{"product_id":"hardware-the-definitive-sf-works-of-chris-foss-9781848566989","title":"Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss","description":"Foss's groundbreaking and distinctive science fiction art revolutionized paperback covers in the 1970s and 80s. Dramatically raising the bar for realism and invention, his trademark battle-weary spacecraft, dramatic alien landscapes and crumbling brutalist architecture irrevocably changed the aesthetic of science fiction art and cinema. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing work for books by Isaac Asimov, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, Arthur C. Clarke, A. E. Van Vogt and Philip K. Dick, and film design for Ridley Scott and Stanley Kubrick, this volume brings together many rare and classic images that have never been seen or reprinted before. The first comprehensive retrospective of Chris Foss's SF career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \"Chris Foss' name has become pre-eminent among sf artists... He is in love with the monstrous, with angular momentum, with inertia-free projectiles and irresistable objects.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -- \u003cb\u003eBrian Aldiss\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \" Foss'] creations are real machines, not just an artist's dreams. They combine the two elements so essential to science fiction: realism and a sense of wonder... A medieval goldsmith of future eons.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -- \u003cb\u003eAlejandro Jodorowsky \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Foss\u003c\/b\u003e's evocative science fiction book covers pioneered a much-imitated style featuring vast, colourful spaceships, machines and cities. He also illustrated the original black and white edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Joy of Sex\u003c\/i\u003e. He produced the UK pb covers for Asimov's \u003ci\u003eFoundation Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, worked with H.R. Geiger on concepts for the unrealised Jodorowsky \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e movie and on \u003ci\u003eAlien\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as on \u003ci\u003eSuperman\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRian Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator, font designer and comics artist, noted for his work on \u003ci\u003e2000AD\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDan Dare\u003c\/i\u003e. His illustration work is highly distinctive, wearing its design influences on its sleeve. Clients include \u003ci\u003eVirgin Airways, Penguin Books, DC Comics\u003c\/i\u003e (for whom he has designed numerous logos), \u003ci\u003eEurostar\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBBC\u003c\/i\u003e and a range of magazines and newspapers. He is the editor and designer of several books including \u003ci\u003eLifestyle Illustration of the 60s\u003c\/i\u003e and the recently released \u003ci\u003eCult-ure\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"One of the most successful and prolific designer\/illustrators of the past 20 years.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -- \u003cb\u003eRoger Sabin, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEye \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003emagazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Titan Books (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50650618167570,"sku":"9781848566989","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_db99e2d0-24a7-4c17-badb-39a7524cc1b7.jpg?v=1733295275","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hardware-the-definitive-sf-works-of-chris-foss-9781848566989","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}