ACE Books Archive - ACE Singles K Series

ACE Single Title Paperbacks

Series -K

Note: There are 4 editions within this series with a suffix, 3 with T and 1 with S. (K-102T, K-123T, K-125T and K-128S) I believe this designates a variance on the Price List (T = $0.35 and S = $0.75). Possible T = Thin and S = Special. - Lotsawatts

There are also 20 editions that do not carry the ACE STAR Imprint, spread out between K-232 and K-305.

NUMBER	TITLE	FRONT COVER	COVER BY	BACK COVER	EXTRA IMAGE/S	AUTHOR	GENRE	DATE	PRICE	EDITION	NOTES
K-100	The Long Dream		Ron Lesser			Richard Wright		1959	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
K-101	The Faiths That Men Live By					Charles Francis Potter	Nonfiction	1959	$0.50	ACE Star Edition
K-102T	Alone					Richard E. Byrd	Nonfiction	1959	$0.35	(c.1938; 1959; 1st ACE Star printing)	Antarctic Exploration "T" after edition number = $0.35 (posible T for Thin)
K-103	Fiesta					Prudencio De Perada		1959	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Abridged"
K-104	Sickles The Incredible					W. A. Swanberg	Historical Fiction		$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" Civil War
K-105	Winter Quarters					Alfred Duggan	Historical Fiction	1959	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing
K-106	The Improper Bohemians					Allen Churchill	Historical Fiction	1959	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" A history of Greenwich Village in its heyday (1912-1932).
K-107	The Cross on the Drum					Hugh B. Cave		1959	$0.50		listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
K-108	The Three Days					Don Robertson	Historical Fiction	1959	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" Historical novel about the Battle of Gettysburg
K-109	Johnny Got His Gun					Dalton Trumbo (aka James Dalton Trumbo)	Fiction	1959	$0.50	(c.1939; 1959; 1st ACE Star edition)	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" Originally published by Lippincot in 1939, Trumbo's 1939 anti-war novel, Johnny Got His Gun, won a National Book Award (then known as an American Book Sellers Award). The novel was inspired by an article Trumbo had read about a Canadian soldier who had lost all his limbs in World War I and was visited in hospital by the Prince of Wales. In 1971, Trumbo directed the film adaptation of Johnny Got His Gun, which starred Timothy Bottoms, Diane Varsi, Jason Robards and Donald Sutherland. During the McCarthy Era in 1947, Trumbo, along with nine other writers and directors, was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee as an unfriendly witness to testify on the presence of communist influence in Hollywood. Trumbo and the other nine refused to give information. After conviction for contempt of Congress, he was blacklisted, and in 1950, spent 11 months in prison in the federal penitentiary in Ashland, Kentucky. Throughout the 1950's, Trumbo continued to produce screenplays, all under pseudonyms. Only in 1960, when with the support of Otto Preminger and Kirk Douglas, Trumbo was credited for his screenplays for Exodus (1960) and Spartacus (1960), did he resume using his own name for his screenplays.
K-110	The Seventh Day					Hans Hellmut Kirst	Fiction	1959	$0.50	1st thus ACE Star Edition	listed as "complete and unabridged" (c.1957 Germany; 1959 English translation) A novel concerning the week prior to World War III. Alternate cover for The Seventh Day (probably a later printing, but no copyright data) with the snipe (block overprint material placed on cover art) "Berlin - The Crisis That Sets Off World War III"
K-111	The Cracked Reader		John Severin			Anonymous	Humor	1960	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO	Interior art by Jack Davis Robert C. Sproul was listed as the editor of this edition. John Severin was an artist for EC comics in the early 1950s, mainly for their war titles such as "Two-Fisted Tales." He was also one of the five original MAD artists (along with Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Wally Wood, and Jack Davis), contributing art to nine of the first ten issues, and later became the main artist for the MAD imitation magazine, the much maligned "Cracked." The other "Cracked" ACE Book editions are M-146, T-135, and T-136.
K-112	The Royal City		G. D. Wilson			Les Savage, Jr.	Historical Fiction	1956	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
K-113	Tall Short Stories		Mona Moore			Eric Duthie (Ed.)		1960	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" ACE Giant Edition
K-114	Peril In Paradise					O. A. Bushnell	Historical Fiction	1960	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" Original title: The Return of Lono
K-115	They Sailed Into Oblivion					A. A. Hoehling	Nonfiction	1960	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	Collection of stories of disasters at sea.
K-116	Man Running					Elliot West	Mystery	1959	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
K-117	Stranger Than Science					Frank Edward		1960	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" Frank Edwards (1908 - 1967) was an early radio broadcaster and writer who was also well known for his series of books about UFO's and other fringe science topics. The title of the book was also the name of Frank Edwards' syndicated radio program.
K-118	Children Of The Wolf		John Leone			Alfred Duggan	Historical Fiction	1960	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
K-119	an unhurried view of EROTICA					Ralph Ginzburg		1960	$0.50	(c.1958, 1960;) ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" Introduction by Dr. Theodor Reik and preface by George Jean Nathan. This edition might be considered a paperback original (PBO)
K-120	Lucrezia Borgia					Joan Haslip		1960	$0.50	(c.1953; 1960;) ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
K-121	Grenadine Etching: Her Life and Loves					Robert C. Ruark	Satire	1960	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" Hilarious spoofs of historical novels appears to be a bit of change for the genres that Ruark generally published.
K-122	Spies Who Changed History					Kurt Singer (Ed.)	Nonfiction	1960	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO
K-123T	The Hunt					Richard B. Erno		1960	$0.35	1st ACE Star printing	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" "T" after edition number = $0.35 (posible T for Thin)
K-124	Eskimo					Peter Freuchen		1960	$0.50	(c.1931; 1960; 1st ACE Star printing)	listed as "Abridged"
K-125T	The Scandalous Scamps					Harold Mehling	Nonfiction	1960	$0.35	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" "T" after edition number = $0.35 (posible T for Thin) Contents include The Two Face of Richard Whitney, "520%" Miller, "Goat-Gland" Brinkley, Andrew Carnegie's Wild Oats, The Man Who Stole Most of New York, The Man Who Stomped The Devil, The Prophet Who Profited, A Case of Salted Diamonds, The Man Who Gave Henry Ford A Ride, "With This Machine, Gentlemen .....", and A Gaggle of Sharpshooters. There is also a bibliography at the end.
