Starship Troopers
Ace paperback
Feeling a strange compulsion to re-read Heinlein's Hugo Award-winning SF war classic? Yeah, us too.
In a future where citizenship must be earned through military service, Juan Rico signs up with the infantry
on a lark. Despite the grueling hardships of boot camp he finds himself determined to make it.
But it's not until war comes with mankind's greatest enemy -- the bugs -- that he truly learns what it means to be a
soldier.
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Friday
Del Rey
Classic re-issue from Del Rey sporting an attractive new cover. We do miss Michael Whelan's
interpretation of Heinlein's famous heroine, but we also realize that every generation must have its own Friday.
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The Door Into Summer
Del Rey
Another classic tale from the Grand Old Man of SF, this one a tale of time travel and revenge.
Dan Davis' is poised to be rich and famous -- his invention, a household robot with extraordinary abilities,
could dramatically change the world. But when his greedy partner and fiancee lure him into suspended animation
for thirty years, he awakens to find a world where time travel -- and a brand new spin on the old idea of revenge --
are now possible.
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Starship Troopers
Ace
One of Heinlein's most popular bestsellers, back in print in time for this summer's release of the
movie. A recruit of the future endures more than he thought himself capable of -- first in boot
camp, and then in battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry against mankind's most
frightening enemy, the Bugs.
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Tor
A reprint of Heinlein's classic novel of revolution on the moon.
It won the Hugo for best novel in 1967. Has anyone not read this novel?
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