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The Mystery of San Gottardo (Taschen specials)

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This edition is entirely in German and is probably the hardest Giger book for American fans to swallow. Nevertheless, the drawings are fascinating and should thrill anyone who has followed Giger's art from the "Necronomicon" books to the present.

A lot of nice sketches (mostly pencil,) but unfortunaltely for me this book is completely in German...

This is not a book for the casual or the timid
because the text is in a European language and
at times the images do get pornographic. Both add
to this book's charm, as does the design and
quality of paper. The thick non-gloss pages
have great texture and overall the impression is of
a manuscript dropped by basket and rope from
an Alpine studio redoubt.
The book is not related to Giger's SF movie work
such as ALIEN so don't buy it for a Fan of that
genre. It is produced for those who will accept
the challenge of exploring new territory, and who
relish an opportunity of exposure to fresh
ideas, some of which may require revisiting
until they "get it". I like Metropolis, Weimar
photomontage, Riefenstahl films and even the
RAF MP5 logo, so I approach Giger's graphics
from broader perspective perhaps. This book is
a solid investment, if you are kindred and
building your own a wall of modern culture.

This is a great book. I read this book many times and everytime it gets better. The combination of HR Giger's sketches and expressions and the text are so well done in this book that it makes it a highly recommended piece for not only Giger fans but just anyone who appriciates art.

The book is filled with fantastic pieces of art that audiences aren't used to see in other books from Giger. The best thing about this book and it's reading pleasure is the German language which is Giger's native tonghue, which is also the charm of this book. Many average readers who only speak English and don't know German would definately miss this point entirely. In fact even a translation of this book to English would not help, simply because there are so many cultural slangs in German that are directly linked to the dark imagery of Giger that by merely translating the book in plain English it would not do any justice to the dark-German-humor that is beeing depicted here so brilliantly by Giger.

This is a book on Giger's cultural roots and couldn't be done any better than in Giger's native tonghue, German. Simply brilliant and dark. My Giger's book collection wouldn't be the same without it.

I'm a huge fan of giger but i've not bought this book because it is in german. Why did they publish this in america with german text? Was it some kind of joke? I'm still waiting to buy a version with english text.....