The City Ships of Alpha
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- The Terran Trade Authority is a series of 1970s books by British writer & artist Stewart Cowley. The books describe a near future where Earth is the governing world in the Terran Federation. It's basically a mythos centred around a core of striking sci-fi art from artists such as Angus McKie, Peter Elson and Jim Burns. You can still buy the books today! I highly recommend check them out.
The original four books are-
Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD (by Stewart Cowley, 1978)
Great Space Battles (by Stewart Cowley and Charles Herridge, 1979)
SpaceWreck: Ghost Ships and Derelicts of Space (by Stewart Cowley, 1979)
Starliners: Commercial Travel in 2200 AD (by Stewart Cowley, 1980)
This video is based on 'The City Ships of Alpha' from the first book.
Good to know this channel isn't dead
This series was pivotal in my love of space. There was nothing like it.
Thanks for bringing it to life again ❤
I JUST saw that you run this channel on top of your fabulous history channels. I can’t tell you how excited I am! Please keep this channel going!
At first I thought it an unusual stroke of fortune that you share an interest in two things I am also passionate about. Very quickly though, I realised it to be entirely fitting given that sci-fi so frequently explores the development of humanity from philosophical and satirical lenses, as well as the moment of confluence between civilisations hailing from dramatically different cultures and technological development. It’s entirely apropos!!!
I missed the original series - but I devoted a lot of time collecting al the stuff I could get over the past three decades.
(and also the Galactic Encounters books by Stewart Cowley)
It´s sad that such stuff isn´t really done anymore.
Oh WOW... thanks for making this, the TTA books are a treasured part of my youth and to this day enjoy an esteemed spot on my shelf. For a boy back in the 70's, high on Star Wars and reruns of the original Star Trek, their future history tales drawn from random futuristic artwork stoked my imagination, opening the door to famous authors such as Niven, Bester, Pournnelle, etc.
I have the first book on the shelf in my office, it was a gift from my father many years ago. I’ve always loved the artwork
I love your channels! You must be so busy keeping up with so many but I'm subscribed to all of them because you make difficult concepts so easy to listen to! Your script, narration, music, and visuals put together so masterfully makes learning these things a beautiful experience of discovery! Thank you so much for your hard work! :)
Just found this collection of channels. Absolutely love them.
Thankyou Pete😊
I love the books from this series. I managed to get them from someone's attic. The artwork for the series is fantastic. Some of the best 70s/80s retro futurism artwork out there.
This doesn't seem like fiction at all! I love it . . . and of course, your iconic voice and British accent. It's a shame I've been missing this. You guys are prolific producers.
Sounds really unique, I look forward to more
Lost all mine years ago, very expensive to replace them all now. Thank you for this video and re-kindling my interest in the TTA.
Well im glad this channel isnt dead! Thank you for the upload!
Glad to have found you!
Good, your voice and story telling. Great combo, you should wrote more Sci Fi
Wow😮. This is awesome work mate!!
First time knowing of this channel because of the story he just put up on yt on history time about it. I was also kust eatcjing isaac Arthur, so easy transition
Awesome, thank you.
Instant sub
Came here from History of Earth👍🏼
I had been always fascinated by the TTA universe since childhood. But I never found searching in book shops and over the internet any stuff depicting aspect and anatomy of Alphans and Proximans. I'm really curious about that, could anyone help for that? (links? suggestions?).
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Very well done, as usual. But I am not at all impressed with the original texts as story. As examples of human imagination they are great, but not so much on story-telling....and the advantages that your history channels have is that you have a story to tell....
To anyone who has read this series- is it any good by modern standards? What I mean specifically is this- is it dripping with that disgusting level of sexism that old sci-fi seems to always be? Where female characters cannot be described without it being really gross and sexual, treated as essentially furniture in some male fantasy? I’m no genders studies student or whatever, but gratuitous sex scenes and reading about “perky” whatever every chapter gets old fast, at least for women.
These old sci fi books are almost removed from the personal level of the individual, written like history books. Consider this video a teaser to the stories contained within those old hardcover books.