ACE SF 5 Digit Number-Series SF Singles

Five-digit number format: 30000-39999

30257-2 JOYCE BALLOU GREGORIAN The Great Wheel (nd; ACE fantasy)

30261 FRANK HERBERT The Green Brain (cover by Davis Meltzer; c.1966)

30261 (back cover)

30262 FRANK HERBERT The Green Brain (c.1966; later printing; different cover art than ACE 30261)

30263 FRANK HERBERT The Green Brain (c.1966; later printing; same cover as ACE 30262)

The Green Brain was originally published as ACE F-379 (1966).

30274-2 LUCIUS SHEPARD Green Eyes (cover by Katheryn Holt; May 1984;1st ACE printing and PBO; introduction by Terry Carr)

This is one of the ACE Science Fiction Specials (3rd. Series), edited by Terry Carr. This is also Lucius Shepard's first novel.

30295-5 CHARLES de LINT Greenmantle (1988)

30295-5 (back cover)

30301 FRITZ LEIBER The Green Millennium (c.1969; nd)

30302-1 FRITZ LEIBER The Green Millennium (cover by Jill Bauman; c.1969; nd)

The Green Millennium was originally published as ACE Double 30300 (1969) bound with Fritz Leiber's Night Monsters.

30316-1 JACK VANCE (aka JOHN HOLBROOK VANCE) The Green Pearl (nd)

30416-8 CHRIS CLAREMONT Grounded! (1991; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

Sequel to First Flight.

30420 FELIX C. GOTSCHALK Growing Up in Tier 3000 (cover by Dean Ellis; 1975; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

30420 (back cover)

This is one of the ACE Science Fiction Specials (2nd. Series) and listed as #5. This is also Felix C. Gotschalk's first science fiction novel - a very dystopian future history.

30589-X LYNN ABBEY Guardians (October 1982; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

30590 LOUIS and JACQUELYN TRIMBLE Guardians of the Gate (cover by Harry Borgman; 1972; first thus)

Note: this is the only Louis Trimble story that I have ever found that has his wife as a co-author. Jacquelyn Trimble has another ACE volume - as J. L. H. Whitney The Whisper of Shadow (this is an ACE Gothic genre story).

30600 EDWIN L. ARNOLD Gulliver of Mars (original title: Lieut. Gulliver Jones; cover and frontis drawing by Frank Frazetta; c.1905; 1964; listed as "complete and unabridged")

Gulliver of Mars was originally published as ACE F-296 (1964). This edition has the same collophon with "ACE Science Fiction Classic" and uses the same cover art by Frank Frazetta as on ACE F-296. All of these criteria suggests another example of a volume that is renumbered old stock.

30873-2 BYRON PREISS Guts: An Illustrated Novel (1979; 1st thus)

Illustrations by Gray Morrow and Michael Golden.

31590 LEIGH BRACKETT The Halfling and Other Stories (September 1973; 1st ACE printing)

31597 LEIGH BRACKETT The Halfling and Other Stories (c.1973; 1983; 2nd ACE printing)

Story story collection (seven stories)

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).

31602-6 DAVID DRAKE Hammer's Slammers (nd)

Collection of combat SF short stories in the "Slammers" universe, most of which were previously published in Analog and other SF magazines.

31627-1 L. SPRAGUE de CAMP The Hand of Zei (cover by Paul Alexander; c.1963; nd)

The Hand of Zei was originally published in ACE Double F-249 (1963) bound with The Search for Zei. Also note that the ACE F-249 version was listed as "abridged by the author" and I am uncertain whether this edition is an "abridged" or "complete" version.

31750-2 JOHN MYERS MYERS The Harp and the Blade (cover by James Warhola; 1985; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

31800 ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Have Space Suit - Will Travel (cover by Steele Savage; nd)

31800 (back cover)

31801 ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Have Space Suit - Will Travel (nd)

31835 SIMON GREEN Hawk & Fisher: Wolf In The Fold (1991; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

31846-0 MICHAEL MOORCOCK The Sword of the Dawn (1990; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

Book Three of the Runestaff Series.

31847 MICHAEL MOORCOCK The Jewel In The Skull (1990; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

These Michael Moorcock fantasies are seriously out of ACE letter-number sequencing.

