No.11: The Day of the Triffids 1951 by John Wyndham

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 Day of the Triffids.  One of the few books on this challenge that I’ve actually reread fairly recently.  Lots and lots of covers for this one! A first edition – which I really like:

First Edition 1951

The one below is deceptive isn’t it – looks like a quaint cottage garden!  Sneaky

Penguin 1984

I like the colours and the font for this Del Rey

Del Rey 2000

The next one isn’t my favourite – kind of makes me think of a zombie books somehow:

Ballantine 1983

I love the Gollancz cover – I love that it shows the meteor shower and the colours are so vibrant:

Gollancz 2001

Creepy:

Crest 1951

Kind of reminds me of a B-Movie ad:

Penguin 1954

I don’t really know what to say about this one – it’s just very funky:

Dolphin 1960

Why does the woman on the front of the book look like someone’s just cracked a joke!  (‘they’re behind you!!!’)

Michael Joseph 1977

This one is very creepy – it’s like the plant has been almost been given human features – like the branch looks like an arm that’s rounding the humans up:

Crest 1962

No.10  Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.  I enjoyed this book in fact I think I reread it fairly recently.  Gothic and dark, Frankenstein is considered to be one of the first examples of sci fi.  It was originally published anonymously in 1818.  It was published in 1823 with Mary Shelley’s name:

There are a LOT of covers for Frankenstein, see if one of the following grabs you.  I’m sort of drawn to both the Dover books: Ignore the numbering because these images seem to keep jumping about – I’ve given a tiny description for each one:

1. Tor 1994 – is the mainly orange cover.
2. Prestwick House 2005 – close up face with chains
3. L&PM 1985 – yellow background – huge forehead and strange, ransom note type print of name
4. Signet classics 1965 -dark cover, bare trees in the foreground
5. Dover Publications 1994 – man standing looking out to sea
6. Dover Publications 2001 – castle with a blue background
7. MacMillan 1961 – the picture with the purple and green, looks like a face being shown during lightning
8. Wordsworth Classics 1993 – scary looking guy who looks like a zombie

No.7  Foundation and Empire by Issac Asimov (No.2)

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 Foundation and Empire by Issac Asimov.  This was also read as part of a readalong with Stainless Steel Droppings.  I realise these books aren’t for everyone and I surprised myself really because going into this I actually felt intimidated!  But, with all the discussion with other bloggers things fell into place nicely.  The covers for this one definitely get interesting.  Check out that first edition (ahem, yes, well…..)

First Edition 1952

Moving on…. I sort of like the next one.  The creepy character on the front is like a bard mash up of Nosferatu and Rumplestiltskin:

Avon 1972

I’m not really feeling this next cover to be honest:

Now, feast your eyes on this lovely by Michael Whelan:

Del Rey 1986

No.6  Foundation by Issac Asimov

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 Foundation by Issac Asimov.  I first read this as part of a readalong with Stainless Steel Droppings.  I was really worried that it would all go over my head but I loved it – a lot of which I am sure was to do with all the discussion we had.  Some very interesting covers and I actually really like the first edition, in fact I think today’s post is a testament to how I’ve developed in terms of sci fi – I would probably have ran a mile from most of these covers not so long ago.  Now I find myself quite drawn to some of them, particularly the ’86 and ’94:

Avon Books 1966

Panther 1971

Del Rey 1984

Del Rey 1986

Voyager 1994