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Spacewreck: Ghostships and Derelicts of Space
Okay now if there is EVER a book that screams nostalgia this is it. I cannot begin (well I guess I sort of am already) to say what this book means to me. Okay the book is old, 1979 to be precise, the art is varied to say the least and the content well a little shaky but I DO NOT CARE. I first saw this in a 1980s department store, one that we would go to every christmas to spend our christmas gift vouchers and yes it was all very stereotypical. However because it was the 80s and pretty much a closed environment my brother and I were let loose to explore - and yes they had a book department. They had a copy of this book which I instantly galvanised to, imploring my parents to let me buy it. Sadly to no avail they said it was too old for me (and too expensive) so sadly I had to walk away form it (although I did do my best to try and read most of it) seemingly to never see it again.Now years later I have a copy of the same book - okay its not as in such good a condition and I guess some of the "wow" factor has worn off and like I say shows it's age but still the memories still come flooding back and the sheer fun of it (even if it is a collection of crashed and wrecked space ships). The text is really just a series of contrived pieces to justify the choice of artwork but who cares. I guess we all have our white whales and over the years, in book format at least I have collected my fair share of them, but in this case, for once I finally found it. I am suddenly a very smug 10 year old all over again.