[xionon]

I have a vague childhood memory of looking through a large illustrated book about spaceships in our public library and being in awe. When I came back on another trip, it was gone. I never knew the name or author, but the memory surfaces every few years. It always made me a little sad, because I couldn’t remember enough to find it as an adult - just the vibes I got as a child.

I am now 99% sure it was Spacecraft 2000 - 2100 AD. Thank you so much for posting the name and helping me solve this mystery.

[CoastalCoder]

You're welcome! One day when I was pretty young, my dad brought that book home from the local library. He didn't often do stuff like that, so it's a really nice memory.

I couldn't remember much about the book either. I did some digging a few years ago when I wanted to get a copy for one of my kids.

Tangent: the spaceship designs in the Homeworld games [0] remind me a lot of that book.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeworld