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| 875.1 | Classics | SUBWAY::BOWERS | Dave Bowers @WHO | Thu May 31 1990 03:42 | 11 |
| If you want to go antique hunting, back in the '50s Willy Ley did a
series of books on the possibile exploration of space. Art work by
Chesley (sp?) Bonstell. Got a bit of the technology wrong, but the art
work was awesome. The only ��title I can remember is "By Spaceship to
the Moon".
There's also an Arthur C. Clarke book with a title like "Prelude to
Space" with superb art work from around 196
-dave
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| 875.2 | try Forbidden Planet in NYC | SWAPIT::LAM | Q ��Ktl�� | Thu May 31 1990 03:51 | 7 |
| In the greater New York area, I've seen books like the kind you're
talking about at a store called "Forbidden Planet" where they sell
sci-fi literature and paraphernalia. If you're interested you can send
me email and I'll return with addresses and phone#'s. If you're out of
town, I'll find out if they do mail order.
ktlam--
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| 875.3 | | RUBY::BOYAJIAN | Secretary of the Stratosphere | Thu May 31 1990 09:17 | 25 |
| re:.1
Willy Ley did a large number of books on space exploration, with
a variety of artist, but the three he did with Bonestell are the
definite classics:
THE CONQUEST OF SPACE (1949)
THE EXPLORATION OF MARS (1956)
BEYOND THE SOLAR SYSTEM (1964)
I've got the first two, as well as (I think, I'll have to check)
a couple of Ley's books with other artists.
Bonestell is certainly the premier astronomical artist. He worked
on at least a half-dozen books on space exploration with writers
other than Ley. He also did numerous astronomical covers for some
fo the sf magazines of the 50's and 60's. And, he did the background
matte paintings for two sf films: WAR OF THE WORLDS (during the
prologue sequence) and WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE. *And*, he painted an
astronomical mural that resides at the Smithsonian Air and Space
Museum (little-known fact: it was originally done for the Musuem
of Science in Boston in the early 50's, and moved to the A&SM in
the 70's).
--- jerry
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| 875.4 | Foss | NIOMAX::LAING | Soft-Core Cuddler*Jim Laing*223-4793*PKO3 | Thu Aug 05 1993 16:21 | 8 |
| I found a few more books that answered my own query/search ...
Diary of a Spaceperson (Chris Foss)
The Chris Foss Portfolio
BOth are (to my taste) quite good, albeit unusual ...
Jim
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| 875.5 | Chesley Bonestell Art Gallery on WWW | MTWAIN::KLAES | No Guts, No Galaxy | Tue Aug 16 1994 14:40 | 14 |
| Article: 67976
From: [email protected] (John Humm)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Announcement: Chesley Bonestell Art Gallery on www
Date: 11 Aug 1994 19:06:24 -0500
Organization: Security APL, Inc.
Chesley Bonestell is recongnized by those in the field of astronomical
art for his "illustrations of manned visits to planets at a time when the
subject was only the dream of a few enthusiastis. You can enjoy this today
on the www of Security APL http://www.secapl.com/bonestell/Top.html
Enjoy: Address all comments back to [email protected]
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| 875.6 | Start Wars Art Books | HERON::TIG23::ROUBION | Emmanuel Roubion | Wed Aug 23 1995 09:11 | 4 |
| I know there are 3 others Artbook: the Star Wars Trilogy Artbooks !!!
I saw them in a magazine, they cost about 30$.I saw them in a French mag',
so I think they are spread around the globe...
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