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Unearthly visions : approaches to science fiction and fantasy art
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Unearthly visions : approaches to science fiction and fantasy art

Author: Gary Westfahl; George Edgar Slusser; Kathleen Church Plummer
Publisher: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2002.
Series: Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy, no. 98
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Gary Westfahl; George Edgar Slusser; Kathleen Church Plummer
ISBN: 0313317054 9780313317057
OCLC Number: 47696279
Description: vi, 166 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction : The iconology of science fiction and fantasy art / George Slusser -- Artists in wonderland : toward a true history of science fiction art / Gary Westfahl -- The Northrop continuum : science fiction illustration and the flying wing aircraft / Howard V. Hendrix -- Less is more : empty space, invisibility, and modern design / Kathleen Church Plummer -- "Getting it right" : a reflection on titans and technology / Gregory Benford -- The vision of space : the artist's view / Samuel H. Vasbinder -- Shapes from the edges of time : the science fiction artwork of Richard M. Powers / Kirk Hampton and Carol MacKay -- Notes on the geography of bad--and good--fantasy art / John Clute -- Archaeological fieldwork in the Paper Tiger stacks report #43 : a short happy history of fantasy art / John Grant -- Wisdom and clemency : the collaborations of Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd / Lynne Lundquist and Gary Westfahl -- "And what happened after" : how J.R.R. Tolkien visualized, and other artists re-visualized, the denizens of Middle-Earth / Beatrix Karthaus-Hunt -- Conan the oxymoron : the civilized savage of Robert E. Howard and Frank Frazetta / David Hinckley.
Series Title: Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy, no. 98
Responsibility: edited by Gary Westfahl, George Slusser, and Kathleen Church Plummer.
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