Escape to thought-provoking realms and explore awe-inspiring vistas. Whelan's work is a blend of pop-culture-defining imagery and impassioned personal expression that resonates with sophisticated art collectors and his fellow artists. He is at the forefront of Alternative Realism as a contemporary art movement.
In a desolate reality, one that mirrors our own in frightening ways, a lone and haunt- ing figure known only as Roland makes his way across the endless sands in pursuit of a sinister, dark-robed mystery of a man. Roland is the last of his kind, a "gunslinger" charged with protecting whatever goodness and light remains in his world—a world that "moved on" as and the only way he can possibly hope to save every- they say ... thing is to first outwit and confront this man in black, then make him divulge his many arcane secrets. For despite the countless miles he's already traversed, Roland knows these will merely be his initial steps on his spellbinding and soul-shattering quest to locate the mystical nexus of all worlds, all universes: the Dark Tower..
Kutath ist ein uralter, sterbender Planet, von lebensfeindlichen Wüsten bedeckt, in denen eine tödliche Tierwelt sich einen erbarmungslosen Überlebenskampf liefert, mit gewaltigen tiefen Becken einstiger Meere, in die seit Jahrzehntausenden der Sand rinnt. Dies ist die Heimatwelt der Mri, der gefürchtetsten Kriegerrasse der Galaxis, die seit Jahrmillionen als Söldner im Dienst anderer Rassen gekämpft haben, zuletzt im Dienst der Regul - gegen die Menschheit. Sten Duncan, dem Ob Tak, Einzelkämpfer und Spezialist für gefährliche taktische Oberflächenaufgaben, ist es gelungen, das Vertrauen der letzten überlebenden Mri zu gewinnen, indem er einer ihresgleichen wurde. Sowohl Menschen wie Regul liebäugeln mit dem Gedanken, sich diese gefährliche Rasse ein für allemal vom Halse zu schaffen, indem sie Kutath in eine atomare Hölle verwandeln. Verzweifelt kämpft Duncan darum, den Holocaust zu verhindern.
Award-winning artist Whelan has illustrated the work of almost every major author in speculative fiction. Here are featured all the artist's major recent paintings, as well as a series of 25 never-before-seen works produced especially for this book. Over 100 full-color reproductions.
Die Regul, die mächtige Handelsrasse der Galaxis, hat sich mit einem brutalen Vernichtungsschlag ihrer ehemaligen Söldner entledigt, der Mri, deren Rache sie fürchteten. Sten Duncan, ein terrestrischer Soldat, ein ObTak, Einzelkämpfer...
Gathers paintings used to illustrate science fiction, fantasy, and horror covers for paperbacks and shares the artist's comments on each work
As galactic armadas clash in quest of the ancient fleet of the Progenitors, a brutal alien race seizes the dying planet of Garth. The various uplifted inhabitants must battle their overlords of face ultimate extinction. At stake is the existence of Terran society and Earth and the fate of the entire Five Galaxies. THE UPLIFT WAR is the third book in David Brin's magnificent Uplift series. Winner of the Hugo award when it was first published, it is a sweeping, brilliantly crafted story of adventure and wonder from one of the greatest writers of science fiction.
A collection of 100 paintings by one of the foremost illustrators of fantasy and science fiction.
