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Yeah, okay, I miss those big hardcover 1980s fantasy art coffee table books. I had a bunch and they were a joy to flip through, taking in all that art. The prose was sometimes good, sometimes just okay, but the art... @ahimsakerp/1494061094498828292Permalink On twitter.com
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I actually brought my copies of the Huygen/Poortvliet Gnomes books back to Korea last visit. I was tempted to bring more, but they're heavy in baggage so I could only bring a few big books. Some of the troll stuff is legitimately creepy. The Secrets of the Gnomes, even moreso.Permalink On twitter.com
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I'm curious to know more about that boom and how/when it busted. I suspect it's just a case of declining sales and rising costs, but details would be interesting. As a kid, I got these mostly as remaindered hardbacks from local mall bookstores, which maybe says a lot.Permalink On twitter.com
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A few remain in print and available: Brian Froud's various fairy books, especially. But this is a genre of popular publishing that probably fell prey to all kinds of rising costs... Though who knows, maybe boutique editions and crowdfunding could bring them back...Permalink On twitter.com
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... assuming there are people who miss them like I do, anyway. (It's not like there's a shortage of astonishingly good fantasy art out there, nor of good writers.) That said, I suspect distinctive *narrative* art books (for example Simon Stålenhag's) are an easier sell now.Permalink On twitter.com
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(Not coincidentally, I'm reading The Katurran Odyssey to my son and he's loving it. Terryl Whitlatch's illustrations really bring the story to life.)Permalink On twitter.com
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James Gurney's Dinotopia books have also been a hit with him, for similar reasons!On twitter.com
