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Title and Cover Design for Neil Gaiman’s AMERICAN GODS

On February 3rd of this year I received an email from Tom Egner, the art director for Avon Books, a division of Harper Collins publishing. He wrote: “I’m interested in having you hand letter …

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Todd Klein blogs on the process of taking the art and creating this cover design and lettering, and shows the steps and missteps on the way…

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UK 1997

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Paranoia: Crash Priority ~ Mongoose Publishing (2004)

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Star Control II, hyperspace and plot map, by Christopher Night.

I wanted to submit a map of my favorite game of all time, 1992’s Star Control II (re-released as The Ur-Quan Masters), but the map of hyperspace doesn’t do justice to the epicly non-linear nature of the game. So I also included a “map” of the major plot events.

I haven’t played this game in about 15 years, but I used to know it extremely well. The version I played had copy protection where you had to name one of about 500 stars given its hyperspace coordinates, and I got it right about 90% of the time without consulting the map. I labeled the stars I remember on the map, but I probably got some of them wrong.

I did a pretty good job on the plot map. There are a couple of minor things I didn’t include (the Ur-Quan’s trigger words, and two useless items you can get from the Druuge). For the pictures, I had to guess on a lot of the colors, especially eye colors, and I’m sure I got some of the shapes wrong. I have no clue what the Burvixese Caster or the Clear Spindle looks like.

Until I made this map, I never noticed that, despite being the main antagonists, the Ur-Quan and Kohr-Ah play very minor roles in the plot of the game. Thanks for helping me realize something new about my favorite game!

[Josh says: oh hell yes.  This is epic, Christopher.  Well done.

And yes, folks, if you like exploring space and having quirky interactions with aliens and doing a bit of the kill-or-be-killed intersteller melee, you really need to go download Ur Quan Masters and have a go.  Wonderful resurrection of a classic game.]

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And then it was gone ✂️

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The males of the species Jotus remus, a jumping spider, spend countless hours waving heart shaped (ok, that might be poetic licence) paddle legs to entice prospective mates.

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This is like installing Windows on a Mac.

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I am physically required to reblog this or my heart will stop beating.

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oh my god

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My other new B5 fanfic “Sheridan takes Londo and G’Kar to Ikea and leaves them there”

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Star Trek: Deep Space 9. “Civil Defense.” Season 3, Episode 07. Per.: Marc Alaimo, Andrew Robinson, et al.. Written by Mike Krohn. Directed By Reza Badiyi. 7 November 1994.  

“Attention Bajoran workers!”