Hardware - The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss

Rian Hughes, Imogene Foss

ISBN 10: 1848566980 / ISBN 13: 9781848566989

Published by Titan Books, London, 2011

About this Item

The first comprehensive retrospective of works by British SF and fantasy artist Chris Foss, best known for his covers for books by authors such as Isaac Asimov, EE Doc Smith, Arthur C Clarke and others. 240pp illustrated profusely throughout in colour. Slight bumping and rubbing to spine and corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. HEAVY BOOK, additional postage may be required for Air Mail shipping. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hardware - The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss
• Publisher: Titan Books, London
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848566980
• ISBN 13: 9781848566989
• Binding: Illustrated Boards
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art - Fantasy Art

About this title

Synopsis

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.

Featuring 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.

“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.” — Brian Aldiss

“[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.” — Alejandro Jodorowsky 

About the Author

Chris Foss'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 The Joy of Sex. He produced the UK pb covers for Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy, worked with H.R. Geiger on concepts for the unrealised Jodorowsky Dune movie and on Alien, as well as on Superman.

Rian Hughes is an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator, font designer and comics artist, noted for his work on 2000AD, and Dan Dare. His illustration work is highly distinctive, wearing its design influences on its sleeve. Clients include Virgin Airways, Penguin Books, DC Comics (for whom he has designed numerous logos), Eurostar, the BBC and a range of magazines and newspapers. He is the editor and designer of several books including Lifestyle Illustration of the 60s and the recently released Cult-ure.

"One of the most successful and prolific designer/illustrators of the past 20 years." — Roger Sabin, Eye magazine