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OK. I'm late to the NMS party, know bugger all about the game, and just had a look at the screen shots elektro posted. Is it based on this series of books, or something? Because the artwork and some of the ships really do bear a striking resemblance ...
- And for anyone who remembers, Homeworld and Homeworld 2 (awesome sci-fi RTS series) drew heavy inspiration from this series.Continuity
- Oh my god - 3 down - had that book as a kid and loved it.fadein11
- I used to borrow all of them routinely from my local library ... I can still remember the smell of them. Happy days!Continuity
- I am trying to work out how old I was when I loved these - what year were they popular - can you remember?fadein11
- As I recall, the late 70s ... I *think*. They were probably riding on the back of Star Wars's success. What I do remember is discovering them in the early 80s.Continuity
- It was a good guess. Wiki says: '[...] four large illustrated science fiction books published between 1978 and 1980.'Continuity
- yep - thought so - I was v.young but defo loved them because of Star Wars as well although nothing like it. Thanks for sharing - taken me right back. Thatfadein11
- middle one was like an obsession ha which I had totally forgotten about.fadein11
- Spacewreck one.fadein11
- I'm going to run the ISBNs through Amazon, and see if I can buy all of them ... I def want to have them now!Continuity
- :) may do the same but at my age... perhaps not ha.fadein11
- https://www.amazon.c…fadein11
- Fuck me, 260 quid for a new copy ... o_OContinuity