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Re: Retro Bots
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lugnet.space
Date: 
Sat, 14 Jun 2003 02:17:18 GMT
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"Wayne McCaul" <wmccaul@NOSPAMattbi.com> wrote:

Thanks wubwub, I really dig retro-scifi; sometimes way retro - say Victorian
Era. But I first feel in love with artwork from pulp scifi mags of the
30/40/50s. Spaceships with giant fins, bulky robots that are challenged by
stairs, and thinly veiled plotlines of commie invasions - that's the life
for me!


Oh yea! That really was the golden era :-)

Don't forget "advanced futuristic computers" that were only the size of
a small house :-)

hmmmmm

maybe I will get that frelling building room done...



-Evil Wayne


In lugnet.space, Stephen F. Roberts wrote:
"Wayne McCaul" <wmccaul@NOSPAMattbi.com> wrote:

I'm a huge fan of Classic Space and retro sci-fi in general.

Lately, I've been sort of stuggling with pulp robots and  I just wanted to say a
thank you to both Chris Giddens and Timotheus Deering; you're bots were the
right kind of kick-in-the-teeth I needed to get over my block.

Nothing too special, but here's the first couple:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=46010

Groove on

beautiful!  totally 50s
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Thanks wubwub, I really dig retro-scifi; sometimes way retro - say Victorian Era. But I first feel in love with artwork from pulp scifi mags of the 30/40/50s. Spaceships with giant fins, bulky robots that are challenged by stairs, and thinly veiled (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)

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