David Grinnell was the pseudonym of American author & editor Donald A. Wollheim, who worked for Ace Books from 1952 until 1971. He published six novels in the Ace Double series as Grinnell from 1958 to 1970. See entries on him in SFE (The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, online) & ISFDB (Internet Speculative Fiction Database), as well as in Wikipedia.
That's some really good information. I had no idea that Grinnell was Wolheim...but I guess I shouldn't be surprised, since there were so may pseudonyms back in the old days for SF and pulp writers; seems like it was second nature for them to work under multiple names.
@@sleepyreader666 Agreed,Even if the book isnt good the art makes up for it. I got a couple Ace Books Andre Norton Key out of Time and The Sioux Spaceman
@@sleepyreader666 Yeah Im a sucker for the 40s-60s pulp stuff my self. I also like modern scifi stuff too,Currently reading Star Wars The New Rebellion
Great video Damian .. I have a special fondness for Scifi paperbacks from the 60's and 70's but wasn't aware of the Ace Doubles.. Very cool stuff.. I really love the painted covers and illustrations.. Enjoyed it throughout ..😊
Cool stuff!....I like the Space Mercenaries cover.....cool winged creatures....I never heard of Ace Doubles....they look pretty nifty......Hahaha "emotionless enigma"...."the haystack of quick deaths"....."centaur world" ........those are some fun and cheesy tags.......cool to see early Koontz....I haven't read any of his stuff, but I'm going to.......I've got a bunch of Funko Pop Vinyl Figures...they are so cool........I've started to collect autographs.....I frame them.....I've gotten Miranda Sings and Adam West so far....I wrote to both of them and sent a pic and they signed it and sent it back.....in 2015.....I wanna get Scorcese next........and I just found this place called Royal Collectibles here in Queens.....gonna head over there one day soon.....Neal Adams signed there once....and the kid who plays Bruce Wayne on Gotham signed there.......pretty soon, I'm going to have framed signatures all over my house and on my website! :))
Framed Signatures everywhere, wow! That will be pretty unique! If you every stumble across some Ace doubles in a used book store grab one, maybe it'll inspire some cool space guitar riffs!
Very cool. I miss the days when I could go into a used bookstore and find aisles of old SF and fantasy. Emil Petaja actually founded something called the Bokanalia Foundation which memorialized Hannes Bok and issued some beautiful Bok prints and portfolios. I wonder if you had a buried memory of that. I don't think Bok painted that cover you showed. I was interested in a period when magazines attempted to fit into the paperback format in the early 70's, with illustrations and editorials mixed with the fiction. Michael Moorcock's famous UK magazine New Dimensions was refitted into paperback in the US. There was a series called Destinies edited by Jim Baen that was very magazine-like. And for comics fans there were the Weird Heroes books that had new pulp heroes written by guys like Steve Englehart, Archie Goodwin and Marv Wolfman, with illustrations by many fan favorites like Alex Nino, Tom Sutton and Jim Steranko.
I just barely remember those Destinies and Weird Heroes books. Though I've heard so much about New Dimensions, I don't think I've ever seen a physical copy of the magazine. Once upon a time it seemed like there was a used book store in every neighborhood in this city...though they were already beginning to fade even before internet commerce took off, thanks to the rise of chain bookstores and then, here in Portland,the overwhelming presence of Powell's City of books.
I've heard about Ace Doubles, and they're the sort of thing I'd love to collect. I don't expect quality, as you said, but I think they're aesthetically and culturally important. This is probably the only time in history when science fiction literature was close to becoming pop culture.
There was something very vibrant and seductive about sf back in those days, for me anyway...and it had the feeling of a secret lode of gold that most people had no awareness of...the turning point, for me, was Star Wars...when sf became mainstream, but led by movies and tv rather than prose which had been it's roaring engine of evolution for four decades.
I'm about 6 years too late to see your video here. I recently did a video about paperbacks and I'm going to be dropping a second video here in a month. It will mostly be Ace Double. They are great.
Aside from comics, there's manga, some book series and video games to an extent. I do have the problem of collecting more media than I consume tho. Nice video btw, those books do seem pretty neat.