K-126	Breakdown					Robert Dahl	Nonfiction	1959	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	Medical Nonfiction
K-127	Fire					George R. Stewart	Nonfiction	1960	$0.50	(c.1948; 1960;) ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" listed as "ACE Star Book reprinted by arrangement with Random House, Inc."
K-128S	Patterns of Sexual Behavior					Clellan S. Ford and Frank A. Beach	Nonfiction	1960	$0.75	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" "S" after edition number = $0.75 (posible S for Special)
K-129	Conscience Of The King					Alfred Duggan	Historical Fiction	1960	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
K-131	The Importance of Feeling Inferior					Marie Benyon Ray	Self-help	1960	$0.50	(c.1957; 1960;) ACE Star Edition	Forward by Mandfred J. Sakel, M.D. "How to make your inferiority complex work for you."
K-132	Spies for the Blue and Gray					Harnett T. Kane	Nonfiction	1960	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	Civil War Nonfiction
K-133	Trask		Gerald McConnell			Don Berry	Historical Fiction	1961	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
K-134	Operation Sea Lion					Peter Fleming	Nonfiction	1961	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" WWII Nonfiction The story of Hitler's planned invasion of England in 1940
K-136	Hoaxes					Curtis D. Macdougall	Nonfiction	1961	$0.50	(c.1958; 1961) 1st ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
K-137	The Private World of Cully Powers					George Bluestone	Humor	1961	$0.50	1st ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
K-138	Ordeal By Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party					George R. Stewart	Nonfiction	1961	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Revised and Enlarged Edition" Historical Nonfiction
K-139	Three's Company					Alfred Duggan	Historical Fiction	1961	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" Imperial Rome
K-140	Your Child's Care					Harry R. Litchfield and Leon H. Dembo	Self-help	1961	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	Child Care
K-141	Michaelangelo and Rembrandt					Emil Ludwig	Nonfiction	1961	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	Emil Ludwig was a prolific biographer in the early 20th century. This ACE Book is a set of selected pieces from Ludwig's book Three Titans.
K-142	Crimes That Shocked America					Brant House (Ed) (aka Donald Wollheim)	Nonfiction	1961	$0.50	(1961; 1st ACE Star printing)	Introduction by Anthony Boucher.
K-143	The Twelfth Physician					Willa Gibbs	Historical Fiction	1962	$0.50	(c.1954; 1962;) ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
K-144	Strangest Of All					Frank Edwards	Occult/ Paranormal	1962	$0.50	1st thus ACE Star Edition
K-145	The Marriage Bed: An Analyst's Casebook					Harry F. Tashman (M.D.)	Nonfiction	1962	$0.50	(c.1959; 1962;) ACE Star Edition
K-146	Seal Morning		Raymond Sheppard			Rowena Farre	Nonfiction	1962	$0.50	(c.1957; 1962;) ACE Star Edition	Listed as "The Complete Book" ..... "Illustrated"
K-147	Baton Sinister					Carl J. Spinatelli	Historical Fiction	1959	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
K-148	The Chicago Underworld					Herbert Asbury	Historical Fiction	1962	$0.50	(c.1940; 1962;) ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged" Original title: Gem of the Prairie
K-149	Queen Cleopatra, The Complete Novel					Talbot Mundy	Historical Fiction	1962	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "The Complete Novel" Original cover art for Queen Cleopatra, The Complete Novel. Gouache on board (20.5" x 13") and unsigned.
K-150	Lady Chatterley's Daughter		Coburn			Patricia Robins (aka Claire Lorrimer)	Historical Fiction	1961	$0.50	1st American paperback publication and PBO ACE Star Edition	Listed as "The Sensational Modern Sequel to D. H. Lawrence's Famous Novel."
K-151	The Great Adventure: The Complete Story of the U. S. A. in World World 1					Pierce C. Fredericks	Nonfiction	1962	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	WWI Nonfiction
K-152	Great Trials of Famous Lawyers					Brant House (Ed) (aka Donald Wollheim)	Nonfiction	1962	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO
K-153	A Marriage Doctor Speaks Her Mind About Sex					Rebecca Liswood (M.D.)	Nonfiction	1962	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing
K-154	Earth Abides		Robert Abbett			George R. Stewart	Sci-Fi	1962	$0.50	(c.1949; 1962; 1st ACE Star printing and PBO)	Original painting for the ACE paperback (K-154) version of the 1949 book Earth Abides by Geaorge R. Stewart. Close-up of main figures and close-up of figures in background. The painting is by Robert Abbett who is well known for his Ballantine Book covers including the first editions of Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars series. He was also a major artist at ACE and other publishers of 1950's genre paperbacks. The art is painted on illustration board and is framed in a black metal frame to the size of 26.25 X 19.25". The mat opening is just over 18.5 X 10.5". The painting is not signed but is credited to Abbett in the book Science Fiction of the 20th Centery by Frank W. Robinson See Footnotes #1 An alternative preliminary version done for the art director at ACE Books. This additional painting is painted on a 8.5 X 5 & 3/8" of illustration board which is double matted to a size of 10 X 8". The ACE paperback version of the book carries the date of 1949 on the copyright page but the paperback price guide dates it as being published in 1962. The original hardback release of the book was in 1949.
