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Galactic Encounters Series #4
Worlds At War: An Illustrated Study of Interplanetary Conflict
This book studies interplanetary conflict.
62 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1980
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August 19, 2021
And so to the final (although numerically I believe it is book 4) in the Galactic Encounters series of books this time focusing on interplanetary war.
As with the other books in this series we have a series of colour pieces of art from various science fiction artists who were active at that time and weave a series of stories focusing around the subject of yes you guessed it - interplanetary war.
I think the challange here is that the various stories being relayed had to fit around the pieces of art which I think generally work - however I have to be honest I am here for the art. The pieces are from some of my favourite artists of the time and represent some of the books in my collection.
So yes another fun read and more art to add to collection - I just wish the publisher had focused more attention on the quality of the binding but I guess at the time it was published it was not seen as high art and I guess as such intended to last which is more the shame.
As with the other books in this series we have a series of colour pieces of art from various science fiction artists who were active at that time and weave a series of stories focusing around the subject of yes you guessed it - interplanetary war.
I think the challange here is that the various stories being relayed had to fit around the pieces of art which I think generally work - however I have to be honest I am here for the art. The pieces are from some of my favourite artists of the time and represent some of the books in my collection.
So yes another fun read and more art to add to collection - I just wish the publisher had focused more attention on the quality of the binding but I guess at the time it was published it was not seen as high art and I guess as such intended to last which is more the shame.
September 4, 2013
-Ensayo sobre crisis bélicas espaciales.-
Género. Ciencia-Ficción.
Lo que nos cuenta. Análisis retrospectivo de tres famosas crisis que afectaron en diferentes momentos a la Federación Galáctica y a los territorios espaciales incorporados durante su expansión, la primera de ellas con un enemigo desconocido igual que las razones del enfrentamiento, la segunda limitada a una zona concreta y aunque todavía no resuelta completamente sí que está controlada, y la tercera, la más dramática de todas, por la categoría del enemigo y sus capacidades.
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Género. Ciencia-Ficción.
Lo que nos cuenta. Análisis retrospectivo de tres famosas crisis que afectaron en diferentes momentos a la Federación Galáctica y a los territorios espaciales incorporados durante su expansión, la primera de ellas con un enemigo desconocido igual que las razones del enfrentamiento, la segunda limitada a una zona concreta y aunque todavía no resuelta completamente sí que está controlada, y la tercera, la más dramática de todas, por la categoría del enemigo y sus capacidades.
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September 4, 2013
-Ensayo sobre crisis bélicas espaciales.-
Género. Ciencia-Ficción.
Lo que nos cuenta. Análisis retrospectivo de tres famosas crisis que afectaron en diferentes momentos a la Federación Galáctica y a los territorios espaciales incorporados durante su expansión, la primera de ellas con un enemigo desconocido igual que las razones del enfrentamiento, la segunda limitada a una zona concreta y aunque todavía no resuelta completamente sí que está controlada, y la tercera, la más dramática de todas, por la categoría del enemigo y sus capacidades.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
http://librosdeolethros.blogspot.com/...
Género. Ciencia-Ficción.
Lo que nos cuenta. Análisis retrospectivo de tres famosas crisis que afectaron en diferentes momentos a la Federación Galáctica y a los territorios espaciales incorporados durante su expansión, la primera de ellas con un enemigo desconocido igual que las razones del enfrentamiento, la segunda limitada a una zona concreta y aunque todavía no resuelta completamente sí que está controlada, y la tercera, la más dramática de todas, por la categoría del enemigo y sus capacidades.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
http://librosdeolethros.blogspot.com/...
September 4, 2013
-Ensayo sobre crisis bélicas espaciales.-
Género. Ciencia-Ficción.
Lo que nos cuenta. Análisis retrospectivo de tres famosas crisis que afectaron en diferentes momentos a la Federación Galáctica y a los territorios espaciales incorporados durante su expansión, la primera de ellas con un enemigo desconocido igual que las razones del enfrentamiento, la segunda limitada a una zona concreta y aunque todavía no resuelta completamente sí que está controlada, y la tercera, la más dramática de todas, por la categoría del enemigo y sus capacidades.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
http://librosdeolethros.blogspot.com/...
Género. Ciencia-Ficción.
Lo que nos cuenta. Análisis retrospectivo de tres famosas crisis que afectaron en diferentes momentos a la Federación Galáctica y a los territorios espaciales incorporados durante su expansión, la primera de ellas con un enemigo desconocido igual que las razones del enfrentamiento, la segunda limitada a una zona concreta y aunque todavía no resuelta completamente sí que está controlada, y la tercera, la más dramática de todas, por la categoría del enemigo y sus capacidades.
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August 17, 2022
As with the other short works featuring illustrations by science fiction visionary Steven Caldwell, Worlds at War presents stunning images and serviceable prose.
There are some compelling images of an attack on Washington D.C. in some far future, featuring the old Capitol dome getting incinerated while skyscrapers on-loan from a cyberpunk dystopia loom in the background. Farther afield of Earth are battles between an interplanetary alliance called, generically enough, The Federation, and those aliens in the frontiers of known space who resist assimilation.
This part of the book features some incredibly glossy overleaf displays of everything from streamlined nacelles to battleship fuselages covered with eerie orange-glowing strip lighting. The people at Lucas Arts (or is it Disney now?) might want to have a world with Caldwell over some orblike space platforms that bear more than a striking resemblance to the Death Star. But the short book’s flagrant poaching is redeemed by the more original images, my favorite probably being a hyper-sentient free-floating brain producing a signal that turns out to be an “aggressive mimicry” trap, luring craft from adjacent galaxies when they warp through space. None of the glosses or captions even pretend to explain some of these images with scientifically plausible theories, but it hardly matters. Science Fantasy and Space Opera are storied subgenres within the wider genre of SF, and though they’re currently not in vogue, that doesn’t mean they won’t make a comeback. Or that they don’t still hold an enduring appeal that even the most ardent hard SF advocate wants to indulge when they’re not feeling churlish and pedantic. Recommended, but again, the images are light years ahead of the writing, which is a strained post hoc explanation for previously existing pictures.
There are some compelling images of an attack on Washington D.C. in some far future, featuring the old Capitol dome getting incinerated while skyscrapers on-loan from a cyberpunk dystopia loom in the background. Farther afield of Earth are battles between an interplanetary alliance called, generically enough, The Federation, and those aliens in the frontiers of known space who resist assimilation.
This part of the book features some incredibly glossy overleaf displays of everything from streamlined nacelles to battleship fuselages covered with eerie orange-glowing strip lighting. The people at Lucas Arts (or is it Disney now?) might want to have a world with Caldwell over some orblike space platforms that bear more than a striking resemblance to the Death Star. But the short book’s flagrant poaching is redeemed by the more original images, my favorite probably being a hyper-sentient free-floating brain producing a signal that turns out to be an “aggressive mimicry” trap, luring craft from adjacent galaxies when they warp through space. None of the glosses or captions even pretend to explain some of these images with scientifically plausible theories, but it hardly matters. Science Fantasy and Space Opera are storied subgenres within the wider genre of SF, and though they’re currently not in vogue, that doesn’t mean they won’t make a comeback. Or that they don’t still hold an enduring appeal that even the most ardent hard SF advocate wants to indulge when they’re not feeling churlish and pedantic. Recommended, but again, the images are light years ahead of the writing, which is a strained post hoc explanation for previously existing pictures.
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