Expedition : being an account in words and artwork of the 2358 A.D. voyage to Darwin IV

In 2358, wildlife artist Wayne Douglas Barlowe joined the first manned flight to Darwin IV, fourth planet in the newly discovered F-Class binary system 6.5 light years from Earth. Now his long-awaited account of that historic journey has been published. More vivid than the holos and more interpretive than the videos, these extraordinary paintings, plus numerous drawings, studies, and sketchbook pages, transport the reader to a wild, beautiful, untouched world-a planet teeming with incredible beasts and exotic vegetation. Expedition is the most important travel book of the 24th century. Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club and the Astronomy Book Club. Front Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 The Grasslands and Plains......Page 24 Rayback and Gyrosprinter......Page 26 Prairie Ram......Page 34 Arrowtongue and Thornback......Page 36 Butchertree and Prismalope......Page 44 The Forest and Perifery......Page 50 Grove-back......Page 52 Flipstick......Page 60 Forest Slider and Gulper......Page 66 Daggerwrist......Page 74 Finned Snapper......Page 86 The Amoebic Sea and Littoral Zone......Page 90 Sac-back......Page 92 Emperor Sea Strider......Page 98 Sea Strider Skull and Littoralope......Page 108 Stripewing......Page 116 The Mountains......Page 120 Keeled Slider......Page 122 Springwing......Page 128 Bladderhorn......Page 134 The Tundra......Page 138 Arctic Sledge Slider and Tundra Plow......Page 140 Unth and Mummy-nest Flyer......Page 152 Icecrawler and Rimerunner......Page 162 The Air......Page 170 Skewer and Symet......Page 172 Rugose Floater......Page 178 Eosapien......Page 182 Departure......Page 192 About the Author......Page 194 Back Cover......Page 195 THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAVEL BOOK OF THE 24TH CENTURY

New York, March 24, 2366-Five years to the day after returning to Earth, Wayne Douglas Barlowe has published his collection of paintings, drawings, and sketches made during the first manned expedition to planet Darwin IV. His previous and highly acclaimed Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials was nominated for a Hugo Award. Robert Silverberg said of the artist: "Barlowe awes me."

In 2358 Wayne Douglas Barlowe joined the first manned flight to Darwin IV, a newly discovered world beyond our solar system. Here he provides naturalistic paintings that vividly capture the alien creatures he encountered. Illustrations, full-color paintings, and maps.

Wayne Douglas Barlowe travels nearly four centuries into the future and 6.5 light years from Earth--joining the first exploration of Darwin IV in the newly discovered F-Class Binary System. As the expedition's official wildlife artist, Barlowe spent over three years and logged 300,000 miles in a Mark IVA hovercone. Here is the world he discovered--a wild, beautiful, untouched planet, teeming with incredible beasts and exotic vegetation, from the predatory Arrowtongue hunting on vast savannas to a magnificent Emperor Sea Strider skimming over the Amoebic Sea