Great Space BattlesStewart Cowley, Charles Herridge
Great Space Battles
by Stewart Cowley, Charles Herridge · first published 1979
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As a kid I loved reading "Great Space Battles" and "Spacecraft, 2000-2100 A.D.: Terran Trade Authority Handbook", by Stewart Cowley, from the late 70s. My impression is that the art (very beautiful airbrush(?) space ship pictures) inspired the stories…
on “The Aesthetics of Science Fiction Spaceship Design (2010)” ↗…favorites. Kind of illustration in reverse--it's a loosely related collection of stories inspired by the images (I think mostly or all originally painted to illustrate other stories). https://www.amazon.com/Great-Space-Battles-Stewart-Cowley/dp...
on “Peter Elson: Science Fiction Illustrator” ↗