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Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy

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Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy
File:Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy.jpg
Author
IllustratorWayne Barlowe
Cover artistWayne Barlowe
Publisher1996 (HarperPrism)
Media typePrint
Pages100
ISBN0-06-105238-8 Search this book on .
OCLC34742199
741 .64 092—dc20
LC Class96-3056

Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy is a 1996 fantasy book by artist Wayne Barlowe. A companion to his earlier book Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials, it contains his visualizations of different beings from various works of fantasy. The foreword is by John Silbersack, then editor-in-chief at HarperPrism. The interior text is by Neil Duskis.

With the success of the "Extraterrestrials" book, Barlowe envisioned a series of "Guides" in the same style and started working on a "Fantasy" book. Since this book's release, Barlowe has worked on others' book covers, his own books, and many movies. The rest of the series has not appeared.[1]

For the book's release, HarperCollins hosted an exhibition of Barlowe's original paintings.[2]

Characters and species[edit]

The book covers 50 creatures, in the same format of text facing illustration that Barlowe used in his Guide to Extraterrestrials.[3] Blogger Fletcher Vredenburgh at Black Gate and others have noted that the pictures were apt to suggest a book worth reading.[4][5]

Extra content[edit]

A foldout section in the middle of the work, showing size comparisons. The last 34 pages consist of pencil sketches, including preliminary sketches for Pilgrimage to Hell, a project possibly related to his later Inferno.[3]

Reception[edit]

Gardner Dozois wrote in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection that the book was, "Among the best values in the art book field this year".[6] The book was reviewed in the Crypt of Cthulhu by Robert M. Price.[7]

References[edit]

  1. Liptak, Andrew (February 16, 2017). "Wayne Barlowe's Illustrated Aliens | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  2. Art Now Gallery Guide: National & international. Art Now, Incorporated. October 1996. Search this book on
  3. 3.0 3.1 tarbandu (December 19, 2013). "'Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy' by Wayne Douglas Barlowe". The PorPor Books Blog: SF and Fantasy Books 1968 - 1988 (blog).
  4. Fletcher Vredenburgh (February 25, 2014). "For Want of a Dragon … The Dragon Lord by David Drake". Black Gate.
  5. Clark, Scott (2014). "Books That Lead You to More Books" (PDF). lincolnlibraries.org.
  6. Dozois, Gardner R. (1997). The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection. Macmillan. ISBN 9780312157029. Search this book on
  7. "Search Crypt of Cthulhu". www.hplovecraft.com. Retrieved 2018-06-07.

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