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When I was a kid, my parents got me a couple sci-fi encyclopedias, which were big books of beautiful sci fi illustrations with some made-up history explaining each painting encyclopedia-style. I loved them. This video reminds me of those illustrations very much, which I mean to be high praise.

I just looked through my books and called my mom to see if she had them, but no dice. They were large hardcover books with a blue cover. Anyone else remember them? I'd love to track them down for my own kids.



Oh man, you got me going on a mission to find a similar book, so I thought I'd drop the things I found back in here:

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_(book)

- http://stuffwecollect.com/galactic-aliens-alan-daniels-origi... (This was for sure one of the ones I'd read)


Maybe this one? I got it when I was a kid, and it's still right there on my shelf:

http://www.amazon.com/Spacecraft-2000-2100-A-D-Authority-Han...


Thanks so much redler! That's totally it! I found a number of photos of the book on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/erice/sets/72157625355578461/) and they really brought me back to my childhood. I had the first two as listed here: http://www.khantazi.org/Rec/TTABooks/TTABooks.html

I'll have to see if I can pick up the whole series. Thanks again!


Wow, that takes me back. I was at school with the kids of the guy who wrote that, his study was full of awesome designs and tons of similar stuff.




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