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ninj's review
5.0
So many classic covers by Whelan - my favourite could well be Giskard from the Robots of Dawn, as selected for this book cover.
Decent write-up for each piece of art, too, describing the circumstances of its creation, often along with some of the initial concept variations. Each piece is shown full from Whelan's work, with a smaller image of it in situ on the book cover.
Surprise find: he did a set of Lovecraft horror covers.
Quirk: the one image without a write-up was the Lord of the Rings image of Frodo, Sam and the Eagles, which instead just featured an except from the book describing the scene.
Decent write-up for each piece of art, too, describing the circumstances of its creation, often along with some of the initial concept variations. Each piece is shown full from Whelan's work, with a smaller image of it in situ on the book cover.
Surprise find: he did a set of Lovecraft horror covers.
Quirk: the one image without a write-up was the Lord of the Rings image of Frodo, Sam and the Eagles, which instead just featured an except from the book describing the scene.
peregrineace's review
5.0
A wonderful compilation of Whelan's work with some short explanations of the symbolism involved. There are also notes on his technique, but that was outside my area of expertise.
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