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    Image of octoSink octoSink
    11/21/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    I have two books I got about spaceships and spacewrecks when I was a kid (the 70s) that either he contributed or did entirely. I can't remember the name, other than the spaceships shared a symbol TAT.

    These images take me back. Thank you.
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    KhaiJB promoted this comment octoSink was starred octoSink was unstarred
    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/22/09

    @octoSink: Terran Trade Authority Handbooks. mentioned in the thread here .. the titles are
    Spacecraft 2000-2100
    Great Space Battles
    Spacewreck
    Starliners
    all by Stewart Cowley

    Foss's work is not listed with the art in the books.
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    Edited by KhaiJB at 11/22/09 9:35 AM KhaiJB was starred KhaiJB was unstarred
    Image of octoSink octoSink
    11/22/09

    @KhaiJB: Thank you, I saw that later in the comments. Now I must go through boxes and find those books.

    #tips
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/22/09

    @octoSink: hope you do find them :)
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    11/21/09

    In reply to Greatest Swashbuckling Heroes From 100+ Years Of SF Books
    If you're going to count comics, you've gotta count him.
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    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    You know Charlie Jane, i've only just gotten my R2-D2 t-shirt and then you go an post this. *sigh* I'm gonna have to freeze my credit card or start sending you the bills.
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    11/20/09

    In reply to Greatest Swashbuckling Heroes From 100+ Years Of SF Books
    If we're going old school, what about Lemuel Gulliver or Baron Munchausen?
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    Image of lorq lorq
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    I still own and cherish my copy of "20th Century Foss," the artbook put out by Dragon's Dream Publishers, which also put out beautiful and glossy books by Roger Dean, Syd Mead, and many others, back in the mid-70s and thereafter. (Time for a Dragon's Dream retrospective article / gallery, mayhap...?)
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    11/20/09

    @lorq: Ahem, of course I meant "21st Century Foss."
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    Image of J-a-z J-a-z
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    My Dad was a scifi buff and he had a bunch of books with Chris Foss covers - several of them were the Foundation series and I Robot I think. I used to look at them for hours.
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment J-a-z was starred J-a-z was unstarred
    Image of SinisterBill prints in color on both sides SinisterBill prints in color on both sides
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    Reminds me of Stewart Cowley's Terran Trade Authority books.

    Outstanding!
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment SinisterBill prints in color on both sides was starred SinisterBill prints in color on both sides was unstarred
    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/20/09

    @SinisterBill: [www.bisbos.com]

    have fun :)
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    Image of Whitworthian Whitworthian
    11/20/09

    In reply to Greatest Swashbuckling Heroes From 100+ Years Of SF Books
    I really have a difficult time thinking of Cugel the Clever as a swashbuckler... he's more a dandy and rogue. There's little that's heroic or courageous about him. Few of your "D" words (other than dapper) actually apply.
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    Yay, Jodo! Factoid: the new Metabarons GN has a lengthy sequence by AWOL WildC.A.T.S penciller Travis Charest, which is beyond awesome. The two of them on one book hugely rule.
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    Image of Matthew Parmeter Matthew Parmeter
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    Does #14 strike anyone else as looking a bit like Deep Thought from the HHGG movie?

    And #5 seems vaguely Macross-ish
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/20/09

    @Matthew Parmeter: Yup, that's Deep Thought there.
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/20/09

    In reply to Greatest Swashbuckling Heroes From 100+ Years Of SF Books
    i only read one book off the list, and knew of the second.

    i have failed in my sci-fi fan boy module installation.

    can i still wear my Captain Planet shirt?
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    Image of Tim Barribeau Tim Barribeau
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    Many of Jodorowsky's ideas for Dune were folded into his comics, like L'Incal and Metabarons. L'Incal is an utter braintrip, in the best sense of the word. Totally worth a read.
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    Image of David Bullaro David Bullaro
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    I remember these from OMNI magazine. This was like timewarping back in time 2 decades. Thanks for that I09!
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/20/09

    @David Bullaro: me too.
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    Image of disatess disatess
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    awesome pics ,though I have a problem with where the giant robots are in dune .
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    Ghost_in_the_Machine promoted this comment disatess was starred disatess was unstarred
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    11/20/09

    @disatess: "Robots of Dune" is the next book after "Pirates of Dune".
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    11/20/09

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: sshhh !!! Frank herbert`s son will want to write it .
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    11/20/09

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: And after that is "Vampires of Dune"
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/20/09

    @disatess: Only the first four or five images are from Dune. Sorry that wasn't clearer.
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    Image of gkingc gkingc
    11/20/09

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: Don't forget the 'Ninjas of Dune' and 'God-Ninjas of Dune'
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/20/09

    @Yournamehere!: "Vampires of Dune" was ok, but "Werewolves of Dune" really had more action. By "Frankenstein vs The Sand Worm," though, I think Herbert was just kind of phoning it in.
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    11/20/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: oh .. no problem .
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/21/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: It is interesting that the recent London exhibition featuring Chris Foss's Dune artwork, is the only time I can recall any of Foss's originals appearing in public in decades.

    Nearly all of the originals of his book covers from the '70s and '80s were collected by one 'individual' (I never knew the name, but I think it was a Dutch corporation), who subsequently put them into storage in an art warehouse in Switzerland.

    I think this collection consisted of 120 of the total of 135 painted.

    Hopefully the recent overhaul of Chris Foss's website, the quality of the posters he is selling and the recent raising of his profile will lead to a change in their status.

    It would be good to see the seminal works of Foss back in the world.
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    Edited by SJ_Edwards at 11/21/09 1:50 AM SJ_Edwards was starred SJ_Edwards was unstarred
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