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Booknotes:
1: (A-004/5/6) This printing is the reason why the Ballantine editions carried the statement that they were the only authorized editions. These three books made up the infamous pirated edition of the Lord of the Rings (LOTR). There is still considerable controversy surrounding the publication of this edition. At the time they were published, there was no paperback edition of LOTR. ACE apparently requested a license for publication of a paperback but never received a response from the publishers in the United States (U.S.), Houghton-Mifflin, or Great Britain, Allen & Unwin. ACE published an edition without permission and sold thousands of copies in the U.S. ACE apparently made some settlement with all involved, including Tolkien, but the details of this have never been clear. An authorized edition was published by Ballantine. The Ballantine editions carry an authorization statement by Tolkien on the cover. As a result of the controversy, the ACE paperbacks are collectible. Unfortunately, they were made from poor quality paper and will consequently turn to dust in the near future.It appears that the story was slightly different than what I had previously found.From book description by The Other Change of Hobbit (El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.) bookstore (thank you Bill for finding this)"The Ace edition of The Lord of the Rings was published because the British publisher failed to print copies in the United States (the Houghton Mifflin hardbacks all say "Printed in Great Britain"). Because US copyright law required the printing of an edition in the US to secure copyright, the books were not covered by US copyright law. Don Wollheim of Ace noticed this and brought out an edition, perfectly legally. Tolkien had refused to allow any paperback editions to this point. Once Ace brought these out, Tolkien revised them for Ballantine who then published an "Authorized edition" in 1965. Eventually Tolkien and Wollheim reached an agreement, and royalties were paid. Tolkien's comment on "courtesy to living authors" on the Ballantine edition is an indication that he knew there was in fact nothing he could really do to stop Ace's publication. But think of this -- it's quite possible that there would have been no paperback edition in Tolkien's lifetime if Wollheim hadn't found that loophole." ~ Dr. Smith
2: (A-010) Short story collection (12) including Michael Moorcock Behold the Man (winner of 1968 Nebula Award for Best Novella), Philip K. Dick We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, Frederik Pohl Day Million, Roger Zelazny The Keys to December (Nebula Award nominee), and Brian W. Aldis Amen and Out.
3: (A-012) Short story collection including Terry Carr Introduction and Stanley Toothbrush, Roger Zelazny Divine Madness, John Brunner Break the Door of Hell, Jorge Luis Borges The Immortal, R. A. Lafferty Narrow Valley, Ray Russell Comet Wine, Katherine McLean The Other, Mildred Clingerman A Red Heart and Blue Roses, Thomas M. Disch The Squirrel Cage, Peter S. Beagle Come Lady Death, Curt Clark Nackles, J. G. Ballard The Lost Leonardo, Keith Roberts Timothy, Avram Davidson Basilisk, and Alfred Gillespie The Evil Eye.
4: (A-015) Contains Richard Wilson See Me Not, Samuel R Delany Driftglass ( a Nebula nominee), Colin Kapp Ambassador to Verdammt, R A Lafferty The Man Who Never Was, Isaac Asimov The Billard Ball, Robert Silverberg Hawksbill Station (later expanded to novel size; Hugo and Nebula Awards nominee), Thomas M Disch The Number You Have Reached, Roger Zelazny The Man Who Loved The Faiolli, Andrew J Offutt Population Implosion, Harlan Ellison I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (winner of the 1968 Hugo Award for Best Short Story) , Ron Goulart The Sword Swallower (later expanded to novel size), Keith Roberts Coranda, R A Lafferty Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne, Larry Niven Handicap, Brian W Aldiss Full Sun, and D G Compton It's Smart To Have An English Address.
5: (A-017) Includs Avram Davidson Introduction, Jack Sharkey Trade-In, J. G. Ballard The Illuminated Man, Wilma Shore A Bulletin From the Trustees, Kit Reed Automatic Tiger, T. P. Caravan The Court of Tartary, Terry Carr Touchstone, Allen Kim Lang Thaw and Serve, Thomas M. Disch Nada, Ron Goulart Into the Shop, Roger Zelazny A Rose for Ecclesiastes, Eric St. Clair Olsen and the Gull, Louis J. A. Adams Dark Conception, Alan E. Nourse The Compleat Consummators, S. S. Johnson The House By the Crab Apple Tree, Ron Webb The Girl With the Hundred Proof Eyes, and James Ransom Fred One.
6: (A-023) Contains stories published previously in Esquire, Nugget, Partisan Review and Playboy. Crime at the Tennis Club (1927), End of a Relationship (1933), The Wayward Wife (1937), A Bad Winter (1940), Home is a Sacred Place (1942), Contact with the Working Class (1944), The Woman from Mexico (1948), and The Negro and the Old Man with the Bill-hook (1948).The Wayward Wife had a subtitle of "and Other Stories" in the 1960 edition. This edition has an asterisk after the title with a note at the bottom *And other stories, by "one of the most skilled of Italy's literary craftsman."
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