31986 DAVID DRAKE Hammer's Slammers (Introduction by Jerry Pournelle; nd)

32800-8 FRANK HERBERT Heretics of Dune (1987)

32821-0 JESSICA AMANDA SALMONSON (ed.) Heroic Visions (1983; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE Fantasy)

Short story collection that includes first publication of a new Fritz Leiber "Fafhrd and Gray Mouser" novella.

32822-9 JESSICA AMANDA SALMONSON (ed.) Heroic Visions II (cover by Stephen Hickman; 1986; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE Fantasy)

Short story collection (13) including tales by Michael Bishop and Keith Roberts.

32909-8 PAMELA DEAN The Hidden Land (cover by Dean Morrissey; 1986; 1st ACE printing; ACE fantasy)

32991-8 CHARLES SHEFFIELD Hidden Variables (1981; 1st ACE printing)

33700 ANDRE NORTON High Sorcery (cover by Gray Morrow; c.1970)

33701 ANDRE NORTON High Sorcery (cover by Gray Morrow; 1970)

33704-X ANDRE NORTON High Sorcery (c.1970; nd; different cover art)

34245 FRED SABERHAGEN The Holmes-Dracula File (1978; 1st ACE printing)

More of the vampire genre revisited with a touch of Sherlock Holmes by "Berserker" Saberhagen. Actually pretty much fun.

34256 GORDON R. DICKSON Home From the Shore (nd)

34306-6 SIMON LANG Hopeship (1994; 1st ACE printing)

34345-7 ORSON SCOTT CARD Hot Sleep: The Worthing Chronicle (nd; I think this is a 1st ACE printing)

Collection of short stories from Analog with continuity additions. Listed as "An Analog Book Series" with Ben Bova as editor.

34458 GLENN LORD (ed.) The Howard Collector (nd)

This volume contains short stories as well as biographic and bibliographic information concerning ROBERT E. HOWARD

34498-4 ARDATH MAYHAR How The Gods Wove In Kyrannon (1982; ACE fantasy)

34900 BRUCE McALLISTER Humanity Prime (cover by Davis Meltzer; 1971; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

This is one of the ACE Science Fiction Specials (1st. Series).

35241 ANDRE NORTON (adapted by) Huon Of The Horn (cover by Joe Krush; c.1951; 1963; nd; listed as "complete and unabridged")

Huon of the Horn was originally published as ACE F-226 (1963). This is technically the 2nd ACE printing using the same cover art and text.

35422 ANDRE NORTON (adapted by) Huon Of The Horn (cover by Charles Moll; c.1951; 1963; nd; probably 3rd ACE printing)

35441-6 KATE WILHELM Huysman's Pets (1989; 1st ACE printing)

35446-7 WYNNE WHITEFORD The Hayes Contact (1987; 1st ACE printing)

35570-6 WILLIAM S. KIRBY Iapetus (1993; 1st ACE printing)

35804 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS I Am A Barbarian (cover by Boris Vallejo)

35805-5 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS I Am A Barbarian (cover by Boris Vallejo; 1978)

35840 ANDRE NORTON Ice Crown (cover by Davis Meltzer and interior illustration by Jack Gaughan; 1970)

35843-8 ANDRE NORTON Ice Crown (cover by Davis Meltzer; c.1970; nd)

35843 (back cover)

35848-9 PHYLLIS ANN KARR The Idylls of the Queen (1982; 1st ACE printing and PBO; fantasy)

35854-3 KIM STANLEY ROBINSON Icehenge (1984)

35869-1 MICHAEL SWANWICK In The Drift (cover by Ron Lieberman; 1985; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

This is one of the new ACE Science Fiction Specials (3rd. Series), edited by Terry Carr. This is also Michael Swanwick's first novel and an interesting alternate history look at the accident at Three Mile Island in Pennyslvania.

Note that this title is out-of-sequence in the ACE 5-digit series. See ACE 37072-1 (1987; 2nd ACE printing).

36331 FREDERIK POHL (ed.) The Second IF Reader of Science Fiction (cover by Jack Gaughan; 1970; 1st thus)

Frederik Pohl Introduction and Under Two Moons; Brian W. Aldiss In The Arena; Isaac Asimov The Billard Ball; J. G. Ballard The Time-Tombs; Algis Budrys Die, Shadow!; Hal Clement The Foundling Stars; David A. Kyle Toys For Debbie; Keith Laumer Forest in the Sky; Larry Niven At the Core; and Fred Saberhagen Masque of the Red Shift.

