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Friday, July 3, 2009

The Kneifels. The story of the Raumpatrouille Orion novels is actually a rather long and complicated one. Which has got nothing to do with what I'm on about, but then why not; let's submerge ourselves into literary SF history.

The novelisations of the 7-episode TV Series were written by the SF author Hans Kneifel and the first paperbacks were published in 1968 by Moewig Verlag. Here's the front cover of Planet außer Kurs:

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After that, it went on and on. Kneifel wrote 35 of those paperbacks, all of them published with Moewig. Then it all stopped.

Booklets ("Hefte") were published in the early and mid-seventies, all within the Terra Astra series, again by Moewig. Exactly 145 of those, written by various authors, although Hans Kneifel was still involved:

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And in 1990 the first seven episodes appeared as books again, this time published by Haffmans Verlag in Zürich. Fabulously done — a new design, Hans Kneifel himself went through all the old typescripts, added paragraphs where necessary, deleted paragraphs where necessary, inserted more humour; he almost rewrote the old books. What a great edition this was:

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Anyway, all of those covers refer back to the television series. Boring. Living in the late sixties, early seventies, what would a book designer have done without using photos or illustrations? So here's my take on those book covers.

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The full set can be seen over at my posterous website.


9:01:03 AM   Cult, My Sketchbooks, Orion Pics | |   
  

Thursday, July 2, 2009

The Advertisement. From 1964.

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9:42:34 AM   Old Ads | |   
  

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Postcards from Dortmund. Over at flickr.

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6:53:42 PM   The Cartoonist's Photos | |   
  

A Guide to investigating UFOs. Free download at the Fortean Times.

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1:39:15 PM   The World Today | |   
  

25 Illustrations inspired by Film. At wellmedicated. Via autofab.

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10:00:34 AM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

Monday, June 29, 2009

Closed for Business. Sorry, I was away the last few days, but blogging will resume slowly during the week. And with regards to the 'Little Wheel' game: you simply have to press the right buttons! It's easy.

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8:03:53 AM   The Cartoonist's Photos, This & That | |   
  

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Interesting. Aggregat456, a weblog about architecture and design.

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3:22:56 PM   Art & Advertising, Blogs | |   
  

What a great Time-waster. Little Wheel.

There was once a world of living robots. But one day a bad accident occured in the main power generator. The world fell into a deep sleep. Bring life back to the world!

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10:41:03 AM   This & That | |   
  

Thomas Lehr. Fotografien aus dem Ruhrgebiet. Via tief unten.

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Copyright: Thomas Lehr

9:13:41 AM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Make your own Damien Hirst Skull. With the IHIRST. Via Switched On Set.

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3:48:37 PM   Art & Advertising | |   
  

The Advertisement. Found at copyranter.

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2:31:57 PM   Old Ads | |   
  

The Cask of Amontillado. Considering that I did this many years ago with the crappy Bryce software, it's actually not that bad.

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11:27:27 AM   My Sketchbooks | |   
  

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

An E-Mail to Steve. WTF? Steve, what's this all about? A new Clox EP? With new songs? When are we supposed to be in the studio then? I just got myself a new Telecaster!

Great cover, btw. Ha, "Thatcher Years" - brilliant!

Yours faithfully,
Ralf

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11:24:09 PM   Cult | |   
  

Photo, found in a box. My old Caterham Seven. What a fab car that was.

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3:09:07 PM   Found in a Box | |   
  

Comics, found in a Box. While browsing through some cupboards and tidying up I came across some archaeological surprises. Best reason ever to stop tidying up and to start reading with wide eyes and being totally amazed instead.

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10:37:59 AM   Comics, out of a box | |   
  

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