ILLUSTRATION

  • Acrylic - 20" x 40"
    2008

Z-WORLD

Michael has semi-retired from illustration, but last year NESFA Press, the publishing side of the New England Science Fiction Association, asked him to do 6 covers for the collected stories of famed author Roger Zelazny. They told him that before he died, Zelazny stated in an interview that he always wished he had a "Whelan cover." How could Michael resist that? NESFA wanted Michael to combine elements from the stories into one painting that they could divide up for the 6 covers. Michael enjoyed the challenge and suggested that NESFA design the dust jackets so that when the 6 books are placed together on a shelf, the entire painting will be displayed along the spines. We are sure the author would be pleased with the result.
PRINT AVAILABLE
  • The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny
    Roger Zelazny (NESFA Press)
  • The first in a six-volume series, Volume 1: Threshold contains all of Zelazny's short works from his early years through the mid 1960s--a period of experimentation and growth that flowered into gems such as "A Rose for Ecclesiastes," "The Graveyard Heart," "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth," and "He Who Shapes." The stories in this series are enriched by editors' notes and Zelazny's own words, taken from his many essays, describing why he wrote the stories and what he thought about them in retrospect.

Available from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound | Powell's

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