The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss (Special Edition)
Signed copies of the standard edition are available from Forbidden Planet, UK.
Unsigned copies of Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss
Drop me an email if you’d like to be notified of the UK and Europe release dates.
Imogene Foss / foss@chrisfossart.com
Chris signing Hardware
Signed copies of Hardware are available from Forbidden Planet online, see link on the right.
Thanks to everyone who headed into central London on this rainy evening and queued up to see Chris. It was really lovely to meet you all and Chris was very touched by the large turn out and that many of you had clearly been following his career for years as proven by the large pile of Foss books
Chris stayed till 9pm and signed 150 of the Standard Editions of Hardware which are now available from Forbidden Planet online. The 400 Special Editions should be available from mid next week (week commencing 25th July 2011).
We ended the evening with drinks on the 33rd floor of the 1960′s Centre Point with friends and Hardware’s designer Rian Hughes, who originated the idea for the book, designed and exhaustively researched the artwork.
Chris’ first London studio was around the corner in Ham Yard, Soho and the building features in one of his covers, the Medusa Touch. www.devicefonts.co.uk
Hardware: The definitive SF Works of Chris Foss. 1 book 3 editions. Released July 2011, September 2011 USA
Limited Edition – 1 to 100
- Titan’s Shopfiy store – £125.
The Limited edition of 100 has all the elements included in the Special Edition plus, an original and unique piece of Chris Foss art, created, signed and individually titled by Chris (some of which are shown in the video below).
- Book cover Icebergs in Space.
- A slip cover with F logo, which aligns with the watermark F logo on the cover.
- An exclusive signed Chris Foss print in a presentation envelope
- A bound-in signature sheet signed by Chris Foss
- An 8-page thumbnail gallery of Foss covers (not pictured).
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Special Edition – 101 to 500
- Forbidden Planet UK – £60
- Amazon.com for US residents – $75
- Book cover Icebergs in Space.
- A slip cover with F logo, which aligns with the watermark F logo on the cover.
- An exclusive signed Chris Foss print in a presentation envelope
- A bound-in signature sheet signed by Chris Foss
- An 8-page thumbnail gallery of Foss covers (not pictured).
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Standard Edition
Around £20.
- Forbidden Planet online
- Forbidden Planet’s Mail order +44 (0) 207 803 1900
- Forbidden Planet London, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue LONDON WC2H 8JR
- Amazon.co.uk
- Amazon.com
- Amazon.de
- Amazon.fr
Pre-order from Amazon UK or Titan books (UK and Europe release date 22nd July 2011)
Amazon USA (USA release date 6th September 2011)
- Front cover features: Turner Spaceship
- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Titan Books Ltd; 1st edition (22 July 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1848566980
- ISBN-13: 978-1848566989
- Weight: (approx) 3lbs
- Dimensions: (approx) 25 cm Width x 31 cm Height x 2.5 cm Depth
Please post a comment if you have any questions.
Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss
Chris will be signing books at Forbidden Planet, London
Thursday 21 July 2011 18:00 – 19:00
Forbidden Planet London Mega store
179 Shaftesbury Avenue
LONDON WC2H 8JR
020 7420 3666
Standard edition available to purchase on the day in store.
Signed Standard Editions of Hardware are available from Forbidden Planet online (now sold out).
Also available to purchase via Forbidden Planet’s Mail Order service.
+44 (0) 207 803 1900
www.forbiddenplanet.com
On sale via Ebay mid July 2011, please post a comment below or email if you would like to be kept informed of the sale date.
On sale via various outlets, please post a comment below if you would like to be notified of the release date/ retail outlets or email: foss@chrisfossart.com
New Yorkers can enjoy a retrospective of Dan O Bannon’s film work. Starting July 13, 2011 at BAM, America’s oldest performing arts center, founded in 1861.
‘On the occasion of the publication of Jason Zinoman’s Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
Chris first met Dan in 1975 when hired by director Alejandro Jodorowsky
to create visualisations for the unmade Dune film. Dan was designing the special effects for the film. In 1976 Dan invited Chris to work on Alien (1979)
Dan and Chris working on Alien, Fox studios, 1977
Pictured is Dan, probably on one his visits to see how Chris and Ron Cobb were getting on with their visualisations for Alien, tucked away as they were, in one of their cubby hole studios on the Fox lot 1977. Dan’s enthusiasm and creative direction was really appreciated by Chris.
Dan was working at that time as the films visual design consultant, but he also co-wrote the story and wrote the screenplay. One of Chris’ all time favourite films is Dan’s Dark Star (1974)
Chris will be signing his new book Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss
at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, London.
Thursday 21st July 2011
6 to 7pm
Forbidden Planet London Mega store
179 Shaftesbury Avenue
LONDON WC2H 8JR
020 7420 3666
The Standard edition book will be available to purchase on the day in store. On sale nationwide from 22nd July. Please click here, for info on the 100 Special Edition and 400 Limited Edition versions.
Signed copies of the Standard edition are available to purchase online from Forbidden Planet.
