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Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn.It began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns, and soon branched out into other genres, publishing its first science fiction title in 1953.
The World's Best Science Fiction (1966) H-18 SF Jefferson Howard Sutton H-Bomb Over America (1966) H-19 SF Frederik Pohl (ed.) The If Reader of Science Fiction (1966) H-26 SF Avram Davidson (ed.) The Best From Fantasy And Science Fiction, 13th Series (1967) H-30 SF Clifford D. Simak City (1967) H-33 SF Andre Norton Moon of Three Rings (1967)
Davin reports that only L. Taylor Hansen concealed her sex in early years, and that C. L. Moore wanted to hide her career as a science fiction author from her job. Women writers were in a minority: during the '50s and '60s, almost 1,000 stories published in science fiction magazines by over 200 female-identified authors between 1926 and 1960 ...
The first series was one of the most influential in the history of science fiction publishing; four of the six novels nominated for 1970 Nebula Awards were from the series. The date given is the year of publication by Ace; some are first editions and some are reprints. Also given is the Ace serial number.
Ace Books have published hundreds of science fiction titles, starting in 1953. Many of these were Ace Doubles ( dos-à-dos format), but they also published many single volumes. Between 1953 and 1968, the books had a letter-series identifier; after that date they were given five digit numeric serial numbers.
Number D-13 in the official series, listed in Miscellaneous Ace Doubles, contains one novel, Cry Plague! by Theodore S. Drachman, which can be regarded as science fiction. Therefore some science fiction collectors treat D-13 the first science fiction Ace Double, although the novel on the other side of the book is a mystery, The Judas Goat by ...
Ace published science fiction, mysteries, and westerns, as well as books not in any of these genres. Several bibliographic references have been compiled for the science fiction books (see the section for References). The tête-bêche format inspired a further series of sf doubles published by Tor Books between 1988 and 1991, the Tor Double Novels.
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 18th Series - 05458: SF: Edward L. Ferman (ed.) The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 19th Series: 1973 05460: SF: Edward L. Ferman (ed.) The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Special 25th Anniversary Anthology - 05461: SF: Edward L. Ferman (ed.) The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction ...