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Michael Whelan’s fantastic artwork for the equally fantastic Arthur C Clarke novel The Songs Of Distant Earth (1985).

Michael Whelan

I love a good marriage between sci fi and fantasy

Artist: Michael Whelan

Michael Whelan

Michael Whelan

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If you want a sneak preview: The tree branches in the first image above are shaped like blood vessels, and the cooling towers in the last image are symbolic of mushroom clouds.

Michael Whelan ‘The Floating Gods’ by M John Harrison (1982)