Alien Landscapes

Sometimes you look at the artwork of a story and think, that's totally correct. Sometimes you look at it and sayd, well I would have pictured it in another way. And sometimes, as in the case of the Hothouse image of the Sodal, a image is wrong. In this book, outside of that one image, the artists really explore the stories and delight me with their choices. Well, the Time Machine looked weird and there was only two images, so that was a let down, but the rest is good.

This book looks at some of the best science fiction series, such as Herbert's Dune, Clark's Rama, and Niven's Ringworld, and examines the settings and their impact on the stories. Each chapter covers a different series, and the artwork that accompanies the text is just amazing. I've spent many hours simply staring at the images -- it's more of picture book than a book you sit down and read, though there is quite a bit of writing. I recommend it to science fiction fans.