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I just had to do this book as an Ace edition. One of the ridiculous covers I posted in MAM's Refrigerator Door of Absurdity. This is the Ace Double edition (with a Foreword by LSdC about changes that Wollheim -- at Ace -- forced him to make.) Zamba -- The Face that Launched A Thousand Snails (look at the cover). ------------------------------------------------- The Queen of Zamba is a (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction) science fiction novel written by (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Sprague_de_Camp) L. Sprague de Camp , the first book of his (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viagens_Interplanetarias) Viagens Interplanetarias series and its (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viagens_Interplanetarias#The_Krishna_tales) subseries of stories set on the fictional planet Krishna. It was written between November 1948 and January 1949 and first published in the magazine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astounding_%28magazine%29) Astounding Science Fiction as a two-part serial in the issues for August and September 1949. It was first published in book form as a paperback by (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Books) Ace Books in 1954 as an "(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ace_SF_Double_Titles) Ace Double " issued back-to-back with (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak) Clifford D. Simak 's novel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_Around_the_Sun_%28novel%29) Ring Around the Sun . This version was editorially retitled Cosmic Manhunt and introduced a number of textual changes disapproved by the author. Meet Victor Hasselborg, easily the most miserable Private Investigator in the entire galaxy. More comfortable with the dull routine of investigating insurance frauds than interstellar adventure, Hasselborg is bound by duty to chase a runaway heiress across known space to the primitive world called Krishna. Clad in kilt and sword, his hair dyed green, riding a buggy driven by a six-legged monster of a beast, Hasselborg's quest takes him through the volatile world of feudal Krishna politics and into the presence of... The Queen of Zamba.A rollicking tale of galactic adventure - space opera at its very best, by one of the writers who invented the field.