K-155	The Strangest Things in the World					Thomas R. Henry	Occult/ Paranormal	1962	$0.50	(c.1958; 1962;) ACE Star Edition	1st ACE printing of original publication by Public Affairs Press
K-156	The Book of the Damned					Charles Fort	Occult/ Paranormal	196	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	Preface by Donald A. Wollheim
K-157	Miracles of Modern Surgery					E. H. G. Lutz	Nonfiction	1962	$0.50	(c.1956; 1962;) ACE Star Edition	Original title: Man With The Golden Hands Medical Nonfiction Miracles of Modern Surgery takes you into the tense atmosphere of the operating theater to witness these difficult and dangerous operations: The Needle in the Hear - The x-ray expert's story Brain Tumor - The neural surgeon's case Coarctation of the Aorta - The surgeon's story A Difficult Birth - The obstetrician's narrative The Heart in Armor - An observer's account The Grafting of Glands - A pioneer in surgery A Hundred Minutes with Sauerbruch - An eyewitness's narrative Pulmonary Embolism - The Theater Nurse's Story Blue Baby - The family doctor's experience Remote Control - Account of a ship's doctor Eighteen Months to Live - A Surgeon experiments Shell Fragment in the Right Ventricle - The surgical assistant's story The Assassination - How Heydrich Died A Case of Angina Pectoris - The Specialist's Narrative Curare in the Operating Theater - The Anesthetists' story
K-158	Thunder Heights		Lou Marchetti			Phyllis A. Whitney	ACE Gothic Novel	1962	$0.50	(c.1960; 1962) ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
K-159	The Executioners					Robert Christophe	Nonfiction	1962	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	History/Biography/French Revolution
K-160	The Werewolf of Paris					Guy Endore	Horror	1962	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing
K-161	The FBI in Peace and War					Frederick L. Collins	Nonfiction	1962	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	Introduction by J. Edgar Hoover. Listed as "Newly Revised and Enlarged Edition."
K-162	Gould's Millions					Richard O'Connor	Nonfiction	1962	$0.50	ACE Star Edition
K-163	The Worlds Strangest Mysteries					Rupert Furneaux	Occult/ Paranormal	1962	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	Startling new revelations about twenty-six of the most mystifying scientific and historical enigmas that have baffled experts and laymen alike.
K-164	The Trembling Hills					Phyllis A. Whitney	ACE Gothic Novel	1962	$0.50	(c.1956; 1962; 1st ACE Star printing)	Phylis A. Whitney (1903-2008) was an American mystery writer who wrote for both the juvenile and the adult markets, many of which featured exotic locations. In addition, her Gothic mysteries were the stepping stone for ACE Books Gothic genre line.
K-165	The Lute and The Glove					Katherine Wigmore Eyre	ACE Gothic Novel	1962	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "Complete & Unabridged"
K-166	The Sundial		Richard Powers			Shirley Jackson		1962	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	Original cover art by Richard Powers (1921-1996). Mixed media on board. Image size 13" x 9.25." Signed lower right.
K-167	The Angelic Avengers					Pierre Andrezel (aka Karen Blixen)	ACE Gothic Mystery	1962	$0.50	(c.1947; 1962; 1st ACE Star printing)	Karen Blixen is better known for her other pseudonym - Isak Dinesen - author of Out of Africa. This attribution is given on the back cover of this volume.
K-168	Stranger Than Life		Cosimo Scianna			R. Dewitt Miller	Occult/ Paranormal	1962	$0.50	(c.1955; 1962; 1st ACE Star printing)	original title: You Do Take It With You R. (Richard) DeWitt Miller (1910 - 1958) also was the co-author on ACE Double D-162 The Man Who Lived Forever with Anna Hunger (1956) and bound with Jerry Sohl's The Mars Monopoly. This story was actually modified from his "The Master Shall Not Die," published in 1938 in Astounding Science Fiction.
K-169	The Shortest Gladdest Years					Scott Sullivan			$0.50	(c.1962; nd) ACE Star Edition
K-170	High Carnival					John J. Pugh	Historical Fiction	1962	$0.50	(c.1959; 1962;) ACE Star Edition
K-171	Lady of Mallow					Dorothy Eden (aka Dorothy Enid Eden)	ACE Romance	1963	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	This story was also released under the title Samantha. Dorothy Enid Eden (1912-1982) was a novelist and short story writer. Born in New Zealand, she later moved to England in 1954. She wrote under the pseudonyms Dorothy Eden and Mary Paradise, often in the historical, suspense, and Gothic genres as well as contributions to magazines such as Redbook and Good Housekeeping.
K-172	The Golden Pagens					Peter Bourne (aka Graham Montaque Jeffries)	Historical Fiction	1963	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	original title: When God Slept
K-173	To the Castle					Dorothea Malm	ACE Gothic Mystery	1963	$0.50	1st thus ACE Star Edition
K-174	The Grand Sophy					Georgette Heyer	ACE Romance	1963	$0.50	(c.1950; 1963; 1st ACE Star printing)	Georgette Heyer (1906-1974) was a renown historical novelist and made the Regency Period her literary sandbox. Her first novel (The Black Moth) was published in 1921 (when she was 15) to amuse her convalescent brother. In addition to her historical novels, she also wrote 11 detective stories.
K-175	Moura		Lou Marchetti			Virginia Coffman	ACE Gothic Novel	1963	$0.50	(c.1959; 1963; 1st thus) ACE Star Edition	Original cover art for K-175. Attributed to Lou Marchetti (1920-1992). Gouache on illustration board, overall size is 20.5 x 15, image size is 18.5 x 12.5. Although this painting portrays the usual genre trappings of a gothic novel (i.e. stormy / windy night, a single light shining in the foreboding castle in the distance), this is an unusual gothic cover, as it depicts 2 women instead of the normal lone damsel in distress. The relationship of the two women, based strictly on the artwork, is left up to the viewers perception. The son-in-law of the artist Lou Marchetti, indicates that his wife remembers that she and her mother posed for this painting.
K-176	Strange Powers of Unusual People					Brant House (Ed) (aka Donald Wollheim)	Occult/ Paranormal	1963	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO	True, authenticated accounts of men and women whose remarkable talents defy science and confound the experts.
