SPACESHIPS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE REAL AND THE IMAGINED
Book ID/图书代码： 04313715B81187
English Summary/英文概要： Arthur C. Clarke, the most respected of all science-fiction authors, wrote that even as a schoolboy he drew designs for spaceships—“if my schoolboy exercise books still existed, you’d understand why my nickname was ‘spaceship’ some 60 years ago.” Continuing that the idea of the spaceship has been a “persistent dream” of humankind’s for many centuries, Clarke noted: “We have been lucky enough to have lived in the age when ‘the power has met the dream.’”
This book charts the trajectory of “the dream,” reviewing how humankind’s notions
of what a spaceship would look like have developed, from the earliest days through to
the first real craft of the Mercury and Apollo programs of the late 1950s and 1960s,
up to the present time. The final chapter examines the form that the spaceships of the
immediate future are likely to take.
Ideas about spaceships, as Arthur C. Clarke indicated, have been uniquely influenced
by artistic imaginings—whether in books, comics, or movies. The science available to
the creators of some of these early fictional craft mean that they are laughably
implausible in scientific terms to today’s readers, but with others—for example the
spaceship Discovery in Stanley Kubrick’s classic 1968 movie, 2001: A Space
Odyssey—painstaking efforts were taken to adhere to scientific fact, as known at the
time. All of these imaginary spacecraft contributed their part to the “conquest” of
space in reality.
Some 75 spacecraft are profiled in the seven chapters of this unique book,
covering the gamut from the wildly imaginative ideas of several centuries ago and
the scientifically plausible spacecraft of modern science fiction, to the real
spacecraft flying today and the incredible designs for the future. Some craft are
profiled over one double-page spread; a very select number over more than one
spread; and on some spreads, multiple spaceships are discussed on the same
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spread (particularly when fictional craft are being profiled, as there are often fewer
details to be reviewed or shown in photos). Overall, the aim is to include around
75 spaceships—actual craft, influential experimental designs, and fictional
concepts—in the book (please see the provisional list attached).
The history of the spaceship is further enhanced by the inclusion of two special
features in each chapter; these focus on different aspects of the story, broadening and
contextualizing the history. One of the features reviews the ways in which popular
culture has both influenced, and responded to, the idea (and, later, the reality) of space
travel over the centuries (the influence of Chesley Bonestell’s Collier’s “Space
Travel Symposium” articles of the 1950s, the craze for Space Race memorabilia in
the 1960s, the influence of particular movies and TV series, and more). The other
feature in each chapter profiles key individuals, such as Wernher von Braun, and
scientists of earlier days (some of whom were a little eccentric!). This is, truly, a
popular history.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Arthur C. Clarke,，最受尊敬的科幻小说作家，在上学的时候他就甚至为宇宙飞船画设计图————“如果我的小学生练习簿仍然存在，你就会明白，为什么60多年前我的昵称是’飞船’继续做飞船的想法一直是人类的许多世纪以来的“执着的梦想”，克拉克表示：“我们已经足够幸运住在时代，当有了”满足梦想的力量。
这本书罗列了表格梦想的轨迹，回顾人类的宇宙飞船将会是什么样子的概念发展,从早期的第一个真正的工艺汞和1960年代末和1950年代的阿波罗计划,到现在为止。最后一章探讨了形式,不久的将来可能的宇宙飞船。
关于飞船的想法，正如Arthur C. Clarke表明，受到通过独特的艺术想像，无论是书籍，漫画，或电影的影响。对于那些早期的小说工艺创造者来说的可接触到的科学术语对于现今的读者来说是难以置信的可笑。但与其他人 - 例如1968年Stanley Kubrick发现飞船的经典电影，2001年：太空Odyssey—苦心经营以坚持科学事实，在目前所知的时间。所有这些虚构的飞船在现实中贡献太空的“征服”力量。
一些75号飞船的资料在这本书中 记录了有七个章节，覆盖了几世纪前天马行空 的想法到当代科幻小说中可行的飞行器到当今真实的飞船以及未来里不可置信的设计。一些工艺记载了超过两页的延伸；在某些延伸的方面，多个飞船已经在同一个“字母书有限公司”2中提及过（特别是在虚构的工艺正在配置的，因为经常有较少的细节进行审查或照片所示）。总体而言，其目的是包括约75飞船，实际工艺，有影响力的实验设计，并虚构的概念，在这本书（请参见附件的临时名单）。
飞船的历史被列入了两个特殊功能，在每章中进一步增强;这些专注于故事的不同方面，扩大和情境的历史。其中一个功能评测中，大众文化既影响了方法，并回答了，这个想法（以及后来的现实），在过去几个世纪的太空旅行（Chesley Bonestell’s Collier的太空旅行研讨会发表在1950年代，1960年代这股热潮的太空竞赛纪念品特定的电影和电视剧的影响及其更多）。在每章的其他功能配置文件的关键人物，如Wernher von Braun，和早期的天科学家（其中有些人都有些古怪！）。这是真正的，一个流行的历史。(LNL)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 由得奖的最佳畅销书作者 Ron Miller撰写，,<宇宙飞船：一段通俗史>是一部具有争议的全彩插图书来刻画宇宙飞船的历史用这样一种可亲的至今来说是权威的方式来诠释。这本书将对普通读者，科幻书、电影动画爱好者——甚至是火箭专家同样是具有实际意义和激励人心的。Written by award-winning, bestselling author Ron Miller, Spaceships: A Popular History is arguably the first fully illustrated book to chart the history of the spaceship in such an accessible, yet authoritative, way. The book will be of interest to general readers, to lovers of science-fiction books, comics, movies—even to rocket scientists, both actual and aspiring . . .
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