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Publication: Ace in the Hole

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  • Publication: Ace in the HolePublication Record # 696304
  • Authors: Stephen Leigh,
    Victor Milán?Victor Milan
    , Walton Simons, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Walter Jon Williams
  • Date: date unknown
  • ISBN: 0-553-28253-0 [978-0-553-28253-5]
  • Publisher: Bantam Spectra
  • Price:
    $4.50?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 385
  • Format:
    pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Ace in the Hole (1990) • by Timothy Truman
  • Notes:
    • A Bantam Spectra Book / February 1990
    • Second printing by number line
    • Titled Wild Cards, Volume VI: Ace in the Hole on the cover and spine, but simply Ace in the Hole on the title page and the running header throughout the book.
    • Cover art copyright © 1990 by Timothy Truman on copyright page, the artwork is also signed
    • The first book in the series to be copyrighted by "George R. R. Martin and the Wild Card Trust." Previous volumes were copyrighted by Martin or his corporation , The Fevre River Packet Company.
    • The second book in the series that bears a closer resemblance to novel than anthology. The chapters are numbered and there is no individual credits, except for a "Closing Credits" (page 385) which shows who created each of the novel's characters.
    • After the last numbered page, there is a 16-page section (unpaginated) entitled "The Strange History of the Wild Cards," which contains summaries of the five previous volumes of the series.
    • $5.50 in Canada
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