Millions of years before the emergence of humankind, the great dragon civilization dominated this world. It left few traces behind save legends and one mighty structure: Dragonhenge. The dragons were profound storytellers, and collected here are tales from their oral mythology. “Hugo Award winners pool their talents in Dragonhenge, an illustrated collection of eight tales and a “Proem” that celebrate the ancient dragon civilization.”—Publishers Weekly.
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John Grant (co-editor with John Clute of The Encyclopedia of Fantasy) and artist Bob Eggleton (co-creator with Nigel Suckling of Greetings from Earth), both Hugo Award winners, pool their talents in Dragonhenge, an illustrated collection of eight tales and a "Proem" that celebrate the ancient dragon civilization.
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Bob Eggleton is among the leading fantasy and science fiction artists of our age and is especially well known for his dragon paintings. He is a multiple winner of both the Hugo (seven times to date) and the Chesley awards, achieving the almost unprecedented feat in 2001 of winning both the Best Professional Artist and being nominated in the Best Related Book category of the Hugo awards. He has also worked on motion picture conceptual design, contributing to the Academy Award-nominated animated Paramount Pictures film, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Previous books are Greetings From Earth, Alien Horizons, and The Book of Sea Monsters. John Grant is the author of Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters. Technical Editor of the Clute/Nicholls' Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (for which he shared a rare BSFA Special Award), co-editor with John Clute of The Encyclopedia of Fantasy and co-author with Ron Tiner of The Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Science Fiction Art Techniques. He is also a winner of a Hugo and World Fantasy Award
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Astonishing .... Sure to be a Classic!,
By jael (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dragonhenge (Hardcover)
I was blown away upon finally viewing and reading my copy of Dragonhenge. I had seen slides of some of the art, along with portions of the text as it was in final creative stages. But now, all together at last, it is a seemless and timeless masterpiece. Bob's glowing and stunning images flow beautifully within and around John's mesmerizing text, creating a visual and verbal feast for the imagination. This lovely book whispers the reality of the wisdom of the ancients, the dragon-like mythological beings who existed before the beginning of time itself. You must get a copy of this book.... no get several copies to share with everyone. It will become a classic!! Jael
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Dragonhenge (Hardcover)
This is an extraordinary book; a book that takes a concept and builds legends around it. In reading it, you feel as though you have stumbled on a long-lost trove of lore from a vanished race. The book is presented as a series of legends about a race of dragons, from their "how we came to be" origins tale through mythic explainations of where their powers came from and how their society developed. Eggleton's illustrations are beautiful, running from very tightly-sculpted depictions to much looser work that evokes a sense of time and space while presenting only form and color for the eyes. This is a book that is sure to end up on all the dragon lovers' "wish list."
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Dragonhenge.. superb collaboration of two geniuses,
By jael (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dragonhenge (Hardcover)
Dragonhenge is a mesmerizing collaboration between Author John Grant and Artist Bob Eggleton. Both of these creators are well known for their many other ventures. John Grant/aka Paul Barnett, is a Chesley award winning art director, Editor, as well as being a brilliant and prolific Author. John Grant also wrote the lovely text for my book _Perceptualistics_. Then there's our Bob who's earned so many Hugo and Chesley Awards with his astonishing art through these many years. Dragonhenge, however, is something starkly unique, a seamless blending of text and art, softly framing lyrical mythological tales, passed down for thousands of years by ' the master story tellers', "Dragons".... many of them having been created well before time itself. You must pick up a book. Be sure to read it under soft lights, where multi-layered shadows will reflect the glowing imagery, and where the words will leap off the page and enter your soul. It's a wonderful wonderful book. Jael
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