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'''''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. Interior text is by [[Neil Duskis]]. |
'''''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. Interior text is by [[Neil Duskis]]. |
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*Alzabo - [[Gene Wolfe]]'s ''[[The Book of the New Sun#Volumes|The Sword of the Lictor]]'' (alien) |
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*[[Anyanwu]] - [[Octavia E. Butler]]'s ''[[Wild Seed (Octavia Butler novel)|Wild Seed]]'' (human) |
*[[Anyanwu]] - [[Octavia E. Butler]]'s ''[[Wild Seed (Octavia Butler novel)|Wild Seed]]'' (human) |
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*[[Vetala|Baital]] - [[Richard Francis Burton|Captain Sir Richard F. Burton]]'s ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2400 King Vikram and the Vampire]'' (1870) |
*[[Vetala|Baital]] - [[Richard Francis Burton|Captain Sir Richard F. Burton]]'s ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2400 King Vikram and the Vampire]'' (1870) |
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*[[Corum Jhaelen Irsei]] - [[Michael Moorcock]]'s ''[[The Swords Trilogy|The Knight of the Swords]]'' |
*[[Corum Jhaelen Irsei]] - [[Michael Moorcock]]'s ''[[The Swords Trilogy|The Knight of the Swords]]'' |
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*[[List of Chronicles of Amber characters#Dara|Dara]] - [[Roger Zelazny]]'s ''[[The Guns of Avalon]]'' |
*[[List of Chronicles of Amber characters#Dara|Dara]] - [[Roger Zelazny]]'s ''[[The Guns of Avalon]]'' |
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*Dark Ones - [[Barbara Hambly]]'s ''[[Barbara_Hambly#The_Darwath_Trilogy|The Time of the Dark]]'' |
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*Drool Rockworm - [[Stephen R. Donaldson]]'s ''[[Lord Foul's Bane]]'' |
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*Eastern [[Ifrit|Afrit]] - [[Tim Powers]]' ''[[The Drawing of the Dark]]'' |
*Eastern [[Ifrit|Afrit]] - [[Tim Powers]]' ''[[The Drawing of the Dark]]'' |
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*Elemental - [[Robert Holdstock]]'s ''[[Mythago Wood]]'' |
*Elemental - [[Robert Holdstock]]'s ''[[Mythago Wood]]'' |
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*Gek-a-gek - [[Clive Barker]]'s ''[[Imajica]]'' |
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*Gideon Winter/The Dragon - [[Peter Straub]]'s ''[[Floating Dragon]]'' |
*Gideon Winter/The Dragon - [[Peter Straub]]'s ''[[Floating Dragon]]'' |
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*[[Golem]] - Hebrew legend |
*[[Golem]] - Hebrew legend |
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Revision as of 03:23, 5 June 2012
| Author | Wayne Barlowe |
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| Illustrator | Wayne Barlowe |
| Cover artist | Wayne Barlowe |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Publisher | HarperPrism |
Publication date | 1996 |
| Pages | 100 |
| ISBN | 0-06-105238-8 |
| OCLC | 34742199 |
| 741 .64 092--dc20 | |
| LC Class | 96-3056 |
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. Interior text is by Neil Duskis.
characters and Species
- Alzabo - Gene Wolfe's The Sword of the Lictor (alien)
- Anyanwu - Octavia E. Butler's Wild Seed (human)
- Baital - Captain Sir Richard F. Burton's King Vikram and the Vampire (1870)
- Beatriz De Barbentain - Guy Gavriel Kay's A Song for Arbonne (human)
- Biargram Ironhand - David Drake's The Dragon Lord (undead)
- Bran Mak Morn - Robert E. Howard's Bran Mak Morn
- Camber of Culdi - Katherine Kurtz's Camber of Culdi
- The Caterpillar - Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Changeling - John Crowley's Little, Big
- Chuz - Tanith Lee's Delusion's Master
- Corum Jhaelen Irsei - Michael Moorcock's The Knight of the Swords
- Dara - Roger Zelazny's The Guns of Avalon
- Dark Ones - Barbara Hambly's The Time of the Dark
- Drool Rockworm - Stephen R. Donaldson's Lord Foul's Bane
- Eastern Afrit - Tim Powers' The Drawing of the Dark
- Elemental - Robert Holdstock's Mythago Wood
- Gek-a-gek - Clive Barker's Imajica
- Gideon Winter/The Dragon - Peter Straub's Floating Dragon
- Golem - Hebrew legend
- Gorice XII - E. R. Eddison's The Worm Ouroboros
- Grendel - Beowulf
- Griffin (species) - Greek and Near Eastern Mythology
- Gugs - H. P. Lovecraft's The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
- Herrel - Andre Norton's Year of the Unicorn
- Ilrede - Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword (troll)
- Kerowyn - Mercedes Lackey's By the Sword
- Lamprey-worms - Dan Simmons' Summer of Night
- Lirazel - Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter
- The Machine-beast - Terry Brooks' The Sword of Shannara
- Morgaine - Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon
- Mort - Terry Pratchett's Mort
- Nevyn - Katherine Kerr's Daggerspell
- Nissifer - Jack Vance's Cugel's Saga
- Psammead - E. Nesbit's Five Children and It
- Quicksilver Dragon - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Dragon Wing
- The Red Death - Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death
- Saw-Horse - L. Frank Baum's The Land of Oz
- Shadow - Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea
- Shrowk - David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus
- Silent One - A. Merritt's The Moon Pool
- Swine-things - William Hope Hodgson's The House on the Borderland
- Tengu - Japanese folklore
- Mr. Toad - Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
- Toothguards - Tad Williams' Tailchaser's Song
- Trollocs - Robert Jordan's The Eye of the World
- Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle's The Last Unicorn
- Unseelie Court Assassins - Emma Bull's War for the Oaks
- Vodyanois - C. J. Cherryh's Rusalka
- White Lady - Raymond E. Feist's Faerie Tale
- Wolfen - Whitley Strieber's The Wolfen
Extra content
A foldout section in the middle of the work, showing size comparisons. Pencil drawings of the creatures, including preliminary sketches for Pilgrimage to Hell, a project of his, possibly related to his Inferno.
History
- Barlowe, Wayne (1996). Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy. New York: HarperPrism. ISBN 0-06-105238-8.