Just discovered this thorough analysis of fictional spaceship design:
https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/handle/10012/4935
Maybe interesting for Josh or Lindsey?
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Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:35 am
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Re: The aesthetics of science fiction spaceship design (master thesis)
Wow, very interesting. I just scanned the PDF and it seems to cover everything about spaceships and stations. I do think this will be very helpful to Josh when it comes to building ship generation algorithms.holgerl wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 2:01 amJust discovered this thorough analysis of fictional spaceship design:
https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/handle/10012/4935
Maybe interesting for Josh or Lindsey?
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Tue Sep 04, 2018 11:26 am
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Re: The aesthetics of science fiction spaceship design (master thesis)
Inb4 hyperion rolling in and complaining that some julia space set he happens to find pretty doesnt fit into the paper
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Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:36 am
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That said, here are some obligatory inspirographs that could one day be spaceships or space stations
Re: The aesthetics of science fiction spaceship design (master thesis)
Actually, skimming the paper (I don't really have time to read 160 pages right now, but i'll put it in my list ), it seems rather comprehensive. Of course my own views on what spaceships and space stations and the like can look like in science fiction aren't really drawn fundamentally from other science fiction, at least not JUST science fiction. My own collection of ideas about the possible forms, which consists of about 20,000 images at the time of this writing, is just a sample of what I think could make for fantastic spaceships, you're free to disagree, but I simply ask "Why couldn't this be a spaceship or inspiration for a spaceship in science fiction or virtual space?" For me and my understanding, it's a matter of how much of what has been imagined or what can be imagined has been expressed in a well executed and popular medium. There are still countless sci-fi designs which simply haven't yet graced your eyes, but will one day be considered staples.Cornflakes_91 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 11:26 amInb4 hyperion rolling in and complaining that some julia space set he happens to find pretty doesnt fit into the paper
That said, here are some obligatory inspirographs that could one day be spaceships or space stations
Spoiler: SHOW
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