I think I have the same problem. In my mind I will get to it all eventually, but as collecting becomes easier, in the age of the internet, that may be a little unrealistic...sigh.
My other stuff is mainly pulp reprints of Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Spider and The Whisperer. Books by Isaac Asimov. Books: Fantomas, Arsene Lupin, Sherlock Holmes and James Bond.
There is a sequel to "The Coils of Time". It's called "The Alternate Martians". It's paired up with "Empress of Outer Space", also by A Bertram Chandler.
@@sleepyreader666 No worries. I actually bought "The Alternative Martians" last year, realised part way through that it was a sequel, and now I'm keeping my eyes skinned for "The Coils of Time". Fortunately I didn't have any trouble following the plot - like a lot of pulp fiction it works as a stand alone.
@@sleepyreader666 I've just ordered it from an online shop that had a copy at a very reasonable price. Looking forward to reading it when it arrives. I love the internet, it might have taken me years to track down a copy otherwise.
Cool video, and premise. I find that comic collectors collect far more than comics. I am not the exception. My main focus is comics. I also collect OTR, HPL novels. Also anything Doc Savage. I am a big fan of Gene Autry. So, I have collection of music, cap pistols, spurs and other western things associated with Gene Autry. I also collect old 78's. Thanks for sharing. Take care-Steve
Those sound like very cool things to collect. Doc Savage and Gene Autry--very neat...I look forward to learning more about your collecting :) Who is OTR?
A local store sometimes has those bundled for $5 or $10 dollars. It's been a while, but the next time I see some I will get them for you. It may be too late to do, but it would be interesting to read a book about comic book creators and the books they read. Jack Kirby, from some interviews, liked Heinlein and Van Vogt. I suspect a couple of generation of writers and artists were inspired by these science fiction books.
I've often heard that Kirby read a lot of SF. And I'm sure the Roy Thomas generation did too. I'm not too sure about more recent generations of writers...I fear that they just watched TV... If you find some cheap Ace Doubles I'd happily pay you for them. It's fun to pick them up, but not of any urgency of course.
ruclips.net/video/XoXeiEXJrgc/видео.html I came across this documentary about Jack Kirby. Jump to minute 35 in the documentary. It it is Mark Evanier speaking..
Yes, I read a bunch of his books in the 90's - I remember enjoying them, though they didn't make as strong a mark as Clive Barker or S. King, on me. He has a strong Thriller aspect to his horror I think.
Yeah, that's true. I'm probably a weird one, but I really don't like King's work, mainly because he rambles too much. :) Have you read any James Herbert? Herbert and Koontz are the two horror/thriller authors I try and collect, so I'd say they're my faves. haha
I have heard of Herbert...I think he was much bigger in the UK than the US...maybe I should give him a whirl. I hear you on King...I definitely have a love hate relationship with his rambly side.
Those books are great. I found a web site that lists all of the books in the series. There are different numbering for each series and some novels are reprinted within the different series. If you are interested I have listed the web site below. Here is the web site bookscans.com/Publishers/ace/ace.htm If for some reason You Tube won't let that link work, the web page is bookscans. Then look up publishers/ace
Often I find it more fun to imagine what books might be like than to actually read them and find out.
Lol. The power of a good cover or a kooky title!
David Grinnell was the pseudonym of American author & editor Donald A. Wollheim, who worked for Ace Books from 1952 until 1971. He published six novels in the Ace Double series
as Grinnell from 1958 to 1970. See entries on him in SFE (The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, online) & ISFDB (Internet Speculative Fiction Database), as well as in Wikipedia.
That's some really good information. I had no idea that Grinnell was Wolheim...but I guess I shouldn't be surprised, since there were so may pseudonyms back in the old days for SF and pulp writers; seems like it was second nature for them to work under multiple names.
Two Winds of Gath? You've got an Ace Double double, Ace!
Variant covers! Highly sought after.
:)
I love these covers,simply classic trippy art work
That trippy period in cover design and art was a lot of fun and the brought in a lot of interesting artists for a while.
