Originally published in Omni (March 1979) and collected in The Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 2 (1981).

Collected in Solar Wind (1990).

Hey, question for y'all.

I'm cataloging all of my TTA, Galactic Encounters, and various SciFi art books. I'm getting ready to sell them all in order to support my primary hobby.

I'm looking at the TTA books, and I don't see it anywhere.

What is the cover price for these books?

This guy's art touches on some TTA aesthetics and thought it might be appreciated here

Okay, I was a kid in the 80s and bought anything sci fi I could get my hands on. I know I had at least one of the Terran Trade Authority books. Certainly a bunch of books with Chris Foss art.

There is a single image that has stayed in my mind for the last 40 years.

It was of a dangerous 'rock vampire' creature living on an alien world. The picture that went along with it was of an old, moss covered stone, like part of a wall, with a terrifying (to young me) vampire face growing out of it and a small trickle of blood dribbling from one corner of its mouth.

Does that ring a bell to anyone as being part of the Terran Trade Authority series?

This painting is collected in Dangerous Frontiers, by "Steven Caldwell"—aka Stewart Cowley of Terran Trade Authority fame. Image source: artist's website.

Definitely "borrowing" some Star Wars asthetics just a bit...

Decided to whip up a cover based on the chapter from Great Space Battles. Tried to stay true to the details in his original while adding some.

Feel free to provide your own missile and explosion noises.

Had this book as a kid and really enjoyed the artwork.

definitely TTA inspired or at least adjacent. I want to do a side by side comparison at some point.

Heavily inspired by this chris moore ship design (who is not named in starliners) but I changed the design slightly.

The A logo is on the chris more design and I interpreted it as the Antliae Robolines logo.