June 23, 2000: When I was a kid I had this rad book (I think it was a coloring book) about a planet (maybe it was the earth, but I don't think so) that was going to be destroyed (by either a natural disater, like the star/sun going nova, or some alien attack). The inhabitants built this huge robot/space ship that they could escape on. I remember, especially, a cutaway view of the robot, which looked something like a Shogun Warrior (especially Raideen). Anyway, that's all I remember about it, but I want to find a copy and it's got me thinking...

What I really need is some sort of fuzzy, part-visual way to search. I mean, I have all the (admittedly vague) info above and I can picture a page from the book. I couldn't draw it very well, but I could probably describe it to someone police-sketch style and incrementally get closer to how it actually looks. And with more and more visual communication going on, something like this needs to be figured out (I know, I know it's really hard and lots of smart people are already working on it, but dammit, my nostalgia for the toys and media of my youth needs results now while I'm still in my 30s!).