DRAGONQUEST (1978)Acrylic on Masonite - 20" X 30"
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DRAGONQUEST (1978)
Acrylic on Masonite - 20" X 30"The primary menace to the planet Pern is "Thread," a corrosive and devastating alien life form which falls from the Red Star and burrows its way into the soil, destroying all life and making the soil unusable. Only the dragons who are able to burn the Thread out of the sky can save the inhabitants. 1/3
#sciencefiction #illustration #annemccaffrey #pern #dragon #delreybooks
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DRAGONQUEST (1978)
Acrylic on Masonite - 20" X 30"The primary menace to the planet Pern is "Thread," a corrosive and devastating alien life form which falls from the Red Star and burrows its way into the soil, destroying all life and making the soil unusable. Only the dragons who are able to burn the Thread out of the sky can save the inhabitants. 1/3
#sciencefiction #illustration #annemccaffrey #pern #dragon #delreybooks
This seemed like a great scene to illustrate and it made an exciting cover, but I found out later that I goofed. Anne visualized Thread falling as straight strands of spaghetti, whereas I painted it as squirming ribbon-like things descending in clumps and tangles. 2/3
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This seemed like a great scene to illustrate and it made an exciting cover, but I found out later that I goofed. Anne visualized Thread falling as straight strands of spaghetti, whereas I painted it as squirming ribbon-like things descending in clumps and tangles. 2/3
Cover illustration for DRAGONQUEST by Anne McCaffrey (Del Rey)
https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/dragonquest/
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DRAGONQUEST (1978)
Acrylic on Masonite - 20" X 30"The primary menace to the planet Pern is "Thread," a corrosive and devastating alien life form which falls from the Red Star and burrows its way into the soil, destroying all life and making the soil unusable. Only the dragons who are able to burn the Thread out of the sky can save the inhabitants. 1/3
#sciencefiction #illustration #annemccaffrey #pern #dragon #delreybooks
@MichaelWhelan I absolutely bought that book for the cover when I was young.
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This seemed like a great scene to illustrate and it made an exciting cover, but I found out later that I goofed. Anne visualized Thread falling as straight strands of spaghetti, whereas I painted it as squirming ribbon-like things descending in clumps and tangles. 2/3
@MichaelWhelan air resistance makes your idea more realistic, although that may not apply since this is a fantasy novel.
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This seemed like a great scene to illustrate and it made an exciting cover, but I found out later that I goofed. Anne visualized Thread falling as straight strands of spaghetti, whereas I painted it as squirming ribbon-like things descending in clumps and tangles. 2/3
@MichaelWhelan
Well, she described the Threads as doing just that, in later stories, & it led to a few plot points, so she took inspiration from your goof.Pern was another of the "series I got into because of a Michael Whelan cover"
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@MichaelWhelan air resistance makes your idea more realistic, although that may not apply since this is a fantasy novel.
@WanderingBeekeeper @MichaelWhelan the pern series is scifi, not fantasy. The dragons are not mythical beings, they're genetically engineered creatures
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