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Michael Whelan (1) (1950–)

Author of The Art of Michael Whelan

For other authors named Michael Whelan, see the disambiguation page.

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Image credit: Credit: Szymon Sokół, 2005, Glasgow, Scotland

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Works by Michael Whelan

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The Gunslinger (1978) — Illustrator, some editions — 22,309 copies
The Martian Chronicles (1950) — Cover artist, some editions — 16,235 copies
Assassin's Apprentice (1995) — Cover artist, some editions — 12,324 copies
Second Foundation (1953) — Cover artist, some editions — 11,739 copies
The Dark Tower (2004) — Illustrator, some editions — 10,568 copies
Childhood's End (1954) — Cover artist, some editions — 9,953 copies
Foundation's Edge (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 9,777 copies
Dragonflight (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 8,851 copies
The Way of Kings (2010) — Cover artist, some editions — 8,615 copies
Royal Assassin (1996) — Cover artist, some editions — 8,377 copies
Assassin's Quest (1997) — Cover artist, some editions — 7,956 copies
Foundation and Earth (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 7,950 copies
2010: Odyssey Two (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 6,980 copies
The Robots of Dawn (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 6,650 copies
The Foundation Trilogy (1951) — Illustrator, some editions — 6,433 copies
The White Dragon (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 6,308 copies
The Naked Sun (1956) — Cover artist, some editions — 6,113 copies
Dragonquest (1971) — Cover artist, some editions — 6,106 copies
The Dragonbone Chair (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 6,091 copies
Dragonsdawn (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 5,362 copies
2061: Odyssey Three (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 5,266 copies
On a Pale Horse (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,983 copies
Friday (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,966 copies
Robots and Empire (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,910 copies
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,908 copies
A Spell for Chameleon (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,892 copies
All the Weyrs of Pern (1991) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,817 copies
The Cat Who Walks through Walls (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,764 copies
Words of Radiance (2014) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,643 copies
Stone of Farewell (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,449 copies
The Renegades of Pern (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,225 copies
Job: A Comedy of Justice (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,182 copies
A Princess of Mars (1912) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,126 copies
A Memory of Light (2013) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,865 copies
The Dragonriders of Pern (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,726 copies
Bearing an Hourglass (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,606 copies
Crystal Singer (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,412 copies
With a Tangled Skein (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,318 copies
The Songs of Distant Earth (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,310 copies
Oathbringer (2017) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,259 copies
The Uplift War (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,192 copies
Wielding a Red Sword (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,139 copies
Centaur Aisle (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,079 copies
Footfall (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,065 copies
Being a Green Mother (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,951 copies
The Mirror of Her Dreams (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,932 copies
Killashandra (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,917 copies
To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 (1993) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,893 copies
To Green Angel Tower Part 1 (1993) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,700 copies
Black Sun Rising (1991) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,554 copies
Feersum Endjinn (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,550 copies
Elric of Melniboné (1972) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,524 copies
A Man Rides Through (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,511 copies
Brightness Reef (1995) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,461 copies
Pegasus in Flight (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,356 copies
Dragon Prince (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,355 copies
Foreigner (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,309 copies
The Snow Queen (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,279 copies
The Girl Who Heard Dragons [short story collection] (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,223 copies
Get Off the Unicorn (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,198 copies
The Integral Trees (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,181 copies
The Runes of the Earth (2004) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,126 copies
The Gods of Mars (1913) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,985 copies
The Warlord of Mars (1913) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,812 copies
The Star Scroll (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,785 copies
The Golden Torc (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,782 copies
When True Night Falls (1993) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,734 copies
Crown of Shadows (1995) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,700 copies
Sunrunner's Fire (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,696 copies
The Ruins of Ambrai (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,693 copies
The Nonborn King (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,675 copies
Dragonsbane (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,661 copies
Darkover Landfall (1972) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,634 copies
The Adversary (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,620 copies
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,617 copies
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (1941) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,611 copies
Stronghold (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,559 copies
The Vanishing Tower (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,501 copies
The Pride of Chanur (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,500 copies
Destiny's Road (1997) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,491 copies
Stormbringer (1965) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,490 copies
Thuvia, The Maid of Mars (1916) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,475 copies
The Faded Sun Trilogy: Kesrith, Shon'jir, and Kutath (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,468 copies
The Chessmen of Mars (1922) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,445 copies
