Hardware : The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss, Hardcover by Hughes, Rian; ...
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Hardware : The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss, Hardcover by Hughes, Rian; Foss, Imogene; Moebius (FRW); Jodorowsky, Alejandro (FRW), ISBN 1848566980, ISBN-13 9781848566989, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Foss’s groundbreaking and distinctive science &7;ction 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 &7;ction 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 &7;lm 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 &7;rst 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 &7;ction: realism and a sense of wonder... A medieval goldsmith of future eons.” — Alejandro Jodorowsky
