Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials (1979; second edition 1987) is a science fiction-themed book by artist Wayne Barlowe, with Ian Summers and Beth Meacham (who provided the text). It contains Barlowe's visualizations of different extraterrestrial life forms from various works of science fiction, with information on their planetary location or range, biology, and behaviors, in the style of a real field guide for animals. It was nominated for an American Book Award and for the 1980 Hugo Award for Best Related Work.
After the success of the work, in 1996 Barlowe and Neil Duskis wrote a second book, Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy.
Summary The book contains descriptions of the following species: AlienAuthorWorkAbyormeniteHal ClementCycle of Fire (1957)AthsheanUrsula K. Le GuinThe Word for World Is Forest (1975)Black CloudFred HoyleThe Black Cloud (1957)ChulpexAvram DavidsonMasters of the Maze (1965)CinrussJames WhiteHospital Station (1962) and Star Surgeon (1963)CryerJoseph GreenConscience Interplanetary (1972)CygnanDonald MoffittThe Jupiter Theft (1977)CygnostikMichael BishopA Little Knowledge (1977)CzillJack L. ChalkerMidnight at the Well of Souls (1977)DemonKeith LaumerA Plague of Demons (1965)DemuF. M. BusbyCage a Man (1973)DextranDavid J. LakeThe Right Hand of Dextra (1977)DilbianGordon R. Dickson Delivery and Spacepaw (1961)DirdirJack VanceThe Dirdir (1969)GarnisheeHarry HarrisonStar Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers (1973)GowachinFrank HerbertThe Dosadi Experiment (1977)Guild SteersmanFrank HerbertDune Messiah (1965)IshtariansPoul AndersonFire Time (1974)IxchelMadeleine L'EngleA Wrinkle in Time (1962)IxtlA. E. van VogtThe Voyage of the Space Beagle (1950)LithianJames BlishA Case of Conscience (1958)MastersJohn ChristopherThe Tripods trilogy (1967, 1968)Even though the first book of the Tripods trilogy, The White Mountains, is listed as a source, the Masters do not actually appear in it; they are revealed in the second book of the trilogy, The City of Gold and Lead.MedusanJack WilliamsonThe Legion of Space (1947)MerseianPoul AndersonEnsign Flandry (1966)MeskliniteHal ClementMission of Gravity (1954)MotherPhilip José FarmerStrange Relations (1960)Old GalacticJames H. SchmitzLegacy (1979)Old OneH. P. LovecraftAt the Mountains of Madness (1936)OverlordArthur C. ClarkeChildhood's End (1953)PnumeJack VanceThe Pnume (1970)PolarianPiers AnthonyCluster (1977)Pierson's PuppeteersLarry NivenNeutron Star (1968) and Ringworld (1970)RadiateNaomi MitchisonMemoirs of a Spacewoman (1962)RegulC. J. CherryhThe Faded Sun: Kesrith (1978)RiimA. E. van VogtThe Voyage of the Space Beagle (1950)RumlGordon R. DicksonThe Alien Way (1965)SalamanBrian StablefordWildeblood's Empire (1977) SirianFrederik PohlThe Age of the Pussyfoot (1969)SlashPiers AnthonyKirlian Quest (1978)Soft OneIsaac AsimovThe Gods Themselves (1972)SolarisStanisław LemSolaris (1961)SulidorRobert SilverbergDownward to the Earth (1970)Terran (human)no specific novel — an image of a human (the author) used in the size comparison chart in the book.The ThingJohn W. CampbellWho Goes There? (1938)ThrintLarry NivenWorld of Ptavvs (1966)TranAlan Dean FosterIcerigger (1974)TripedDamon KnightRule Golden (1954)TyreeanJames TiptreeUp the Walls of the World (1978)UchjinianJack L. ChalkerExiles at the Well of Souls series (1978)VeganRobert A. HeinleinHave Space Suit—Will Travel (1958)VelantianE. E. SmithChildren of the Lens (1954)
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