@@sleepyreader666 Agreed,Even if the book isnt good the art makes up for it. I got a couple Ace Books Andre Norton Key out of Time and The Sioux Spaceman
@@TsukiCondor Cool. She had a very large output and I only have a few so far.
@@sleepyreader666 Yeah Im a sucker for the 40s-60s pulp stuff my self. I also like modern scifi stuff too,Currently reading Star Wars The New Rebellion
Great video Damian .. I have a special fondness for Scifi paperbacks from the 60's and 70's but wasn't aware of the Ace Doubles.. Very cool stuff.. I really love the painted covers and illustrations.. Enjoyed it throughout ..😊
I know you are a sci fi guy like myself, but I guess the heyday of the Ace doubles was when we were toddlers, lol.
Cool stuff!....I like the Space Mercenaries cover.....cool winged creatures....I never heard of Ace Doubles....they look pretty nifty......Hahaha "emotionless enigma"...."the haystack of quick deaths"....."centaur world" ........those are some fun and cheesy tags.......cool to see early Koontz....I haven't read any of his stuff, but I'm going to.......I've got a bunch of Funko Pop Vinyl Figures...they are so cool........I've started to collect autographs.....I frame them.....I've gotten Miranda Sings and Adam West so far....I wrote to both of them and sent a pic and they signed it and sent it back.....in 2015.....I wanna get Scorcese next........and I just found this place called Royal Collectibles here in Queens.....gonna head over there one day soon.....Neal Adams signed there once....and the kid who plays Bruce Wayne on Gotham signed there.......pretty soon, I'm going to have framed signatures all over my house and on my website! :))
Framed Signatures everywhere, wow! That will be pretty unique! If you every stumble across some Ace doubles in a used book store grab one, maybe it'll inspire some cool space guitar riffs!
Very cool. I miss the days when I could go into a used bookstore and find aisles of old SF and fantasy. Emil Petaja actually founded something called the Bokanalia Foundation which memorialized Hannes Bok and issued some beautiful Bok prints and portfolios. I wonder if you had a buried memory of that. I don't think Bok painted that cover you showed.
I was interested in a period when magazines attempted to fit into the paperback format in the early 70's, with illustrations and editorials mixed with the fiction. Michael Moorcock's famous UK magazine New Dimensions was refitted into paperback in the US. There was a series called Destinies edited by Jim Baen that was very magazine-like. And for comics fans there were the Weird Heroes books that had new pulp heroes written by guys like Steve Englehart, Archie Goodwin and Marv Wolfman, with illustrations by many fan favorites like Alex Nino, Tom Sutton and Jim Steranko.
I just barely remember those Destinies and Weird Heroes books. Though I've heard so much about New Dimensions, I don't think I've ever seen a physical copy of the magazine.
Once upon a time it seemed like there was a used book store in every neighborhood in this city...though they were already beginning to fade even before internet commerce took off, thanks to the rise of chain bookstores and then, here in Portland,the overwhelming presence of Powell's City of books.
Actually Moorcock's magazine was New Worlds; New Dimensions was edited by Robert Silverberg. Sorry.
I've heard about Ace Doubles, and they're the sort of thing I'd love to collect. I don't expect quality, as you said, but I think they're aesthetically and culturally important. This is probably the only time in history when science fiction literature was close to becoming pop culture.
There was something very vibrant and seductive about sf back in those days, for me anyway...and it had the feeling of a secret lode of gold that most people had no awareness of...the turning point, for me, was Star Wars...when sf became mainstream, but led by movies and tv rather than prose which had been it's roaring engine of evolution for four decades.
I'm about 6 years too late to see your video here. I recently did a video about paperbacks and I'm going to be dropping a second video here in a month. It will mostly be Ace Double. They are great.
Love the Ace doubles...I'll have to look for your video!!!
Aside from comics, there's manga, some book series and video games to an extent. I do have the problem of collecting more media than I consume tho. Nice video btw, those books do seem pretty neat.
I think I have the same problem. In my mind I will get to it all eventually, but as collecting becomes easier, in the age of the internet, that may be a little unrealistic...sigh.
