Barlowe, Wayne, Douglas

Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials: Great Aliens from Science Fiction Literature

In this illustrated field guide to extraterrestrials-a 1980 nominee for the ABA and Hugo Awards and named one of the Best Books of Spring 1980 by School Library Journal-Wayne Douglas Barlowe paints 50 denizens of popular science fiction literature. 150 full-color paintings show each character not only in full figure but also in detail highlighting distinctive characteristics. Humanoids, insectoids, reptilians, and more are included. Field notes explain movement, diet, respiration, and reproduction habits. The book also features a pull-out chart showing comparative sizes, and a section devoted to Barlowe's own sketchbook of works in progress. Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club. 267,000 copies in print.

Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy

In his classic Guide to Extraterrestials, Wayne Douglas Barlowe brought us science fiction's greatest aliens. Now he does the same for the bizarre and beautiful beings of a thousand years of fantasy and horror.

Here is the Unicorn, still shimmering from the imagination of The Last Unicorn author Peter S. Beagle. Here in all its disgusting glory lurks H. P. Lovecraft's Gug, along with Robert Jordan's Trolloc. Here you will meet Marion Zimmer Bradley's Morgaine from The Mists of Avalon, Conan-creator Robert E. Howard's Bran Mak Morn, Clive Barker's Gek AGek, Drool Rockworm from Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, and many wondrous more.

Fifty fantastic creatures in all. Awesome, incredible, startling, disturbing, these creatures are all rendered with exquisite accuracy and excruciating detail. Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy is the essential companion for anyone who has ever been thrilled by the terrifying and wonderful creatures found in fantastic literature, and wished to see them brought to life by a modern master.

Expedition: Being an Account in Words and Artwork of the 2358 A.D. Voyage to Darwin IV

In 2358, wildlife artist Wayne Douglas Barlowe joined the first manned flight to Darwin IV, fourth planet in the newly discovered F-Class binary system 6.5 light years from Earth. Now his long-awaited account of that historic journey has been published. More vivid than the holos and more interpretive than the videos, these extraordinary paintings, plus numerous drawings, studies, and sketchbook pages, transport the reader to a wild, beautiful, untouched world-a planet teeming with incredible beasts and exotic vegetation.

Expedition is the most important travel book of the 24th century. Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club and the Astronomy Book Club.

Dragon's Plunder (Dragonflight Series)

Jamie Falconer's talent is the wind — he can whistle up a breeze anytime he wants. When captain Deadmon and his band of pirates discover Jamie's talent, they plan to kidnap him and take him along on their quest for a dragon's gold. However, Jamie has plans of his own, and the pirates find him not only willing but eager to abandon his work as a pot scrubber from the Pirate's Rest Inn.

Sailing on the brig Betty with Captain Deadmon and his crew, Jamie makes a shocking discovery: Deadmon is dead! The mummified pirate captain once vowed never to rest until he'd plundered a dragon's hoard and divided the booty among his men. Since there were few dragons even in those days, swearing such an oath was a foolish thing to do; now Deadmon is stuck with the results.

The pirates have been searching for a dragon since Deadmon died in battle ten years before, and the search isn't going well. There is one dragon left within their reach, but it lives on the Isle of Winds, where no ship can approach — unless Jamie's talent for whistling up the wind can get them there!