Invader (1995) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,441 copies
Dream Park (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,403 copies
The Weird of the White Wolf (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,387 copies
Skybowl (1993) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,351 copies
Three Hearts and Three Lions (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,347 copies
The Dragon Token (1992) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,347 copies
The Smoke Ring (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,324 copies
Stormqueen! (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,315 copies
For Love of Mother-Not (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,286 copies
The Mageborn Traitor (1997) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,285 copies
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,282 copies
Daughter of Regals and Other Tales (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,277 copies
The Bane of the Black Sword (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,226 copies
The Bloody Sun (1964) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,188 copies
Chanur's Homecoming (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,180 copies
Chanur's Venture (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,162 copies
Little Fuzzy (1962) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,156 copies
Grumbles from the Grave (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,147 copies
This Alien Shore (1998) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,142 copies
The Changeling Sea (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,108 copies
A Fighting Man of Mars (1930) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,068 copies
Explorer (2002) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,033 copies
In Conquest Born (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,030 copies
The Doom That Came to Sarnath (1971) — Illustrator, some editions — 1,024 copies
Star of Danger (1965) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,020 copies
Cuckoo's Egg (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 970 copies
Swords of Mars (1934) — Cover artist, some editions — 967 copies
Nor Crystal Tears (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 963 copies
Swords and Ice Magic (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 952 copies
John Carter of Mars (1942) — Cover artist, some editions — 946 copies
The Silicon Mage (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 941 copies
The Summer Queen (1991) — Cover artist, some editions — 936 copies
Synthetic Men of Mars (1939) — Cover artist, some editions — 924 copies
Destroyer (2005) — Cover artist, some editions — 923 copies
Llana of Gathol (1941) — Cover artist, some editions — 921 copies
Chanur's Legacy (1992) — Cover artist, some editions — 919 copies
Catspaw (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 919 copies
Exile's Gate (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 913 copies
The Golden Key (1996) — Cover artist, some editions — 900 copies
The Madness Season (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 839 copies
Winds of Darkover (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 816 copies
All My Sins Remembered (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 810 copies
Red as Blood; or, Tales from the Sisters Grimmer (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 806 copies
The Final Encyclopedia (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 792 copies
Shadow's End (1995) — Cover artist, some editions — 754 copies
Gate of Ivrel (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 750 copies
Golden Witchbreed (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 737 copies
Ensign Flandry (1966) — Cover artist, some editions — 716 copies
The Silver Warriors (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 672 copies
Time Is the Simplest Thing (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 656 copies
A Midsummer Tempest (1974) — Cover artist, some editions — 648 copies
The Chanur Saga (2000) — Cover artist, some editions — 644 copies
Spell of the Witch World (1972) — Cover artist, some editions — 638 copies
Space Viking (1963) — Cover artist, some editions — 638 copies
Fuzzy Sapiens (1964) — Cover artist, some editions — 629 copies
Dreamfall (1996) — Cover artist, some editions — 605 copies
The Eternal Champion (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 603 copies
Well of Shiuan (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 584 copies
Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen (1965) — Cover artist, some editions — 572 copies
Fires of Azeroth (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 569 copies
The Fellowship of the Talisman (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 567 copies
Horn Crown (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 556 copies
Fuzzies and Other People (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 537 copies
At Winter's End (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 530 copies
The Dreaming Tree (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 529 copies
Death's Master (1979) — Cover designer, some editions — 525 copies
Fool's Run (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 525 copies
With Friends Like These (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 525 copies
The Land Leviathan (1974) — Cover artist, some editions — 515 copies
Special Deliverance (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 500 copies
The Deceivers (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 497 copies
The Enemy Stars (1959) — Cover artist, some editions — 490 copies
Sandkings (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 488 copies
The Tree of Swords and Jewels (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 485 copies
The Fuzzy Papers: Little Fuzzy & Fuzzy Sapiens (1962) — Cover artist, some editions — 481 copies
The Cosmic Computer (1963) — Cover artist, some editions — 479 copies
Flandry of Terra (1965) — Cover artist, some editions — 472 copies
The Initiate Brother (1991) — Cover artist, some editions — 465 copies
The Wilding (2004) — Cover artist, some editions — 457 copies
Agent of the Terran Empire (1965) — Cover artist, some editions — 447 copies
Lore of the Witch World (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 445 copies
Brother Assassin (1969) — some editions — 442 copies
Sunfall (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 427 copies
Tangled Up In Blue (2000) — Cover artist, some editions — 413 copies
Tales from Planet Earth (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 398 copies
Where the Evil Dwells (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 392 copies
Federation (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 382 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection (1991) — Cover artist, some editions — 370 copies
Diadem from the Stars (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 366 copies
Delirium's Mistress (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 364 copies
Fuzzy Bones (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 362 copies
Count Brass [Omnibus] (1973) — Cover artist, some editions — 357 copies
Planet of No Return (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 349 copies
The Long Way Home (1955) — Cover artist, some editions — 344 copies
Nifft the Lean (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 341 copies
