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A Garden of Unearthly Delights
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Crazy as a holy trout
  • Sorely Maligned
 A Garden of Unearthly Delights
Rankin
Manufacturer: Transworld
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ASIN: 0552142123

Book Description

It was something to do with the cycles of history, the way great civilizations rise and fall. Few people noticed the changes at first, and by the time everyone realized, it was too late. Earth had left behind the age of science and reason and moved into a time of myth, legend, wizardry, and heroes.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Crazy as a holy trout.......2001-02-08

Weird, wacky, wild. Crazy,cracking, cold. Barmy, bonkers, batty. Strange, stupid, silly.

5 out of 5 stars Sorely Maligned.......2000-08-22

This is a rare foray into pure fantasy for Rankin, and this genre switch, along with it not being part of a series - something Rankin had hitherto pretty much stuck to - threw quite a few of his readers, and as such this book has become possibly the most underrated of his works. Having recently re-read it, i found "The Garden..." to be absolutely, fantastically insane, and I think Rankin should, once again, be applauded for having the guts to just let his imagination flow onto the page, and damn the conventions of "sanity." Max Carrion, Imagineer, is one of Rankin's best characters, and people should give this book more of a chance.
In The Garden Of Unearthly Delights: The Paintings of Josh Kirby
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A creative&humorous Fantasy&Science-Fiction artist
 In The Garden Of Unearthly Delights: The Paintings of Josh Kirby
Nigel Suckling
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ASIN: 1850281548

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With his unbounded imagination, and taste for turning the laws of nature on their head, painter Josh Kirby has become a favorite of science fiction authors and a top-flight creator of wickedly clever film posters. This collection of his exuberant works is a sheer delight, featuring covers for the Savage Scorpio series; a selection from Kirby’s magnum opus Voyage of the Ayeguy, portraits of Hitchcock; and a film poster for Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A creative&humorous Fantasy&Science-Fiction artist.......2005-04-14

Ronald William(Josh) Kirby died a few years ago(Shelfanger,Norfolk,October 23,2001).He was born in Waterloo,Lancashire,ENGLAND,on November 27,1928,to become one of the greatest british Fantasy&Science-Fiction artists.He was creative,wryly humorous and technically brilliant.This wonderful book,written by Nigel Suckling,has a Foreword by the great Brian Aldiss,Kirby's long time friend and admirer,and offers to us,Fantasy&SF Art enthusiasts, a large sample of Josh Kirby's art.Art collected by famous names like Forrest J. Ackerman and Ray Bradbury.
Personally,I admire a large number of his works reproduced in this book.A few of the paintings I love:the cover for "MORLOCK NIGHT"(DAW Books,1979)a H.G.Wells pastiche by K.W.Jeter;MUMMY I,a Postcard(Clouded Tiger Cards,1981);the exquisite cover for "THE MIND BEHIND THE EYE"(DAW Books,1971)by Joseph Green;the covers for the serie of humorous SF books written by Ron Goulart for DAW Books:"THE WICKED CYBORG","THE ROBOT IN THE CLOSET","A WHIFF OF MADNESS","HAIL HIBBLER","HELLO LEMURIA HELLO","WHAT'S BECOME OF SCREWLOOSE?","BIG BANG" and "UPSIDE DOWNSIDE".I really love his Robots.Kirby said about androids&robots:"...androids(or robots) are merely a more or less clumsy version of us."They are funny ,but pathetic too.And I am a fan of his famous aliens.A few of them are reproduced here:in the covers for Brian Aldiss's "THE INTERPRETER"(FOUR SQUARE,1966), James White's"THE ALIENS AMONGST US"(DAW Books,1970),LLOYD BIGGLE JR'S "THE LIGHT THAT NEVER WAS"(MORLEY,1974)and KEITH LAUMER'S "GALACTIC ODISSEY"(MAYFLOWER,1974), we see examples of his horrid&funny aliens.And there is a painting that Kirby made for the British Science-Fiction magazine SF MONTHLY(1974) called SPACE OPERA that, for me,epitomizes Science-Fiction.
Enjoy this Garden of Unearthly Delights!
In the Garden of Unearthly Delights
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    		In the Garden of Unearthly Delights
    Josh Kirby
    Manufacturer: Paper Tiger
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    ASIN: B000JK754U
    In The Garden of Unearthly Delights, The Paintings of Josh Kirby
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      		In The Garden of Unearthly Delights, The Paintings of Josh Kirby
      Nigel Suckling
      Manufacturer: Paper Tiger
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      ASIN: B000HWZVIM
      Garden of Unearthly Delights
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • Think twice before you bite!
      		 Garden of Unearthly Delights
      Robin Mather
      Manufacturer: Dutton Adult
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      Binding: Hardcover

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      ASIN: 0525938648

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars Think twice before you bite!.......1999-01-27

      To paraphrase our guru Oprah, this book stopped me cold before eating another(chicken)burger. Mather has a feminine, conversational writing style that befits the subject and offers great insight into the aspects of bio-engineered foodstuffs. We are getting so far away from the basics as taught by our farming forefathers. Is it worth it? Or are we ensuring that there will be no future farmers in America? A big thank you to Robin Mather for going into the barns and labs to set the table of doubt for us.
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        		In the Garden of Unearthly Delights - the Paintings of Josh Kirby
        Josh (forward By Brian Aldiss) Kirby
        Manufacturer: Paper Tiger
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        ASIN: B000HK8CLC
        Garden of Unearthly Delights
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          		Garden of Unearthly Delights
          Robin Mather
          Manufacturer: Dutton
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          ASIN: B000O6DS5Y
          In the Garden of Unearthly Delights
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            		In the Garden of Unearthly Delights
            Nigel Suckling
            Manufacturer: Dragon's World Ltd
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            ASIN: 185028153X
            In the Garden of Unearthly Delights - the Paintings of Josh Kirby
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              		In the Garden of Unearthly Delights - the Paintings of Josh Kirby
              Josh (forward By Brian Aldiss) Kirby
              Manufacturer: Paper Tiger
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Paperback
              ASIN: B000HK7M4K

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