Vintage Sci Fi: Book No.28
28 January 2016
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Tags: Anne McCaffrey, Book Covers, Dragonflight, Little Red Reviewer, Vintage Sci Fi
No.28 Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
As part of Vintage Sci Fi month being hosted by Little Red Reviewer I’ve given myself a small challenge to post a vintage book each day – one that I’ve read – and to highlight some of the covers. Today’s choice is : Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey. First published in 1968 two of the short stories that make up the first book made McCaffrey the first woman to win a Huge or Nebula Award.
Let’s look at covers. Starting with a first edition:
1968 Del Rey:
1970 Corgi:
1986 Ballantine:
1997 Del Rey:
Vintage Sci Fi: Book No.26
26 January 2016
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Tags: Book Covers, Little Red Reviewer, Vintage Sci Fi
No.26 She by H Rider Haggard
As part of Vintage Sci Fi month being hosted by Little Red Reviewer I’ve given myself a small challenge to post a vintage book each day – one that I’ve read – and to highlight some of the covers. Today’s choice is : She by Rider Haggard. Okay, strictly speaking this is a bit of a tricksy one – because given the nature of the book and also given the author, I would say this falls more in the field of adventure/fantasy – but, I think the concept of a lost world, the immortality contained here and the special magical abilities of Ayesha – who is a sorceress who can heal and read minds – well, I’m just going with it! Originally serialised and published in 1887 this is one of the original classics and has never been out of print:
1957 Hodder:
1978 Ballantine:
1982 Penguin Books:
1996 Blackstone Audio:
2002 Modern Library:
2007 Penguin – I think this is my favourite:
Vintage Sci Fi: Book No.25
25 January 2016
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Tags: Book Covers, Little Red Reviewer, Logan's run, Vintage Sci Fi, William F Nolan and Clayton Johnson
No.25 Logan’s Run by Williams F Nolan and George Clayton Johnson
As part of Vintage Sci Fi month being hosted by Little Red Reviewer I’ve given myself a small challenge to post a vintage book each day – one that I’ve read – and to highlight some of the covers. Today’s choice is : Logan’s Run by Williams F Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Logan’s Run was first published in 1967 and is set in a dystopian future where people only live up to the age of 21. Which is to say everyone is required to die at that age. It’s not a novel that I loved although it’s a very interesting concept and a fast paced read. I’m sure that most people will probably be familiar with the movie if not the book. I like the 2000 cover most out of these:
First Edition 1967:
1969 Dell:
1976 Corgi:
2000 Bantam:
2015 Vintage:
Vintage Sci Fi: Book No.24
24 January 2016
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Tags: Book Covers, Ira Levin, Little Red Reviewer, The Stepford Wives, Vintage Sci Fi
No.24: The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
As part of Vintage Sci Fi month being hosted by Little Red Reviewer I’ve given myself a small challenge to post a vintage book each day – one that I’ve read – and to highlight some of the covers. Today’s choice is : The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin. This is one of my ‘is-it-isn’t-it’ sci fi choices. This is a great story though and who among us doesn’t know the ‘Stepford’ term – it’s become quite symbolic. Originally published in 1972 the book leaves the final interpretation fairly vague – unlike the film which definitely sci-fis the story up! Anyway, satire, horror and a little sci fi – I’m going with the brainwashing theme to support that conclusion:
First edition cover:
1972 Library Magna:
1998 Bloomsbury Publishing:
2011 Corsair:
Vintage Sci Fi: Book No.23
23 January 2016
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Tags: Book Covers, Little Red Reviewer, Robert A Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Vintage Sci Fi
No.23: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A Heinlein
As part of Vintage Sci Fi month being hosted by Little Red Reviewer I’ve given myself a small challenge to post a vintage book each day – one that I’ve read – and to highlight some of the covers. Today’s choice is : The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A Heinlein. First published in 1966 this story largely takes place on the Moon which is used by the Earth as a self policing penal colony. I think my favourite amongst these covers are the three later ones.
1966 first Edition:
1968 Berkeley:
1979 by NEW ENGLISH LIBRARY:
1981 Berkeley:
1987 by Ace Books:
1998 by New English Library:
2001 by Gollancz:
2005 by Hodder & Stoughton:
2015 by Hodder & Stoughton:
Books and travelling with Lynn 