An original and inspired early look on sci-fi starships

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	• Spacecraft 2000-2100, A.D. Stewart Cowley Book Sales, 1978 - 92 pages average customer review:based on 13 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

An original and inspired early look on sci-fi starships

This is a very great book with very detailed paintings of future warships and a good description to go along with each one, a must have for anyone who loves art, sci-fi, Space, war, or new ideas (or any combination of such), or is just interested in seeing what it is. No computer 3d stuff, just pure imagination. There is none of that old sci-fi pulp magazine rockets and UFOs and many of the starships in the book would put many of the spaceships used in movies today to shame (by judging how they looked like).

My favorite warhip has to be the Wasp

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**Adapted from the Wikipedia article on the Terran Trade Authority**

Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD (by Stewart Cowley, 1978)
Great Space Battles (by Stewart Cowley and Charles Herridge, 1979)
SpaceWreck: Ghost Ships and Derelicts of Space (by Stewart Cowley, 1979)
Starliners: Commercial Travel in 2200 AD (by Stewart Cowley, 1980)

Aliens in Space: An Illustrated Guide to the Inhabited Galaxy (1979)
Star Quest: An Incredible Voyage into the Unknown (1979)
The Fantastic Planet: A World of Magic and Mystery (1980)
Dangerous Frontiers: The Fight for Survival on Distant Worlds (1980)
(Printed as Settlers in Space: The Fight for Survival on Distant Worlds in the US)
Worlds at War: An Illustrated Study of Interplanetary Conflict (1980)
Space Patrol: The Official Guide to the Galactic Security Force (1980)

The above series of six books was written by Stewart Cowley using the pseudonym "Steven Caldwell." They were published by Intercontinental Book Productions in the UK and republished by Crescent Books in the US.

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Not Free SF Reader

This book as it suggests gives some technical detail on various diffrent classes of spaceship used in this future history, with some small amounts of background to go with it, as well as plenty of illustrations.

SPACECRAFT 2000-2100 AD

Well writtten and drawn although outdatted but it was originally written in 1978 and I'm still waiting for my fying car and teletransporter but still imaginative and the art is superb.

A very interesting and fun book to have...

Take artwork of spaceships, say from the cover of books or from magazines, and write a history around each one, listing why they were made, what they did and what happened to them. Now put all this ships into a book, split the book into three parts: military, commercial and special function, add a timeline, blueprints and specifcations. Not only did I enjoy the book, but I even recognized much of the artwork used.
I just wish there was more to the book and that the 'history' had more 'meat' to it. I may look for other books by the same author.

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