Public art & sculpture · East Midlands
Space Marine
Space Marine — a public art in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom.
Alan Murray-Rust — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Space Marine is a public art located in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
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From the Wikipedia article
The space marine is an archetype of military science fiction describing a kind of soldier (cf. "marine") who operates in outer space or on alien worlds.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The earliest known use of the term "space marine" was by Bob Olsen in his short story "Captain Brink of the Space Marines" (Amazing Stories, Volume 7, Number 8, November 1932), a light-hearted work whose title is a play on the song "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines", and in which the protagonists were marines of the "Earth Republic Space Navy" on mission to rescue celebrity twins from aliens on Titan. Olsen published a novella sequel four years later, "The Space Marines and the Slavers" (Amazing Stories, Volume 10, Number 13, December 1936), featuring the same characters using a spaceship with active camouflage to free hostages from Martian space pirates on Ganymede. A more widely known…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.9413, -1.1738
- District
- Nottingham
- Parish
- Nottingham, unparished area
- Postcode
- NG7 2WS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Nottingham South
- Official site
- www.tenpin.co.uk
Sources
- osm: node/6732857939 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Space marine (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Space Marine?
- Space Marine is in the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode NG7 2WS), in the parish of Nottingham, unparished area.
- Is Space Marine free to visit?
- Yes, Space Marine is free to enter.
- How do I get to Space Marine?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NG7 2WS. It sits within the Nottingham South parliamentary constituency.