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Tables of Contents for Unearthly Visions
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction: The Iconology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Art
George Slusser
1
18
Part I. Approaches to Science Fiction Art
Artists in Wonderland: Toward a True History of Science Fiction Art
Gary Westfahl
19
20
The Northrop Continuum: Science Fiction Illustration and the Flying Wing Aircraft
Howard V. Hendrix
39
8
Less Is More: Empty Space, Invisibility, and Modern Design
Kathleen Church Plummer
47
14
``Getting It Right'': A Reflection on Titans and Technology
Gregory Benford
61
6
The Vision of Space: The Artist's View
Samuel H. Vasbinder
67
8
Shapes from the Edge of Time: The Science Fiction Artwork of Richard M. Powers
Kirk Hampton and Carol MacKay
75
12
Part II. Approaches to Fantasy Art
Notes on the Geography of Bad---and Good---Fantasy Art
John Clute
87
8
Archaeological Fieldwork in the Paper Tiger Stacks Report #43: A Short Happy History of Fantasy Art
John Grant
95
10
Wisdom and Clemency: The Collaborations of Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd
Lynne Lundquist and Gary Westfahl
105
20
``And What Happened After'': How J. R. R. Tolkien Visualized, and Other Artists Re-Visualized, the Denizens of Middle-Earth
Beatrix Karthaus-Hunt
125
16
Conan the Oxymoron: The Civilized Savage of Robert E. Howard and Frank Frazetta
David Hinckley
141
12
A Bibliography of Works of and about Science Fiction and Fantasy Art
153
4
Index
157
8
About the Contributors
165
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