The Planet Savers (1962) — Cover artist, some editions — 339 copies
The Little Sisters of Eluria (1998) — Illustrator, some editions — 333 copies
Ivory (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 325 copies
The Ultimate Enemy (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 322 copies
Golden Dream (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 321 copies
Hot Sky at Midnight (1993) — Cover artist, some editions — 319 copies
Empire (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 318 copies
Sword and Sorceress XVI (1999) — Cover artist, some editions — 311 copies
Children of the Thunder (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 298 copies
Anackire (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 294 copies
Volkhavaar (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 293 copies
Out of Avalon: An Anthology of Old Magic & New Myths (15-in-1) (2001) — Cover artist, some editions — 290 copies
Empire of Grass (2019) — Cover artist, some editions — 281 copies
Hoka! (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 280 copies
Lamarchos (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 276 copies
World Without Stars (1966) — Cover artist, some editions — 268 copies
Dinosaur Beach (1971) — Cover artist, some editions — 264 copies
Gameplayers of Zan (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 259 copies
Study War No More: A Selection of Alternatives (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 256 copies
Sword and Sorceress XVIII (2001) — Cover artist, some editions — 254 copies
Days of Grass (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 254 copies
Four Day Planet [and] Lone Star Planet (1958) — Cover artist, some editions — 249 copies
Sword and Sorceress XIX (2002) — Cover artist, some editions — 248 copies
Amazons! (1979) — Illustrator — 237 copies
Wall of Serpents (1960) — Cover artist, some editions — 236 copies
Paradise (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 235 copies
The Man of Gold (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 220 copies
Dragons of Light (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 218 copies
Distant Stars (1981) — Cover artist — 209 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection (2013) — Cover artist, some editions — 208 copies
Star Prince Charlie (1975) — Cover artist, some editions — 207 copies
Quester's Endgame (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 194 copies
The Complete Fuzzy (1998) — Cover artist — 187 copies
The Transition of Titus Crow (1975) — Cover artist, some editions — 180 copies
A Storm of Wings (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 177 copies
The Eleventh Commandment (1962) — Cover artist, some editions — 177 copies
Hokas Pokas! (2000) — Cover artist, some editions — 174 copies
Dragons of Darkness (1981) — Illustrator, some editions — 167 copies
Mention My Name in Atlantis (1972) — Cover artist, some editions — 167 copies
Amazons II (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 162 copies
In Viriconium (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 161 copies
The Demon of Scattery (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 157 copies
The Trouble With Tycho (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 152 copies
Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction and Fantasy (2007) — Cover artist, some editions — 148 copies
Hecate's Cauldron (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 146 copies
The Crystal Empire (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 140 copies
Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern (2013) — Contributor — 125 copies
In the Green Stars Glow (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 123 copies
Space Wars (1979) — Illustrator — 119 copies
Enchantress of World's End (1975) — Cover artist, some editions — 119 copies
Hags, Sirens, and Other Bad Girls of Fantasy (2006) — Cover artist, some editions — 116 copies
The Ice Is Coming (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 110 copies
Renegade of Kregen (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 98 copies
Armada of Antares (1976) — Cover artist, some editions; Illustrator, some editions — 98 copies
Earthchild (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 98 copies
The Tides of Kregen (1976) — Illustrator, some editions; Cover artist, some editions — 96 copies
When the waker sleeps (1975) — Cover artist, some editions — 80 copies
The Final Encyclopedia, Volume 2 of 2 (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 76 copies
Three-eyes (1975) — Cover artist, some editions — 66 copies
The Book of The Ler (2006) — Cover artist, some editions — 65 copies
Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 (2012) — Cover artist, some editions — 65 copies
The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VIII (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 58 copies
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IX (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 56 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology (2007) — Cover artist, some editions — 56 copies
Das Buch Corum. Die große Fantasy- Saga. (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 56 copies
The Enchanted Planet (1973) — Cover artist, some editions — 55 copies
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 7 (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 51 copies
Bunduki (1975) — Cover artist, some editions — 50 copies
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XIII (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 48 copies
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series X (1982) — Cover artist — 47 copies
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XIV (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 46 copies
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series VII (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 46 copies
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XI (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 44 copies
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IV (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 40 copies
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series V (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 36 copies
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series VI (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 33 copies
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series III (1975) — Cover artist, some editions — 25 copies
Dragon Prince, Chapters 1-18 (1992) — Cover artist, some editions — 25 copies
Dragon Prince, Chapters 19-31 (1992) — Cover artist — 21 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 14, No. 13 [December 1990] (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 12 copies
Art of the Dragon: The Definitive Collection of Contemporary Dragon Paintings (2012) — Contributor; Cover artist, some editions — 8 copies
I mondi del possibile (1993) — Cover artist, some editions — 7 copies
Realms of Fantasy, October 1994 (Vol. 1 No. 1) (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 6 copies
Savage Tales Vol 1 #11 July 1975 (1975) — Cover artist — 4 copies
Kull von Atlantis (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 3 copies
Dragon*Con 2011 Program Book — Cover artist, some editions — 2 copies
Legends of the Fallout (Mutant Hunter, #1) — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy

