 1969 by Ballantine and then by Macdonald in the UK as a hardcover, but with the title Brother Berserker.

08216-5 FRED SABERHAGEN Brother Assassin (cover by Michael Whelan; c.1969; 1978; 1979; September 1981)

08217-3 FRED SABERHAGEN Brother Assassin (cover by Michael Whelan; c.1969; 1978; 1979; 1981; nd; 4th ACE printing)

This ACE Letter-Number has no date for publication, but is probably late 1982 or early 1983 based upon the price.

08218-1 FRED SABERHAGEN Brother Assassin (cover by Michael Whelan; c.1969; 1978; 1979; 1981; 1982/1983; July 1984; 6th ACE printing)

No record of a 5th printing, still looking.

08227-0 CRAWFORD KILIAN Brother Jonathon (cover by Tricia Zimic; June 1985; 1st ACE printing)

08420-6 NICK POLLOTTA Bureau 13 (nd)

08420-6 (back cover)

08934-8 WILLIAM GIBSON Burning Chrome (cover by Richard Berry; October 1987; 1st ACE printing)

Short story collection including Johnny Mnemonic, The Gernsback Continuum, Fragments of a Holographic Rose, Hinterlands, New Rose Hotel (which was made into a movie), The Winter Market, Burning Chrome (one of my favourites), and collaboration stories by John Shirley and William Gibson The Belonging Kind, Bruce Sterling and William Gibson Red Star, Winter Orbit (another favourite), and Michael Swanwick and William Gibson Dogfight (yet another favourite).  Bruce Sterling provides a short Preface.

And, just to indicate how popular, here is ACE 08934-8 in the 12th printing (1993).

09016-8 ROBERT O'RIORDAN Cadre Messiah (1988; 1st ACE printing)

09019-2 ROBERT O'RIORDAN Cadre Lucifer (1987; 1st ACE printing)

09022-2 ROBERT O'RIORDAN Cadre One (cover by Barry Jackson; January 1986; 1st ACE printing)

09022-2 (back cover)

09034-6 SPIDER ROBINSON Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (cover by Vincent DiFate; 1977, 1st ACE printing; different cover art)

09037-0 SPIDER ROBINSON Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (cover by Vincent DiFate; c.1977, May 1983; 6th ACE printing)

09069-9 SPIDER ROBINSON Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (cover by Vincent DiFate; c.1977; nd)

09072-9 SPIDER ROBINSON Callahan's Lady (wrap around cover by James Warhola; c.1989; March 1990; 1st ACE mass market printing)

09073-7 SPIDER ROBINSON Callahan's Lady (wrap around cover by James Warhola; May 1989; 1st ACE printing)

09079-2 ROGER MacBRIDE ALLEN (ed.) Isaac Asimov's Caliban (cover by Ralph McQuarrie; March 1993; 1st ACE printing)

09115-6 CHRISTOPHER EVANS Capella's Golden Eyes (cover by Peter Gudynas; June 1982; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

09128-8 KENNETH Von GUNDEN K-9 Corps (February 1991)

Or is supposed to be Corps K-9 (to fit the letter-number series?  Still out of sequence.  First in a new series.

09136-9 ORSON SCOTT CARD Capitol (January 1979; 1st ACE printing)

This is one of the "An Analog Book" releases with Ben Bova as the series editor.

09137-7 SAM NICHOLSON Captain Empirical (cover by Vincent DiFate; 1979; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

09137-7 (back cover)

This is one of the "An Analog Book" releases with Ben Bova as the series editor.

09142-3 HARRY HARRISON Captive Universe (cover by Alan Gutierrez; December 1984; 1st ACE printing)

09150 SHEPHERD MEAD The Carefully Considered Rape of the World (1970)

Shepherd Mead (now that could be a pseudonym) has another volume - ACE 05785 The Big Ball of Wax (nd), probably one of the worst SF volumes I have read.

09166-0 JANE YOLEN Cards of Grief (cover by David Palladini; December 1984; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

09167-9 JANE YOLEN Cards of Grief (cover by David Palladini; c.1984; February 1985; 2nd ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

09200 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Carson of Venus (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1937; 1963; 2nd ACE printing; listed as "complete and unabridged")

This is another example of the re-use and renumbering of old stock. Carson of Venus was originally published as ACE F-247 (1963). This edition is probably the 2nd ACE printing.