36516-7 HARLAN ELLISON The Illustrated Harlan Ellison (1980; 1st ACE printing)

Includes some of the classic Ellison stories: "Repent Harlequin!" Said The Ticktockman; Deeper Than Darkness; The Discarded; I'm Looking For Kadak; and Riding the Dark Train Out in an illustrated edition.

36525 ROGER ZELAZNY The Illustrated Roger Zelazny (wrap-around cover by Gray Morrow; 1979; 1st ACE printing)

Contains illustrated versions of A Rose For Ecclesiastes, The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and new (1st publication) ShadowJack story. Includes 24 full color interior illustrations by Gray Morrow.

Original cover art by Gray Morrow for The Illustrated Roger Zelazny. Oil and acrylic on board. 22" x 15". Art editor markings in margins.

36697-X WILLIAM C. DIETZ Imperial Bounty (nd)

36880-8 ROBERT SHECKLEY Immortality, Inc. (November 1978; 1st ACE printing)

37049-7 GORDON R. DICKSON In The Bone: The Best Science Fiction of Gordon R. Dickson (1987; 1st thus)

This collection of short stories is an expansion of an earlier short story collection called Gordon R. Dickson SF Best.

37066-7 GREGORY BENFORD and GORDON EKLUND If the Stars Are Gods (c.1977; 1981)

37072-1 MICHAEL SWANWICK In The Drift (cover by Ron Lieberman; February 1987; 2nd ACE printing)

This title is in-sequence with the ACE 5-digit series. However, the 1st ACE printing (for some reason) is seriously out-of-sequence. See ACE 35861-1 (1985). Uses the same Lieberman cover art as ACE 35861-1.

37077-2 GORDON R. DICKSON In Iron Years (cover by Stephen Hickman; 1981; listed as "first paperback publication")

Short story collection includes In Iron Years (1974), Homecoming (1959), A Taste of Tenure (1961), The Hours Are Good (1960), Gifts (1958), Zeepsday (1956), and Things Which Are Caesar's (1972).

Preliminary cover art for In Iron Years (not used; per personal communication) by Stephen Hickman. Acrylic on masonite board, 8" x 12." Signed Hickman in lower left (not usual signature, which is often Stephen Hickman).

37081-0 DAVID J. SCHOW and JEFFREY FRENTZEN The Outer Limits: The Official Companion (1986; 1st ACE printing; TV tie-in)

"The definitive work on TV's science fiction powerhouse." This TV tie-in volume is seriously out of sequence (hmmmm - somewhat "Outer Limits") in its letter-number attribution.

37090 MARK ADLARD Interface (c.1977, 2nd ACE printing)

37090-X MARK ADLARD Interface (cover by Paul Alexander; August 1977; 1st ACE printing)

37092-4 URSULA K. LE GUIN and VIRGINIA KIDD (eds.) Interfaces (1980; 1st ACE printing)

37093-4 URSULA K. LE GUIN and VIRGINIA KIDD (eds.) Interfaces (1980; listed as "first mass market edition")

Although both of these editions use the same cover art, note that the placement of the editor names as well as the ACE letter-number series is different in both, even though they are marked as published in 1980.

Listed as "an anthology of speculative fiction."

37100 ARTHUR K. BARNES Interplanetary Hunter (September 1972; 1st ACE printing)

Five interconnected novelettes featuring the exploits of hunter Tommy Strike, stalking wild beasts beyond belief on other worlds of our solar system. First ACE paperback edition after GNOME Press hardcover.

37106 BRIAN M. STABLEFORD In the Kingdom of the Beasts (cover by Kelly Freas; 1971; first thus)

Sequel to The Days of Glory - listed as Dies Irae II.

37130-2 ROBERT SILVERBERG Invaders From Earth and To Worlds Beyond (April 1980; 1st thus)

37170-4 STANISLAW LEM The Invincible (1975; 1st ACE printing)

This is one of the ACE Science Fiction Specials (2nd. Series) and listed as #4.

37206-6 BRUCE STERLING Involution Ocean (cover by Peter Paul Dama; April 1988; 1st ACE printing)

This is Bruce Sterling's first novel.

37217 COLIN KAPP The Ion War (cover by Ken Barr; October 1978; 1st ACE printing)

37290 ANDRE NORTON Iron Cage (wrap-around cover by Charles Mikolaycak; c.1974; 1976; listed as "first paperback publication")

The first edition of Iron Cage was published in hardback by Viking in 1974.

