Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Pop Art: Starlog Photo-guidebook Edition
award-winning creator of the web series Abnormal Fixation (2024), the audio drama Enter the House Between (2023) and author of 35 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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John, these STARLOG Photo Guidebooks along with STARLOG magazine were simply a fun part of my '70s boyhood. The two volumes of Starlog Photo Guidebook Spaceships (the red volume one that you have posted here and the larger blue second edition) were awesome for anyone that loved science-fiction spaceships.
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I remember seeing the ads for these in the regular monthly issues of Starlog and lusting mightily for them, but my local drugstore never carried any of them. I've never seen one "in the wild." I'd still love to add them to my collection... guess I'd better go have a look on eBay!
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