No.29 Starship Troopers 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 and tomorrow’s choice are a little bit sneaky – and I will explain.  These are two books that I’m currently reading but haven’t yet finished or reviewed but I think they’re great examples and so they’re going on the list: Starship Troopers by Robert A Heinlein.  I really like the first edition for this one.

First edition: 1959

1986 by Berkeley:

2010 by Ace Books:

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: