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5.0 out of 5 stars Cool !!!!!!!, August 18, 2000

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L. Troy Beals (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials: Great Aliens from Science Fiction Literature (Paperback)

The premise of this book is: The authors have taken various characters from various science fiction works and have visualy recreated them and write about some of their culture from what is in the books. This is one of the best Science Fiction art books I've ever read!!! and if you've read some of the books that these aliens are recreated from it's even better!!!! Colorful pictures, explanations, and even a couple of pages showing the comparative sizes of each of the aliens!!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just what the title says..., April 3, 2004

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Michael Valdivielso (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials: Great Aliens from Science Fiction Literature (Paperback)

A book on great alien races from science fiction. Classic fiction to boot. Most of us know about the Overlords from 'Childhood's End', the Puppeteers from 'Ringworld', the Guild Steersman from 'Dune' and even the Old Ones from 'At the Mountains of Madness'. But do you remember the Thrint from 'World of Ptavvs', the Cinruss from 'Hospital Station', or the Cygnan from 'The Jupiter Theft'?
A great source of information on alien races with full color pictures, lots of data on history, culture and habitat BUT also a great source for finding classic stories you never heard of!
Do you know the Pnume, Salaman, Triped or Merseian? Well, get this book and found out who they are!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gives new meaning to loving a book to death, June 10, 2002

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Cynthia J. Mahaffey "RhetCompBooks" (Northwest Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials: Great Aliens from Science Fiction Literature (Paperback)

_Wayne Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials_ is my 12 year old son/fantasy/scfi fanatic's favorite book. It is dog-eared from so much love, reading, studying and attention. This is no kid's book, though--these are the wunderkind's Wayne Barlowe's illustrations that have appeared in many famous scfi books. Each alien has a full bio-ethnographic description, bring each to life.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good and not forgotten
This is the second time I've bought this book. I loved the first time I bought it and I loved it this time too.

Published 15 months ago by StarWizard

5.0 out of 5 stars My son loves it
My 8-year-old son's art teacher has this book in her classroom. My son fell in love with it. It has great artwork of famous aliens, as well as quick facts on each one, including... Read more

Published 19 months ago by YayBick

5.0 out of 5 stars YOU SAY YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A GOWACHIN, IXTL OR DIRDIR LOOKS LIKE? WELL SEACH NO FURTHER!
Like a couple of other reviewers here, I have had this book in my possession for well over thirty years now; starting with the early 1979 paper back edition and graduating to the... Read more

Published on November 8, 2009 by D. Blankenship

5.0 out of 5 stars One-of-a-kind book when published is still just as enjoyable today
I've had this book for 30 years, as of this month; my copy is the first paperback edition from October 1979. Read more

Published on October 6, 2009 by Muzzlehatch

5.0 out of 5 stars Barlowe`s Guide is a classic! A Field Guide for the Sci-Fi Novel.
I remember getting this wonderful book when it first came out and being amazed at seeing such professional paintings of the creatures and beings from many of my favorite science... Read more

Published on November 21, 2008 by W. Hosford

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
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myths...
unrealistic scenario,
but certainly it is amazing.
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Published on July 11, 2008 by Salim Mahdi

4.0 out of 5 stars think of it as "Alien Centerfolds of Sci-Fi"
The artwork in this book is fabulous. It's a neat little companion book for sci-fi fans; it has wonderful illustrations of all the various organisms that have been portrayed in... Read more

Published on February 2, 2008 by R. Friesel Jr.

4.0 out of 5 stars Graphic SF Reader
Once I saw that there was a Velantian in this, from E. E. Doc Smith's Lensman series, I was sold, and had to get it. Read more

Published on September 3, 2007 by Blue Tyson

5.0 out of 5 stars Xenophanes
Good book. I have owned this since I was a child. It was a great portal into many of these classic Sci Fi books as I would have never heard about them otherwise. Read more

Published on April 1, 2007 by Xenophanes

5.0 out of 5 stars From the author of Tales of Ancient Xenar
I enjoy art books, mainly books of fantasy art. But this book is more a sci-fi art book, and a very good one at that. Mr. Read more

Published on November 8, 2005 by J. Price

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The Abyormenite is a genderless entity about 1.2 meters tall, with a bulbous body supported on six muscular tentacles. Read the first page

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Physical Characteristics, Old Ones, Fire Time, The Guild Steersmen, The Ixtl, The Soft Ones, The Triped

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