# Return of the Terran Trade Authority !

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 3, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-terran-trade-authority/346885 "2006-03-03T11:57:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-terran-trade-authority/346885/1 "2006-03-03T11:57:44Z")

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If anyone was a fan of **Stewart Cowley’s** TTA handbooks ( **Terran Trade Authority** ) of the late 70’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terran\_Trade\_Authority](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terran_Trade_Authority) they are in for a treat, apparently there is going to be an expanded addition issued in June.

[http://www.bisbos.com/rocketscience/tta/ttanews.html](http://www.bisbos.com/rocketscience/tta/ttanews.html)

My favorite was Ghostships & Derelicts of Space, how can you beat haunted spaceships. Magnificent SF artwork in every volume, if you like the Chris Foss style. I still have all four of the original volumes, one of my most prized possessions.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-terran-trade-authority/346885/2 "2006-03-03T12:12:45Z")

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That’s a cool event. I still have the Spacecraft 2000-2100 book around here somewhere.

Heck, that book is what taught me that photocopiers reproduced red as black. I was at my dad’s office and was copying some of the illustrations to paper my room.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-terran-trade-authority/346885/3 "2006-03-03T14:12:36Z")

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I had all of those, then foolishly gave them away. ☹

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-terran-trade-authority/346885/4 "2006-03-04T02:17:42Z")

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You can still buy a few of them.

[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0896730220/102-6091695-0786500?n=283155](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0896730220/102-6091695-0786500?n=283155)

A bit out of my price range, though…