K-177	My Theodosia					Anya Seton	Historical Fiction	1963	$0.50	(c.1941; 1963;) ACE Star Edition	listed as "First Paperback Edition" My Theodosia was Anya Seton’s first novel and revolves around the life of Theodosia Burr (1783–1813), daughter of Aaron Burr.
K-178	The Quicksilver Pool					Phyllis A. Whitney	ACE Gothic Romance	1963	$0.50	(c.1955; 1963;) ACE Star Edition
K-179	Venetia					Georgette Heyer	ACE Romance	1963	$0.50	(c.1958; 1963; 1st ACE Star printing)
K-180	To See A Stranger					Margaret Lynn	ACE Gothic Romance	1963	$0.50	(c.1961; 1963: 1st ACE Star printing)
K-181	The Sea House					Margaret Summerton	ACE Gothic Novel	1963	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing
K-182	Instant Self Analysis					Doris Webster and Mary A. (Alden) Hopkins	Self-help	1963	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	Original title: I've Got Your Number
K-183	The House of Moreys					Phyllis Bentley	ACE Gothic Mystery	1963	$0.50	(c.1953; 1963; 1st ACE Star printing)	Original cover art for The House of Moreys. Close-up of protagonist. Gouache on board (20" x 15")
K-184	Whistle For The Crows		Bob Schinella			Dorothy Eden (aka Dorothy Enid Eden)	ACE Gothic Novel	1963	$0.50	(c.1962; 1963;) ACE Star Edition	listed as "First American Edition" Original cover art by Bob Schinella for Whistle For The Crows. Note the tape markings used to outline the image area for the cover. Close-up of cover art. Gouache on board (22.5" x 16") and signed lower center. Probably one of the best examples of art depicting the Gothic genre in ACE.
K-185	Hangsaman					Shirley Jackson	ACE Gothic Mystery	1963	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	Interior drawing by Jack Gaughan
K-186	The Magic Power of Emotional Appeal					Roy Garn	Self-help	1963	$0.50	(c.1960; 1963;) ACE Star Edition
K-187	Victoria Grandolet					Henry Bellamann	ACE Gothic Romance	1963	$0.50	(c.1943; 1963; 1st ACE Star printing)
K-188	Alone					Richard E. Byrd	Nonfiction	1963	$0.50	(c.1938; 1959; 1963; 2nd ACE Star printing)	Antarctic Exploration Alone was originally published as ACE K-102 (1959). Same cover art and back cover blurb as ACE K-102.
K-189	The Hangman's Tree		Lou Marchetti			Dorothy Cameron Disney	ACE Gothic Novel	1963	$0.50	(c.1951; 1963;) ACE Star Edition	interior frontis illustration by Jack Gaughan Original cover art for The Hangman's Tree by Dorothy Cameron Disney. Artist is Lou Marchetti (1920-1992) and the medium is gouache on board (image size 20" x 13.5"). Jack Gaughan illustration at the top of page 1 of a hanging tree in this edition.
K-190	Parents Without Partners					Jim Egelson and Janet Frank Egelson	Nonfiction	1963	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO
K-191	The Brides of Bellenmore		Bob Schinella			Anne Maybury (aka Anne Buxton)	ACE Gothic Novel	1963	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	The Brides of Bellenmore was also released under the title My Dearest Elizabeth. Original cover art for The Brides of Bellenmore by Anne Maybury. Artist is Bob Schinella and the medium is gouache on board (image size 20" x 13.5"). Signed in lower left.
K-192	The House with Two Faces		Bob Schinella			Sheila Bishop	ACE Gothic Novel	196	$0.50	(c.1960; 1963; 1st ACE Star printing)	Original cover art for The House with Two Faces. Artist is Bob Schinella and the medium is gouache on board (image size 19.5" x 12.5"). Notice the degree of editorial cropping used for the cover art.
K-193	A Psychiatrist Looks at Erotica		Cosimo Scianna			Franklin S. Klaf (M.D.) and Bernhardt J. Hurwood	Nonfiction		$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO
K-194	Nightingale at Noon					Margaret Summerton	ACE Gothic Mystery	1964	$0.50	(c.1962; 1964; 1st ACE Star printing)	Original cover art for Nightingale at Noon. Mixed media on board (image size 19" x 12.5").
K-195	How To Avoid Marriage: A Bachelor's Guide To The Art Of Handling Women					Dr. Francis J. Schaukowitsch	Self-help	1964	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	Interior illustrations (and probably cover art) by Don Trawin.
K-196	Navy Diver					Joseph Sidney Karneke with Victor Boesen	Nonfiction	1964	$0.50	(c.1959; 1962; 1964;) ACE Star Edition	Originally published in Argosy Magazine (February 1960), the attribution in that article is 'Joseph Sidney Karneke as told to Victor Boesen.' A hardbound volume was published in 1962 by G. P. Putnam's Sons and attributed as 'Joseph Sidney Karneke with Victor Boesen.'
K-197	Who Rides A Tiger					Doris Miles Disney	ACE Gothic Novel	1967	$0.50	(c.1964; 1967;) ACE Star Edition	Original title: Sow The Wind
K-198	Stranger on a Cliff					Josephine Bell (aka Doris Bell Ball)	ACE Gothic Novel	1964	$0.50	(c.1952; 1964; 1st ACE Star printing)	Original title: To Let, Furnished
K-199	Operators And Things					Barbara O'Brien	Occult/ Paranormal	1964	$0.50	(c.1958; 1964;) ACE Star Edition
K-200	The Whisper of Shadows					J. L. H. Whitney	ACE Gothic Romance	1964	$0.50	(c.1964; 1964; 1st ACE Star printing)
K-201	April Lady					Georgette Heyer	ACE Romance	1964	$0.50	(c.1957; 1964;) ACE Star Edition
K-202	Junkie					William Burroughs	Nonfiction	1964	$0.50	(c.1953; November 1964; 2nd ACE Star printing)	First ACE single edition published under the author's real name. Originally published as an ACE Double D-15 (1953) under the pseudonym William Lee, which is actually his mother's maiden name. Although this printing consisted of over seventy-five thousand copies (compared to the 150,000 copies listed by the Maynard and Miles bibliography of William S Burroughs for ACE D-15), it is not particularly common. Listed as "originally published under the pen-name of William Lee."
