The book showcases the work of a 21st-century master through fifteen new paintings and various drawings that depict a vivid realm filled with warriors, terrifying creatures, and nightmarish landscapes. Its unique presentation features heavy stock, an embossed cover, and a button-tie closure, resembling a true artist's portfolio. With 24 full-color illustrations, it offers a striking visual exploration of horror and imagination.
The book offers a captivating visual exploration of hell, featuring 40 stunning color paintings by renowned science fiction and fantasy artist Wayne Barlowe. Each artwork captures the eerie and surreal aspects of this otherworldly realm, inviting viewers to experience the strange and terrifying landscapes that inhabit the depths of the imagination.
Being an Account in Words and Artwork of the 2358 A.D. Voyage to Darwin IV
Wayne Barlowe's account offers a vivid portrayal of his experiences and observations from the first expedition to the distant planet Darwin IV. Through his paintings and notes, readers are taken on a journey that transcends time and space, providing a unique glimpse into an alien world. This immersive narrative blends art and exploration, inviting readers to envision life beyond Earth as Barlowe shares the wonders and mysteries encountered during his extraordinary adventure.
Set in a dark fantasy realm, this sequel plunges into a brutal struggle among rival demons vying for dominance in the infernal domain. Award-winning artist Wayne Barlowe expands on the rich, imaginative world he created in God's Demon, offering readers a gripping narrative filled with intense conflict and intricate character dynamics. The Heart of Hell promises to deepen the exploration of power, ambition, and the darker sides of existence within its vividly crafted universe.
A collection of sci-fi illustrator Wayne Barlowe's paintings.
Barlowe's portraits of extraterrestrials bring to life 50 aliens froom science fiction literature.
Lucifer's War, which damned legions of angels to Hell, is an ancient and bitter memory shrouded in the smoke and ash of the Inferno. The Fallen, those banished demons who escaped the full wrath of Heaven, have established a limitless and oppressive kingdom within the fiery confines of Hell. Lucifer has not been seen since the Fall and the mantle of rulership has been passed to the horrific Prince Beelzebub, the Lord of the Flies. The Demons Major, Heaven's former warriors, have become the ruling class. They are the equivalent to landed lords, each owing allegiance to the de facto ruler of Hell. They reign over their fiefdoms, tormenting the damned souls and adding to their wealth. One Demon Major, however, who has not forgotten his former life in Heaven. The powerful Lord Sargatanas is restless. For millennia Sargatanas has ruled dutifully but unenthusiastically, building his city, Adamantinarx, into the model of an Infernal metropolis. But he has never forgotten what he lost in the Fall—proximity to God. He is sickened by what he has become. Now, with a small event—a confrontation with one of the damned souls—he makes a decision that will reverberate through every being in Hell. Sargatanas decides to attempt the impossible, to rebel, to endeavor to go Home and bring with him anyone who chooses to follow . . . be they demon or soul. He will stake everything on this chance for redemption.
Blish created a trilogy, each volume of which dealt with an aspect of the price of knowledge, & gave it the overall name of After Such Knowledge (from a T.S. Eliot quote). The 1st published, A Case of Conscience (winner of the '59 Hugo Award as well as 2004/1953 Retrospective Hugo for Best Novella), showed a Jesuit priest confronted with an intelligent alien species, apparently unfallen, which he eventually concludes must be a Satanic fabrication. The 2nd, Doctor Mirabilis, is a historical novel about the medieval proto-scientist Roger Bacon. The 3rd, actually two short novels, Black Easter & The Day After Judgment, was written using the assumption that the ritual magic for summoning demons as described in grimoires actually worked. In that book, a powerful industrialist & arms merchant arranges to call up demons in the midst of a modern world crisis, resulting in nuclear war & the destruction of civilization. Black Easter is devoted to that element of the plot; The Day After Judgment is devoted to exploring the consequences of the destruction of the world, with an extraordinary ending in both narrative & theological terms.