09201 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Carson of Venus (cover and title page illustration by Frank Frazetta; c.1937; 1938; 1939; 1963; nd; 3rd ACE printing)

Same cover image as ACE 09200. Listed as "Science Fiction Classic."

09202 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Carson of Venus (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1937; 1938; 1939; 1963; probably 1973; 4th ACE printing)

09203 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Carson of Venus (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1937; 1938; 1939; 1963; 1973; nd)

This may be the September 1975 printing, based upon price and some back calculations from later editions.

09205-9 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Carson of Venus (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1937; 1938; 1939; 1963; 1975; September 1982; 11th ACE printing)

The Frazetta cover art on these editions is different from the ACE 09200 and 09201 cover art.

09227-6 RICHARD McKENNA Casey Agonistes and Other Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories (cover by David Schleinkofer; January 1978; 1st ACE printing)

09227-6 (back cover)

RICHARD McKENNA is the author of The Sand Pebbles.  I had no idea he had written any science fiction or fantasy short stories. Oh, the things you learn working on this project!

Short story collection includes:  Introduction (Damon Knight); Casey Agonistes (1958); Hunter, Come Home (1963); The Secret Place (1966); Mine Own Ways (1960); and Fiddler's Green (1967).

09240-3 JOYCE BALLOU GREGORIAN Castledown (cover by Kirk Reinert; c.1977; May 1983)

Sequel to The Broken Citadel (ACE 08099-5).

09251 JOHN BRUNNER Catch a Falling Star (c.1968; February 1977)

09254-3 MICHAEL CONEY Cat Karina (cover by Walter Velez; August 1982; 1st ACE printing)

09266 ANDRE NORTON Catseye (cover by John Schoenherr; c.1961; 1967; September 1971; 2nd ACE printing)

This ACE Letter-Number series was printed three times (probably in 1972) with the same cover art and price.

09267 ANDRE NORTON Catseye (cover by John Schoenherr; c.1961; 1967; 1971; 1972; probably 1974 - based on the ads in the back)

Catseye was originally published as ACE F-167 (1961) and later as G-654 (1967).

Original cover art by John Schoenherr for Catseye. Gouache on board (20" x 15"). Not signed.

09270-5 JOHN DeCHANCIE Castle War! (cover by James Warhola; November 1990; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

09273-X JOHN DeCHANCIE Castle Murders (cover by Robert Grace; May 1991; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

09275-6 TERESA EDGERTON The Castle of the Silver Wheel (cover by Kirk Reinert and interior illustrations by Anne Meyer Maglinte; February 1993; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

09281 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS The Cave Girl (cover and interior art by Roy Krenkel Jr.; c.1964; November 1969; 2nd ACE printing)

This edition is another example of the re-use and renumbering of old stock. The Cave Girl was originally published as ACE F-258 (1964). This is probably the 2nd ACE printing.

09282 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS The Cave Girl (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1964; 1969; March 1973; 3rd ACE printing)

09283  EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS The Cave Girl (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1964; 1969; 1973; January 1974)

09284  EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS The Cave Girl (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1964; 1969; 1973; 1974; 1978; nd)

09285-3 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS The Cave Girl (cover by Frank Frazetta; c.1964; 1969; 1973; 1974; December 1978; 7th ACE printing)

These all use the same Frazetta cover art with slightly different cover design motif.

09406-6 JOHN DeCHANCIE Castle For Rent (wrap-around cover by Jim Gurney; 1989; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

Castle For Rent is the sequel to Castle Perilous and Castle War! (ACE 09270-5).  This ACE Letter-Number series was printed at least four times (April and November 1989 for the 2nd and 3rd printings), with only a price change in the fourth printing.

09407-4 JOHN DeCHANCIE Castle Spellbound (cover by Richard Hescox; November 1991; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

09408-2 JOHN DeCHANCIE Castle Kidnapped (cover by Jim Gurney; November 1989; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

09493-7 WILL SHETTERLY Cats Have No Lord (cover by Janny Wurts; April 1985; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE fantasy)

Will Shetterly's first book.  

09500-3 KEITH TAYLOR The Cauldron of Plenty (cover by Dean Morrissey; October 1989; ACE fantasy)

"The Danans: Book Two."

09845-2 ROBERT E. VARDEMAN Cenotaph Road (March 1983; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

09845-2 (back cover)

09859-0 DAVID DVORKIN Central Heat (November 1988; 1st ACE printing)

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