I used to own a copy of Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD but lost it during a move years ago. When I heard this book was coming out, I hoped that this edition would live up to the memories I had from that long lost volume. I was not disappointed. Most of the images I recall from the older book (published in 1979) are in this book. Some are different as the pictures here are not the original illustrations, but digital reproductions from talented computer artists. There are some new illustrations in this book that were not in the older book and vice versa (I miss the dust jacket illustration of a massive factory ship being escorted by 3 Proximan Sharks). The text describing the ships were pretty much as I remembered. The introductory section gives you a little background to place the ships in context, something that the original book lacked. All in all, I was very please with this purchase and would heartily recommend it to anyone who is nostalgic about the old Stewart Cowley Spacecraft series (now hopefully waiting expectantly for the other books in the series to be produced).