K-203	Morgan's Castle					Jan Hilliard (aka Hilda Kay Grant)	ACE Gothic Novel	1964	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	Frontspiece illustration by Jack Gaughan
K-204	Charlie Chapin					Robert Payne	Nonfiction	1964	$0.50	(c.1952; 1964; 1st thus) ACE Star Edition	original title: The Great God Pan (1952) With new epilogue.
K-205	The Night of the Visitor		Lou Marchetti			Ruth Willock	ACE Gothic Novel	1964	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	Original cover art for The Night of the Visitor. Cover art by Lou Marchetti, gouache on board, 15" x 20." Unsigned. Lou Marchetti (1920 - 1992) was a free-lance illustrator and portrait painter. He was born in Fondi, Italy and attended Bryant High School on Long Island, New York. He studied for five years at The Arts Student League with two scholarships. As an illustrator, he had numerous commissions for Dell Books, Pocket Books, Lancer Books, Paperback Library, ACE Books, and Popular Library. His work also extends into other field: preparation of posters for the motion picture industry; for television, I Spy for NBC; and magazine illustrations in Man's Magazine, Galaxy, and Reader's Digest.
K-206	Strange World					Frank Edwards	Occult/ Paranormal	1964	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO	Frank Edwards (1908 - 1967) was an early radio broadcaster and writer who was also well known for his series of books about UFO's and other fringe science topics.
K-207	A Dark and Splendid Passion		Lou Marchetti			Lady Eleanor Smith	ACE Gothic Novel	1964	$0.50	(c.1941; 1964;) ACE Star Edition	Original title: The Man in Grey Interior illustration by Jack Gaughan An ACE Star book "by arrangement with Margaret, Countess of Birkenhead, on behalf of the estate of Lady Eleanor Smith."
K-208	The Jungle Search For Nature's Cures					Nicole Maxwell	Nonfiction	1961	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	original title: Witch Doctor's Apprentice interior illustration possibly by Jack Gaughan
K-209	The Veil of Silence					Aileen Seilaz	ACE Gothic Romance	1964	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO	ACE Gothic Romance/Mystery
K-210	Ghost Hunter					Hans Holzer	Occult/ Paranormal	1964	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	Dr. Hans W. Holtzer (1920-2009; he often did not use the middle initial; Masters in comparative religion and a Ph.D - from London College of Applied Science - with speciality in parapsychology, was an Austrian-born paranormal pundit and prolific nonfiction author who studied the 'Amityville Horror' case and wrote two novels about it as well as supernatural fiction that includes the "Randy Knowles: Psychic Detective" series. He wrote more than 140 books on various "other side" phenomena, a number of them published by ACE Books.
K-211	The Pavilion At Monkshood					Anne Maybury (aka Anne Buxton)	ACE Gothic Novel	1964	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing
K-212	The Durable Fire					Sheila Bishop	Historical Romance	1964	$0.50	1st thus ACE Star Edition
K-213	Dark Cypress					Edwina Noone (aka Michael Avallone)	ACE Gothic Novel	1964	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing
K-214	100 Ways To Popularity					Joan O'Sullivan	Self-help	1964	$0.50	ACE Star Edition
K-215	The Master of Montrolfe Hall					Rohan O'Grady (aka June O'Grady Skinner)	ACE Gothic Novel	1964	$0.50	(c.1962; 1964;) ACE Star Edition	original title: Pippin's Journal
K-216	The Reflection of Evil					Jan Roffman (aka Margaret Summerton)	ACE Gothic Novel	1964	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	original title: The Death of a Fox The other title this story was released under is Winter of the Fox.
K-217	Lo!					Charles Fort	Occult/ Paranormal	1964	$0.50	(c.1931; 1941; 1964;) ACE Star Edition	This edition has on the copyright page the following: "An ACE Star Book by arrangement with Mrs. Tiffany Thayer." Just before Fort's death in 1932, his disciple Tiffany Thayer founded the Fortean Society to promote and encourage Fort-like attacks on science and scientists.
K-218	Cowboy					Ross Santee	Western	1964	$0.50	(c.1928; 1964; 1st ACE Star printing)	cover and interior illustrations by Ross Santee Ross Santee was an Arizona artist, illustrator and author. Interior illustration are pen and ink, mostly landscapes and vignettes.
K-219	The Silence Of Herondale					Joan Aiken	ACE Gothic Novel	1964	$0.50	ACE Star Edition
K-220	The Dark Shore					Susan Howatch	ACE Gothic Novel	1965	$0.50	(c.1964; 1965; 1st ACE Star printing)
K-221	The Beckoning		Lou Marchetti			Virginia Coffman	ACE Gothic Novel	1965	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO	Sequel to Moura. Original cover art for The Beckoning by Virginia Coffman. Artist is Lou Marchetti (1920-1992) and the medium is gouache on board (image size 19" x 14"). On verso is artist name, book title, and letter-number series.
K-222	Strange Destinies					John Macklin	Occult/ Paranormal	1965	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO
K-223	Corridor of Whispers		Bob Schinella			Edwinna Noone (aka Michael Avallone)	ACE Gothic Mystery	1965	$0.50	ACE Star Edition
K-224	Strange Powers of Unusual People					Brant House (Ed) (aka Donald Wollheim)	Occult/ Paranormal	1965	$0.50	(c.1963; 1965; 2nd ACE Star printing)	Strange Powers of Unusual People was originally published as ACE K-176 (1963).
