Visions of Alternate Worlds

Here's a couple of interesting artists working in the fantasy/scifi realm.

H.R. Geiger (1940-2014) was a member of the special effects team given the Oscar for the 1979 film, Alien. His ornate yet austere surrealist art, combining fantastic creatures and technology (he was a friend of both Dali and Timothy Leary), published in 1977 as Necronomicon, caught the eye of director Ridley Scott, and launched a thousand drooling, indestructible creatures into movie houses for the next 35 years:

Alien made Giger rich and famous; his post-Oscar ventures included a series of Giger-themed bars in Switzerland and Japan. His Swiss chateau is now a museum of his work.

In 1994 Morpheus International published H.R. Giger's Necronomicon as an oversized art book, with a new forward by Clive Barker and, added to the 1977 text, material from Giger's work for Alien. We have a good copy, sans dust jacket and a little worn at the top and bottom of the spine, but in fine condition otherwise. 

Current artist Jon Foster has managed to develop a style that, while drawing on the influence of Norman Rockwell and N.C. Wyeth, can be adapted to anything from a National Geographic cover to a fantasy comic book:

Foster's 2006 retrospective, r/evolution, is a such a sumptuous collection of his work we almost didn't offer it for sale. Only Henry's stern gaze and finger pointed at the rent date forced us to give you a crack at this fine hardcover volume:

Details:

-H.R. Giger, H.R. Giger's Necronomicon, Morpheus International, 1991, 3rd printing, 1994, ISBN 0-9623447-2-9), 12" x 16 3/4" hardcover, no dust jacket, some wear to top and bottom of spine, otherwise quite good. Your price: US $29.

-Cathy and Arnie Fenner and Irene Gallo, eds, r/evolution: The Art of Jon Foster (Underwood Books 2006, ISBN 1-59929-003-0), 9 1/2" x 12 1/4" hardcover with cover art imprinted, very good condition. Your price: US $40.