Legendary science-fiction artist Stephen Hickman brings every inch of frenetic action to the page in the first illustrated edition of Robert A. Heinlein’s Hugo Award-winning Starship Troopers. Introduced by Joe Haldeman.

Earth is caught in the midst of a deadly conflict with the implacable Arachnids, a swarm of insect-like aliens intent on wiping out all human life. Fresh recruit Juan ‘Johnny’ Rico signs up impulsively, keen to prove himself in the upper echelons of the Navy. Instead he finds himself assigned to the Mobile Infantry, the frantic and hardcore frontline where all that stands between life and an alien death is a sophisticated armoured suit. Thrown into a training programme that may well kill him before he even gets a crack at the ‘bugs’, Johnny’s destiny lies in war-torn space.

PRODUCTION DETAILS

Quarter-bound in blocked cloth with blocked metallic paper sides

Set in Meridien with Stencil display

272 pages

Frontispiece and 6 colour illustrations, including 2 double-page spreads

Metallic coloured page edges

Slipcase with a printed inset colour label

10˝ x 6 ¾˝

ABOUT STEPHEN HICKMAN

Stephen Hickman is a professional illustrator, sculptor and author. He has created work for most of the major publishing houses over the past 4 decades, in the process painting covers for authors such as Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, Anne McCaffrey, Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman and Orson Scott Card. His work has earned numerous awards, including the Hugo Award, 6 Chesley Awards from the National Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, and 2 of the SPECTRUM Gold Awards. His own publications include The Lemurian Stone (1988), The Fantasy Art of Stephen Hickman (1989) and EMPYREAN: The Art of Stephen Hickman (2015). Hickman lives in Hudson Valley, New York State.