K-225	The Summer of Evil					Helen Arvonen	ACE Gothic Mystery	1965	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing
K-226	Sylvester, or The Wicked Uncle					Georgette Heyer	ACE Romance	1965	$0.50	ACE Star Edition
K-227	Green Fire					Anne Maybury (aka Anne Buxton)	ACE Gothic Mystery	1965	$0.50	(c.1963; 1965; 1st ACE Star printing)	This story has a different twist on the Gothic genre as the tale takes place in the Far East. Note the pagoda in the cover art.
K-228	Griffin Towers					Joan Winslow (aka Ware Torrey Budlong)	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO
K-229	Impossible: Yet It Happened!					R. Dewitt Miller	Occult/ Paranormal	1966	$0.50	c.1962; 1966; 2nd ACE Star printing)	Original title: Forgotten Mysteries Originally published as ACE F-137 (1962)
K-230	The Pretty Ones					Dorothy Eden (aka Dorothy Enid Eden)	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	(c.1957; 1966;) ACE Star Edition	listed as "First American Edition"
K-231	Promise Him Anything....		Gray Morrow			Lane Peter	Humor	1966	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO
K-232	The House of Fand					Anne Maybury (aka Anne Buxton)	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50		This story was published under the same title by the pseudonym Katherine Troy. Note that the back cover advertises three more Gothic romances in the ACE STAR edition line.
K-233	Lady Chatterley's Daughter					Patricia Robins (aka Clair Lorrimer)	Romance	1966	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	This is a sequel to the D. H. Lawrence novel. Listed as "now published for the first time in America."
K-234	The Devil Vicar					Virgina Coffman	ACE Gothic Romance	1966	$0.50	1st ACE printing and PBO	Interior illustration by Jack Gaughan The Devil Vicar was later revised as The Vicar of Moura (see ACE 86220), even though it was reprinted as ACE 14293. Listed on the headline banner as "first in gothics" with the stylized woman in the full moon symbol.
K-235	Spring Muslin					Georgette Heyer	ACE Romance	1966	$0.50	(c.1956; 1966; 1st ACE Star printing)
K-236	Bridge of Fear					Dorothy Eden (aka Dorothy Enid Eden)	ACE Gothic Mystery	1966	$0.50		Original title: Afternoon for Lizards listed as "First American Publication"
K-237	Strange Events Beyond Human Understanding					S. Robert Tralins	Occult/ Paranormal	1966	$0.50	ACE Star Edition
K-238	Someone Waiting					Anne Maybury (aka Anne Buxton)	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	(c.1961; 1966;)	This novel was also released under the same title by the pseudonym Katherine Troy.
K-239	The Sleeping Bride		Koenig			Dorothy Eden (aka Dorothy Enid Eden)	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	(c.1959; 1966; 1st ACE Star printing)	Frontspiece by Jack Gaughan
K-240	The Waiting Sands					Susan Howatch	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	1st thus
K-241	Strange Guests					Brad Steiger	Occult/ Paranormal	1966	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "First Time In Paperback" Introduction by Ivan T. Sanderson.
K-242	The Legend of Susan Dane		Koenig			Ruth Comfort Mitchell	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	illustration by Jack Gaughan
K-243	The Deadly Travellers					Dorothy Eden (aka Dorothy Enid Eden)	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	(c.1959; 1966;)	illustration by Jack Gaughan
K-244	The Gothic Reader					Kurt Singer (Ed.)	ACE Gothic Stories	1966	$0.50		listed as "First Time In Paperback" Collection of gothic romance, mystery, and suspense stories by Daphne du Maurier, Clemence Dane, Hugh Walpole, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Enid Bagnold, Algernon, Blackwood, May Sinclair, August Derleth, and Dorothy Eden.
K-245	Dangerous Enchantment		Koenig			Marie Garratt	ACE Gothic Mystery/Romance	1966	$0.50	1st thus ACE Star Edition	Original title: And Then Look Down
K-246	Castle Cloud					Joan Grant	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	(c.1949; 1966; 1st ACE printing)	Original title: The Laird and The Lady - first published in London in 1949.
K-247	That Callahan Spunk!					Francis Ames	Western		$0.50	(c.1965; nd) ACE Star Edition
K-248	Whisper in the Dark					Anne Maybury (aka Anne Buxton)	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	(c.1961; 1966;) ACE Star Edition
K-249	The Brooding Lake		Jerome Podwil			Dorothy Eden (aka Dorothy Enid Eden)	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	1st ACE printing and PBO	Original title: Lamb to the Slaughter
K-250	Strange Bonds Between Animals And Men					Webb B. Garrison (Dr.)	Nonfiction	1966	$0.50	(c.1955, 1956, 1957; 1966; 1st ACE Star printing)	Original title: Codfish, Cats & Civilization The original editions were released under the pseudonym Gary Webster.
K-251	Shadow of a Stranger					Anne Maybury (aka Anne Buxton)	ACE Gothic Novel	1960	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing
K-252	The Trembling Hills					Phyllis A. Whitney	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	(c.1956; 1962; 1966; 2nd ACE Star printing)	The Trembling Hills was originally published as ACE K-164 (1962).
K-253	Lady of Mallow					Dorothy Eden (aka Dorothy Enid Eden)	ACE Gothic Novel		$0.50	(c.1963; 1966; 2nd ACE Star printing)	Lady of Mallow was originally published as ACE K-171 (1963). This story was also published under the title Samantha. Uses the same cover art as ACE K-171.
K-254	The Worlds Strangest Mysteries					Rupert Furneaux	Occult/ Paranormal	1966	$0.50	(c.1961; 1966; 2nd ACE Star printing)	The World's Strangest Mysteries was originally published as ACE K-163 (1961).
K-255	Impossible, Yet It Happened!					R. Dewitt Miller	Occult/ Paranormal	1966?	$0.50	(c.1947; 1966; nd; 3rd ACE Star printing)	Original title: Forgotten Mysteries Impossible, Yet It Happened! was originally published as ACE F-137 (1962) and later reprinted as ACE K-229 (1966).
