{"product_id":"the-immortals-of-science-fiction","title":"THE IMMORTALS OF SCIENCE FICTION","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003cstrong\u003eLes Edwards, Stuart Hughes, Richard Clifton-Dey\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eAlan Craddock\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eTerry Oakes\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eAlan Daniels\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eHoward Levitt. \u003c\/strong\u003eEach of the ten sections of the book has artwork by one artist.\n\nThe 10 'Immortals' profiled in the book include\u003cstrong\u003e Susan Calvin,\u003c\/strong\u003e from Asimov's 'Robots' novels; \u003cem\u003eThe Illustrated Man\u003c\/em\u003e from Ray Bradbury's novel; \u003cem\u003eSlippery Jim \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa2 pwa-color pwa-red\" title=\"Unknown word: DiGriz\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"Digri,digress,Graz,Grazia,Di Griz\" data-index=\"2\" data-category=\"grammarspelling\" data-sub-category=\"DiGriz\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"SSNE_E9EC513DE63866264221D235672D753F\" data-original-text=\"DiGriz\" data-tag-id=\"25fb8c2a-fb10-42ad-ba1e-717b1ff4534d\"\u003eDiGriz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e from Harry Harrison's \u003cem\u003eStainless Steel Rat adventures\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eOscar Gordon\u003c\/strong\u003e from Heinlein's \u003ci\u003eGlory Road\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eLewis Orne\u003c\/strong\u003e from Frank Herbert's \u003ci\u003eThe \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa2 pwa-color pwa-red\" title=\"Unknown word: Godmakers\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"gunmakers,Gunmakers,bedmakers,diemakers,Diemakers\" data-index=\"3\" data-category=\"grammarspelling\" data-sub-category=\"Godmakers\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"SIMPLE_SPELLING\" data-original-text=\"Godmakers\" data-tag-id=\"850f1a5c-03fc-4312-8641-1d6aaa16727b\"\u003eGodmakers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e; Esau Cairn from Robert E. Howard's \u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa2 pwa-color pwa-red\" title=\"Unknown word: Almuric\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"Almeric\" data-index=\"4\" data-category=\"grammarspelling\" data-sub-category=\"Almuric\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"SIMPLE_SPELLING\" data-original-text=\"Almuric\" data-tag-id=\"fda3d57b-3a09-4530-8021-28739b64d8e6\"\u003eAlmuric\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eWinston Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eBeowulf Schaeffer\u003c\/strong\u003e from Larry Niven's novels; \u003cstrong\u003eWinston Roomfor\u003c\/strong\u003ed from Vonnegut's \u003ci\u003eThe Sirens of Titan\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003cstrong\u003eHoward Lester\u003c\/strong\u003e from Colin Wilson's \u003ci\u003eThe Philosopher's Stone\u003c\/i\u003e.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Wingrove\u003c\/strong\u003e was, in 1980, primarily a sci-fi critic; his monumental multi-volume \u003ci\u003eChung Kuo\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eOut of Print.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMinus Fine. \u003c\/strong\u003eScratches and corner bumps.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59641358483742,"sku":"RB5237","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/RB5237-immortals-science-fiction.jpg?v=1784503556","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/the-immortals-of-science-fiction","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}