Comments: 12
alam033 [2014-08-19 12:09:11 +0000 UTC]
I have the book this particular image is from.
Damn peter elson sure have influenced me on how to expect a spaceship should look like.
Nice tribute
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Anonymous-Dinosaur [2014-06-05 01:14:49 +0000 UTC]
The Terran Trade Authority books were some of my favorites growing up! The stories were so inventive and the ship designs were colorful and unusual. It's too bad you don't see those kinds of ship designs in sci-fi anymore. Everything's always gray, angular, and practical. But I have a feeling that if MLP ever did space opera, Peter Elson is who they would turn to for inspiration.
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PrototypeSpaceMonkey [2013-02-19 10:41:46 +0000 UTC]
Yes! So much yes! We could use more TTA/MLP crossovers like this! For the sake of awesomeness everywhere.
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HailstormTempest [2013-02-19 05:16:25 +0000 UTC]
I'm in the process of writing a pony fic that has aliens and starships in it O.O
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Nullcast [2013-02-19 01:40:25 +0000 UTC]
I remember having a book that took Peter Elson (and maybe similar) pics and tried to build a coherent plotline to string them all together. It was less than coherent.
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TheLastBrunnenG [2013-02-19 01:12:22 +0000 UTC]
Beautiful! Elson was superb. I collected all the TTA and Galactic Encounters books, Parallel Lines, and more because of the little "PE" in the corner of so many works. The digitally-remade TTA books were a pale shadow of the originals.
Many thanks to you, Zeeclaw, for combining two great passions of mine! Nicely done.
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Zeeclaw In reply to TheLastBrunnenG [2013-02-19 05:44:30 +0000 UTC]
When I saw the TTA series.. it was when I was like 5 - 8 years old, tucked on a shelf in my old house in germany. Back then I didn't even know what series was about, but the space ships fascinated me to no end and those epic images were burned into my mind. Fast forward around 20 years later, a fellow Brony commented on one of my Starship drawings and said that it looked similar in the style of Peter Elson and Chris Foss. Its sad to hear that the new reprints are not as great as the originals though..
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Flyntendo [2013-02-18 23:24:29 +0000 UTC]
Just saw this on EQD, and my first thought was...
"Dayum, that looks like Chriss Foss' art style"
Comparing them both, Peter Elson's work does bear strong similarities with that of Chris Foss, you should check it out!
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MrDrethaMighty [2013-02-18 22:34:59 +0000 UTC]
The humans are back!!!!
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