K-257	I Am Gabriella!					Anne Maybury (aka Anne Buxton)	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50		This was also released under the title Gabriella.
K-258	City of Forever					Barbara Blackburn	ACE Gothic Mystery	1966	$0.50	(c.1963; 1966; 1st ACE Star printing)
K-259	Strange Happenings					Michael Hervey	Occult/ Paranormal	1966	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "First American Publication"
K-260	Dating and MatingBy Computer					Joan Rich and Leslie Rich	Self-help	1966	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO	Image of the Table of Contents for amusement,
K-261	Night of the Letter					Dorothy Eden (aka Dorothy Enid Eden)	ACE Gothic Mystery	1966	$0.50	(c.1955; 1966; 1st ACE printing)	Alternate title: Darling Clementine Original cover art for Night of the Letter. Acrylic on board (23" x 15") and not signed.
K-262	Walk Into My Parlor					Rona Randall (aka Rona Shambrook)	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	(c.1962; 1966; 1st ACE Star printing and PBO)	Walk Into My Parlor was later revised and released under the title Lyonhurst.
K-263	The Night My Enemy					Anne Maybury (aka Anne Buxton)	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	(c.1962; 1966; 1st ACE printing)	Listed on the headline banner as "first in gothics" with the stylized woman in the full moon symbol.
K-264	The Dark Between the Stars					Jane Blackmore	ACE Gothic Romance/Mystery	1966	$0.50	1st thus ACE Star Edition
K-265	The Reluctant Widow					Georgette Heyer	ACE Romance	1966	$0.50	(c.1946, 1966; 1st ACE Star printing)
K-266	The Strangest Things in the World					Thomas R. Henry	Occult/ Paranormal	1967?	$0.50	(c.1958; 1962; 1966; nd; 2nd ACE Star printing)	The Strangest Things in the World was originally published as ACE K-155 (1962).
K-267	Listen To Danger					Dorothy Eden (aka Dorothy Enid Eden)	ACE Gothic Novel	1967	$0.50	(c.1958; 1967; 1st ACE printing)
K-268	Treasure Hunting					Brad Steiger	Nonfiction	1966	$0.50	ACE Star Edition
K-269	Seven Days From Midnight					Rona Randall (aka Rona Shambrook)	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	ACE Star Edition
K-270	The Silver Ladies					Margaret Erskine (aka Margaret Wetherby Williams)	ACE Gothic Mystery	1967	$0.50	(1967, 1st ACE Star printing)	An "Inspector Finch Gothic #1" mystery.
K-271	Falcon's Shadow					Anne Maybury (aka Anne Buxton)	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	(c.1964; 1966; 1st ACE printing)	This story was also published under the same title using the pseudonym Katherine Troy.
K-272	Yankee Ghosts					Hans Holzer	Occult/ Paranormal	1966	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO	This is a paperback original (PBO) edition of the original Bobbs-Merrill hardcover (1966).
K-273	The Willow Herb					Rona Randall (aka Rona Shambrook)	ACE Gothic Novel	1967	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	original title: Murmuring Willow
K-275	Crow Hollow					Dorothy Eden (aka Dorothy Enid Eden)	ACE Gothic Mystery	1966	$0.50	(c.1950; 1966; 1st ACE printing)	interior illustration by Jack Gaughan Crow Hollow was originally published in UK in 1950.
K-276	Strange Talents					Bernhardt J. Hurwood	Occult/ Paranormal	1966	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	listed as "First Time in Paperback" Berhardt J. (Jackson) Hurwood (1926 - 1987) also wrote under the pseudonym of Mallory T. Knight with the 10 volumes of "The Man From T.O.M.C.A.T."
K-277	Stay Until Tomorrow					Anne Maybury (aka Anne Buxton)	ACE Gothic Romance	1967	$0.50	(c.1961; 1967;) ACE Star Edition
K-278	Circle Of Death					Helen Arvonen	ACE Gothic Mystery	1967	$0.50	1st ACE printing and PBO
K-279	The Strange and Uncanny					John Macklin	Occult/ Paranormal	1967	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	Introduction by John Macklin. Listed as a "new collection."
K-280	Call In The Night					Susan Howatch	ACE Gothic Novel	1967	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing
K-281	No. 9 Belmont Square					Margaret Erskine (aka Margaret Wetherby Williams)	ACE Gothic Mystery	1967	$0.50	(1967; 1st thus) ACE Star Edition	Alternate title: The House in Belmont Square An "Inspector Finch Gothic #2" mystery. Original cover art for No. 9 Belmont Square. Gouache on board (21.5" x 13") and not signed.
K-282	The Winds of Night					Anne Maybury (aka Anne Buxton)	ACE Gothic Novel	1963	$0.50		Original title: Enchanter's Nightshade
K-283	Cloud Over Malverton					Nancy Buckingham	ACE Gothic Novel	1967	$0.50	ACE Star Edition
K-284	The Room Upstairs		Jerome Podwil			Monica Dickens	ACE Gothic Novel	1966	$0.50	1st ACE printing	The Room Upstairs was originally published (1966) in hardcover by Doubleday.
K-285	Hotel Deluxe		Sergio Leone			Rona Randall (aka Rona Shambrook)	ACE Gothic Novel	1967	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing	Original cover art for K-285 by Sergio Leone. Gouache on board. Image size is 12" x 7.5". Close-up of figures.
K-286	The Hour Before Moonrise		Sergio Leone			Nancy Buckingham	ACE Gothic Novel	1967	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	Original title: Victim of Love NANCY BUCKINGHAM (joint pseudonym of JOHN SAWYER and NANCY BUCKINGHAM SAWYER)
K-287	Old Mrs.Ommanney is Dead					Margaret Erskine (aka Margaret Wetherby Williams)	ACE Gothic Mystery	1967	$0.50	(1967; 1st ACE Star printing)	An "Inspector Finch Gothic #3" mystery. This story was also released under the titles "The Dead Don't Speak" and "Fatal Relations. Original cover art for K-287. Gouache on board. Image size is 21" x 15". Publisher notations as well as ACE number and title on verso.
