Ace Science Fiction Specials

Ace Science Fiction Specials are three series of

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. The serial number given is that of the first printing in the Ace Special series (except for the reissue of

Rite of Passage

). Books with a previous first edition are noted as "reissue" below. The order listed for series one is the original order of publication; the price is given. Ace reissued many of these books outside of the Ace Special line with different covers and prices, and sometimes different paginations. Award winners are noted; several were nominated for awards.

Series 1

Clifford D. Simak - Why Call Them Back from Heaven? (1968,reissue from 1967,H-42, 60c)
James H. Schmitz - The Witches of Karres (1968, reissue from 1966, A-13, 75c)
R. A. Lafferty - Past Master (1968, H-54, 60c)
Gertrude Friedberg - The Revolving Boy (1968, reissue from 1966, H-58, 60c)
Wilson Tucker - The Lincoln Hunters (1968, reissue from 1958, H-62, 60c)
Rite of Passage (1968, A-16, 75c) Nebula Award
winner

Joanna Russ - Picnic on Paradise (1968, H-72, 60c)
Bob Shaw - The Two-Timers (1968, H-79, 60c)
D. G. Compton - Synthajoy
(1968, reissue from UK same year, H-86, 60c)

Piers Anthony and Robert E. Margroff - The Ring (1968, A-19, 75c)
James Blish and Norman L. Knight - A Torrent of Faces (1968, reissue from 1967, A-29, 75c)
James H. Schmitz - The Demon Breed (1968, H-105, 60c)
Roger Zelazny - Isle of the Dead (1969, 37465, 60c)
John Brunner - The Jagged Orbit
(1969, 38120, 95c)

Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness (1969, 47800, 95c) Hugo Award and Nebula Award winner; first edition of this title
Philip K. Dick - The Preserving Machine (1969, 67800, 95c) collection
Avram Davidson - The Island Under the Earth (1969, 37425, 75c)
John T. Sladek - Mechasm (1969, reissue from 1968, originally The Reproductive System, 71435, 75c)
D. G. Compton
- The Silent Multitude (1969, 76385, reissue from 1967, 75c)
Bob Shaw - The Palace of Eternity (1969, 65050, 75c)
Keith Roberts - Pavane (1969, reissue from 1968, 65430, 95c)
Michael Moorcock - The Black Corridor (1969, reissue from UK earlier in 1969, 06530, 75c)
Rite of Passage
(1969, reissue from 1968, A-16, with "Nebula Award: Best SF Novel of the Year" on cover, 72781, 75c)
R. A. Lafferty - Fourth Mansions (1969, 24590, 75c)
D. G. Compton
- The Steel Crocodile (1970, 78575, 75c)
Joanna Russ - And Chaos Died (1970, 02268, 75c)
Avram Davidson - The Phoenix and the Mirror (1970, reissue from 1969, 66100, 75c)
Ron Goulart - After Things Fell Apart (1970, 00950, 75c)
The Year of the Quiet Sun (1970, 94200, 75c) (Retroactive Campbell Award
in 1976)

R. A. Lafferty - Nine Hundred Grandmothers (1970, 58050, 95c) collection
Ursula K. Le Guin - A Wizard of Earthsea (1970, reissue from 1968, 90075, 75c)
D. G. Compton
- Chronocules (1970, 10480, 75c)
Bob Shaw - One Million Tomorrows (1970, 62938, 75c)
Clifford D. Simak - Why Call Them Back from Heaven? (1970, reissue from 1968, 88601, 75c)
John Brunner
- The Traveler in Black (1971, 82210 75c)
Suzette Haden Elgin - Furthest (1971, 25950, 75c)
Bruce McAllister - Humanity Prime (1971, 34900, 95c)
The Warlord of the Air
(1971, reissue from UK earlier in 1971, 87060, 75c)
Gerard F. Conway
- The Midnight Dancers (1971, 52975, 75c)
Gordon Eklund - The Eclipse of Dawn (1971, 18630, 75c)

Carr had purchased eight more books for the line, which Ace later published after the series was terminated. The Aldiss volume had been delayed due to issues over Canadian publishing rights, and eventually appeared with the Carr-commissioned Dillon cover.^[1]