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Re:No Man’s Sky Is A Huge Procedurally Generated Sci-Fi Expl... by rralian on Sunday December 08, 2013 @12:58PM (#6870461)
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.

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Re:No Man’s Sky Is A Huge Procedurally Generated Sci-Fi Expl... by patcon on Sunday December 08, 2013 @01:17PM (#6870572)
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)

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Re:No Man’s Sky Is A Huge Procedurally Generated Sci-Fi Expl... by redler on Monday December 09, 2013 @12:07AM (#6872882)
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...

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Re:No Man’s Sky Is A Huge Procedurally Generated Sci-Fi Expl... by rralian on Monday December 09, 2013 @12:56AM (#6873007)
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!

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Re:No Man’s Sky Is A Huge Procedurally Generated Sci-Fi Expl... by gpjt on Monday December 09, 2013 @04:30PM (#6877158)
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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