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This large format book features Whelan's cover art for the works of Anne McCaffrey, Alan Dean Foster, Isaac Asimov, Piers Anthony, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and more, and really shows the amount of care that went into every detail of each painting. He is a favorite artist of authors for a reason: he reads every book and takes great pains to be adhere to the descriptions within, even working in symbolism that might go unnoticed (or even unseen, when reduced to book cover size) by the casual reader.

A nice feature of this volume is that alongside the full page "clean" art, we get a reproduction of the final book cover design. The Lovecraft diptych (possibly the only cover work that doesn't represent the contents -- Whelan was simply commissioned for a horror piece) is particularly interesting in this regard. The artist also discusses each work in detail.
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chaosfox | 2 other reviews | Feb 22, 2019 |
Whelan's first collection features a good deal of early work, which of course isn't as good as it would be in years to follow, but it is still interesting to see the evolution of style. And, quality aside, it is nice to go back to a time when book covers weren't all stock photography. The book is divided into genre sections for science fiction, sword & sorcery, horror, etc. and has introductions for each by Poul Anderson, Anne McCaffrey, Alan Dean Foster, C.J. Cherryh, and Gerald W. Page. Most of the cover art (there are a few personal pieces as well) I have never seen on books in hand.… (more)
 
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chaosfox | 1 other review | Feb 22, 2019 |
The largest Whelan monograph to date, and I don't think there is any overlap with the previous two, amazingly. This volume features work both old and new, and for the first time, a great deal of personal (non-commissioned) pieces. We don't get the final book cover designs this time, but we do get sketches and preliminary art, and Whelan again discusses each piece. There are also a few interviews. My favorite Whelan work, "Periwinkle" (for [b:The Changeling Sea|77354|The Changeling Sea|Patricia A. McKillip|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1239499673s/77354.jpg|2085180]), is contained herein.… (more)
 
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chaosfox | 3 other reviews | Feb 22, 2019 |
Published in the ascendency of Michael Whelan's domination of the professional artist category of the Hugos, this book is a joy. Lovingly produced with a definite "art book" feel, the book has heft. The art itself brings back memories: Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series, Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders (more illustrations than Wonderworks had), Isaac Asimov's Elijah Baley and Foundation series, the Del Rey Lovecraft covers, and Edgar Rice Burrough's Martian series. The descriptive text adds a "behind the scenes" look at the art, from how it was composed to symbolic elements in the art. A truly delightful addition to my science fiction/fantasy art collection.… (more)
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