My other stuff is mainly pulp reprints of Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Spider and The Whisperer. Books by Isaac Asimov. Books: Fantomas, Arsene Lupin, Sherlock Holmes and James Bond.
All cool stuff!
Had no idea what ace double where but they do have some nice cover art.
Man, you should have been buying more paperback sci fi back in the 1960's!
;)
There is a sequel to "The Coils of Time". It's called "The Alternate Martians". It's paired up with "Empress of Outer Space", also by A Bertram Chandler.
Oh man, that's awesome to hear! I have that book somewhere in my Ace double collection. Thanks!
@@sleepyreader666 No worries. I actually bought "The Alternative Martians" last year, realised part way through that it was a sequel, and now I'm keeping my eyes skinned for "The Coils of Time". Fortunately I didn't have any trouble following the plot - like a lot of pulp fiction it works as a stand alone.
Hopefully Alternative Martians doesn't end on a cliff hanger! Hope you don't have too much trouble finding the coils of time
@@sleepyreader666 I've just ordered it from an online shop that had a copy at a very reasonable price. Looking forward to reading it when it arrives. I love the internet, it might have taken me years to track down a copy otherwise.
Love these books I've never heard of them in the uk but I'm a sucker of sci fi paperbacks. I'll definitely pick these up
I hope you find some! For me it's usually something distinctive to look for in used bookstores and rings a nice sci fi nostalgia bell.
If there's a decent second-hand bookshop in your town, you'll probably be able to find some.
Looks like you are set for winter reading, just fire up the bourbon and slippers!
I just need my daughter to leave me in peace for about 100 days! (maybe in a few years)
Cool video, and premise. I find that comic collectors collect far more than comics. I am not the exception. My main focus is comics. I also collect OTR, HPL novels. Also anything Doc Savage. I am a big fan of Gene Autry. So, I have collection of music, cap pistols, spurs and other western things associated with Gene Autry. I also collect old 78's. Thanks for sharing. Take care-Steve
Those sound like very cool things to collect. Doc Savage and Gene Autry--very neat...I look forward to learning more about your collecting :)
Who is OTR?
Sorry, OTR is short for Old Time Radio.
A local store sometimes has those bundled for $5 or $10 dollars. It's been a while, but the next time I see some I will get them for you.
It may be too late to do, but it would be interesting to read a book about comic book creators and the books they read.
Jack Kirby, from some interviews, liked Heinlein and Van Vogt. I suspect a couple of generation of writers and artists were inspired by these science fiction books.
I've often heard that Kirby read a lot of SF. And I'm sure the Roy Thomas generation did too. I'm not too sure about more recent generations of writers...I fear that they just watched TV...
If you find some cheap Ace Doubles I'd happily pay you for them. It's fun to pick them up, but not of any urgency of course.
ruclips.net/video/XoXeiEXJrgc/видео.html
I came across this documentary about Jack Kirby.
Jump to minute 35 in the documentary. It it is Mark Evanier speaking..
neat!
Thanks for stopping by ED.
Very cool. Big fan of Dean Koontz, but never read any of his scifi. Have you read any of his horror?
Yes, I read a bunch of his books in the 90's - I remember enjoying them, though they didn't make as strong a mark as Clive Barker or S. King, on me. He has a strong Thriller aspect to his horror I think.
Yeah, that's true. I'm probably a weird one, but I really don't like King's work, mainly because he rambles too much. :) Have you read any James Herbert? Herbert and Koontz are the two horror/thriller authors I try and collect, so I'd say they're my faves. haha
I have heard of Herbert...I think he was much bigger in the UK than the US...maybe I should give him a whirl.
I hear you on King...I definitely have a love hate relationship with his rambly side.
Those books are great. I found a web site that lists all of the books in the series. There are different numbering for each series and some novels are reprinted within the different series. If you are interested I have listed the web site below.
Here is the web site bookscans.com/Publishers/ace/ace.htm
If for some reason You Tube won't let that link work, the web page is bookscans. Then look up publishers/ace
Thanks for the link--very handy. These books are a fascinating time capsule of the sci fi literature, and just fun to flip around.
:)