THE IMMORTALS OF SCIENCE FICTION

The Immortals is a book of sci-fi paintings commission to represent each of 10 'immortal' characters from (more or less) prominent sci-fi novels. Almost every other page is either a full-page color illustration or a double-page spread. None of the artwork is individually credited. All is credited to "Young Artists" on the copyright page. However, most of the artists can be identified, such as Les Edwards, Stuart Hughes, Richard Clifton-Dey, Alan Craddock, Terry Oakes, Alan Daniels and Howard Levitt. Each of the ten sections of the book has artwork by one artist. The 10 'Immortals' profiled in the book include Susan Calvin, from Asimov's 'Robots' novels; The Illustrated Man from Ray Bradbury's novel; Slippery Jim DiGriz from Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat adventures; Oscar Gordon from Heinlein's Glory Road; Lewis Orne from Frank Herbert's The Godmakers; Esau Cairn from Robert E. Howard's Almuric; Winston Smith from 1984; Beowulf Schaeffer from Larry Niven's novels; Winston Roomford from Vonnegut's The Sirens of Titan; and Howard Lester from Colin Wilson's The Philosopher's Stone. David Wingrove was, in 1980, primarily a sci-fi critic; his monumental multi-volume Chung Kuo series was still 9 years in the future. For 'Immortals', he contributes the accompanying text, in which each of the Immortals is engaged in conversation by an anonymous Narrator. Out of Print. Condition: Minus Fine. Scratches and corner bumps.