37291-0 ANDRE NORTON Iron Cage (cover by Charles Mikolaycak; c.1974; 1976; nd)

Although this edition is listed as "first paperback publication," please note the change in ACE logo on the cover. Thus this is reprint using the same cover art as on ACE 37290.

37365 ROBERT E. HOWARD The Iron Man and The Adventures of Dennis Dorgan (1983; 1st thus)

Not certain that this would be considered an ACE Double, per se.

37367-4 JACK McDEVITT The Hercules Text (cover by Earl Keleny; 1986; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

This is one of the new ACE Science Fiction Specials (3rd. Series), edited by Terry Carr. This is also Jack McDevitt's first novel.

37384-4 ARTHUR BRYON COVER Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Book 4: Prodigy (1988; 1st ACE printing)

I am uncertain how this fits into the Asimov storyline of The Caves of Steel and other stories. I am also not certain about the authorization of this story line. If any AIL user is more familar with this specific genre, please drop me an e-gram. Thanks.

37421-2 JOSEPH SILVA (aka RON GOULART) The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977; movie tie-in volume with photo covers and photo inserts; 1st thus)

Film novelization based upon the work of H. G. Wells. This edition is the screen play for the motion picture from American International Pictures. This is the second movie version of the H. G. Wells science fiction novel. Stars Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Barbara Carrera, and Richard Basehart and filmed in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Lancaster perfectly matches Wells' description of Moreau's physical appearance, unlike the other two actors to play the role on screen, Charles Laughton in Island of Lost Souls (1933) and Marlon Brando in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996).

Sixteen pages of black and white photos from the movie.

This volume is also listed in the ACE POTPOURRI section.

37423-9 BRUCE STERLING Islands in the Net (1989; 1st thus)

37425 AVRAM DAVIDSON The Island Under the Earth (cover by Leo and Diane Dillon; 1969; first thus)

This is one of the ACE Science Fiction Specials (1st. Series).

37465 ROGER ZELAZNY Isle of the Dead (cover by Leo and Diane Dillon; 1969; 1st ACE printing)

This is one of the ACE Science Fiction Specials (1st. Series).

37466 ROGER ZELAZNY Isle of the Dead (c.1969; March 1974; different cover art)

37467 ROGER ZELAZNY Isle of the Dead (c.1969; 1974; nd)

Same cover art as ACE 37466.

37468 ROGER ZELAZNY Isle of the Dead (cover by Gorland; c.1969; 1974; 1976)

37470-0 ROGER ZELAZNY Isle of the Dead (c.1969; 1974; 1976; August 1982)

37797-4 ESTHER FRIESNER Here Be Demons (nd)

38120 JOHN BRUNNER The Jagged Orbit (cover by Leo and Diane Dillon; 1969; 1st ACE printing and PBO)

This is one of the ACE Science Fiction Specials (1st. Series).

38121-0 JOHN BRUNNER The Jagged Orbit (c.1969; nd)

38122 JOHN BRUNNER The Jagged Orbit (c.1969; nd; different cover art)

38245-2 GORDON R. DICKSON Jamie the Red (cover by Walter Velez; April 1984; 1st ACE printing; ACE Fantasy)

WALTER VELEZ was born in the Spanish Harlem section of New York City where he attended the High School of Art and Design as well as the School of Visual Arts. His illustration work ranges from gaming companies (TSR) to book covers for the “Thieves World” & “Myth” series by Robert Asprin and the “Ebenezum,” “Wuntor,” and “The Cineverse Cycle” series by Craig Shaw Gardner.

38287 JERRY POURNELLE The Janissaries (cover by John Ennis and interior illustrations by Bermejo; 1979; ACE illustrated oversize edition)

38291-6 JERRY POURNELLE The Janissaries (c.1979; nd)

38438-2 KEVIN RANDLE Jefferson's War: The Price of Command (1990)

38536-2 E. C. TUBB The Jester At Scar: Dumarest Of Terra #5 (1982)

38539-7 FRANK HERBERT and BILL RANSOM The Jesus Incident (nd)

38554-0 STEVEN BRUST Jhereg (nd; ACE fantasy)

38570-2 C. L. MOORE Jirel of Joiry (original title: Black God's Shadow; November 1982; 1st ACE printing)

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