h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

When this was picked this up, I thought it was a chance to get to see Paul Kidby's Disc art from things that I don't have such as the calender/cards.

I thought the text would consist of saying which character was which or a discription of X character's actions in the painting.

This is so much more.

It's essentially The Pratchett Portfolio on the Last Hero scale of things. Terry P gives his opinion on how close Kidby gets to his in-brain movie cast aswell as comments on the characters themselves: Where they've been, where they're going, are they going...
The comments on Rincewind are particularly of interest.

I love the artwork. I don't agree with the visions of many (white afro for Susan Death anyone?) and in fact get given an idea of characters I had forgotten about eg. Zlorf Flannelfoot.

Although the pictures are great there, is the occasional 'amazing' level of things. It irked me that some of the Last Hero's art appears here but that can be said of the cards, which can be seen on Paul Kidby's website. However, seeing the picture of Pyramid's Teppic and the Last Continent Fourecks Rincewind - competing for best image in my brain next to Last Hero's post-apocalyptic Great A'Tuin - cry out that if those respective books were to be made into films these two pictures are the posters no question.

'Art of' is definately a book for fans, filling in some gaps on the back of a turtle and extending the characters we love just a bit more.

The only problem with the book for me is the depiction of Twoflower. Good art, though it is, my opinion is that it looks morally wrong. This Twoflower's face is an 'Agetean' of the 1950s standard. Doesn't seem right.

Nevertheless the book is visually stunning if you're a fan but those who haven't experienced the Disc need to pick up a few novels before the depth and detail can be truly appreciated.




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Woo!

Very good!

I wasn't even aware that this existed! Currently my online time is a bit curtailed due to bandwith somethingorother but I will put this up shortly.

You are wonderful.

This has existed for about a week or so.

Then that explains it. Still, top marks for being so on the ball .

There we go, it's up there under the De Cheloniam Mobile section. I really am tempted to move the different categories to separate pages for ease of use, what do you think?

Ithinkyoukeepasking methat!


Fine for me because I'm not on 56k and all BBC pages appears at the same rate for me...

Have you plucked Geggs' (I think) review of Going Postal from the main thread?

I have. I did an update yesterday.

I do indeed keep on asking that. One of these days I actually will.

Any one of these days now.