K-288	Strange Prophecies That Came True					Stewart Robb	Occult/ Paranormal	1967	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing
K-289	Night of the Stranger		Sergio Leone			Jane Blackmore	ACE Gothic Novel	1967	$0.50	(c.1961; 1967; 1st ACE Star printing)	Original cover art for Night of the Stranger by Sergio Leone. Medium is gouache on board (image size 15.5" x 8.25").
K-290	Ashes In an Urn					Jan Roffman (aka Margaret Summerton)	ACE Gothic Novel	1967	$0.50	1st ACE printing
K-291	We Have Lived Before					Brad Steiger	Occult/ Paranormal	1967	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing
K-292	The Enigma of the Unknown					John Macklin	Occult/ Paranormal	1967	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO
K-293	Dangerous Holiday		Gerald McConnell			Elizabeth Ford (aka Marjorie Elizabeth Sarah Bidwell)	ACE Gothic Romance	1967	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	Original title: A Country Holiday Original cover art for Dangerous Holiday. The artist is Gerald McConnell and this cover art is mixed media on board (image size 19" x 14").
K-294	Beware of the Bouquet		Charles McVicker			Joan Aiken	ACE Gothic Mystery	1967	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	This story was also released under the title The Trouble With Product X.
K-295	The Woman at Belguardo					Margaret Erskine (aka Margaret Wetherby Williams)	ACE Gothic Mystery	1967	$0.50	(1967; 1st thus) ACE Star Edition	The Woman at Belguardo is that curious blend of gothic and straight mystery with Inspector Finch An " Inspector Finch Gothic #4" mystery.
K-296	Strange Powers Of The Mind					Warren Smith	Occult/ Paranormal	1967	$0.50	ACE Star Edition	Frontspiece by Jack Gaugahn Introduction by Brad Steiger.
K-297	The Dark Summer					Nancy Buckingham	ACE Gothic Novel	1967	$0.50	ACE Star Edition
K-298	The Silver Cord					Rona Randall (aka Rona Shambrook)	ACE Gothic Novel	1967	$0.50	(c.1963; 1967;) ACE Star Edition	This story was also released under the same title as by Rona Shambrook.
K-299	Fear of a Stranger					Rae Foley (aka Elinore Denniston)	ACE Gothic Mystery	1967	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing
K-300	They Walk By Night: The Enigma of the Paranormal					Michael Hervey	Occult/ Paranormal	1968	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO
K-301	The Laughing Ghost		Jeff Jones			Dorothy Eden (aka Dorothy Enid Eden)	ACE Gothic Novel	1967	$0.50	(c.1943; 1967; 1st ACE Star printing)	The Laughing Ghost was originally published by Macdonald & Co., Ltd.
K-302	The Legend of Baverstock Manor					Nancy Buckingham (aka John Sawyer and Nancy Buckingham Sawyer)	ACE Gothic Novel	1968	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO
K-303	Beware the Night		Bob Schinella			Jane Blackmore	ACE Gothic Novel	1968	$0.50	(c.1958; 1968; 1st thus) ACE Star Edition	Original cover art attributed to Bob Schinella for Beware the Night. Watercolor and gouache on board, overall size 20" x 15" with an image area 19" x 10.5" but not signed.
K-304	The Family at Tammerton					Margaret Erskine (aka Margaret Wetherby Williams)	ACE Gothic Mystery	1968	$0.50	(c.1965; 1968) ACE Star Edition	Alternate title: Take a Dark Journey An "Inspector Finch Gothic#5" mystery.
K-305	Strange Encounters					John Macklin	Occult/ Paranormal	1968	$0.50	1st ACE printing and PBO	Listed as "the truth about ... the strangers who walk amongst us."
K-306	The Shrouded Walls					Susan Howatch	ACE Gothic Novel	1968	$0.50	ACE Star Edition
K-307	Occult World of John Pendragon					Brad Steiger (Ed.)	Occult/ Paranormal	1968	$0.50	1st ACE Star printing and PBO
K-154 Footnotes Much has been written about this particular novel and its importance. From Science Fiction of the 20th Centery, an Illustrated History by Frank M. Robinson published in 1999 by Collector's Press. On page 166 there is a quote that is directly under a reproduction of the cover of ACE 154. The caption reads: "George R. Stewart 1949 Robert Abbett" under which is the quote "One of the earliest post holocaust novels. In this case, most of America has been depopulated by by a plague - Earth Abides concerns the attempts to rebuild civilization." From Science Fiction Encyclopedia edited by Peter Nicholls: On page 291 in the "Holocaust and After" section -- "In mature versions of the post holocaust story there is usually an emotional resonance developed from a tension between loss and gain. With the simplicities of the new order not wholly compensating for the half-remembered glories and comforts of the past. This is the case with George Stewart's Earth Abides (1949), and may explain why, despite its occasionally fulsome prose, it has attained a classic status with 2 generations of readers." From the Sci-Fi Encyclopedia in the section on George R. Stewart on page 874 it reads "..he is best known among Science Fiction readers for EARTH ABIDES (1949), which tells of the struggle to survive and rebuild after a virus plague has wiped out most of humanity; one of the finest of all disaster novels in SF, it is generally acknowledged to be a classic of the genre. It was the first winner of the International Fantasy Award." From the Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle on page 100: "Earth Abides, 1949 - Novel by George R. Stewart (USA). A plague wipes out most of humanity. In California, a man tries to rebuild society meeting with both success and failure. Wonderfully described and ecologically aware, this is one of the best of all 'disaster stories.' Profoundly moving. International Fantasy Award Winner."