HR Giger. 45th Ed. (45th Edition) (Multilingual Edition)

I’m not sure how Taschen - the publisher of this book - is getting away with selling this for $25. This is easily a $50 book. There are 500 pages chronicling Giger’s work from the ‘60s when he favored India ink, to the ‘70s and ‘80s when he switched to airbrushed acrylic paints. Not all of his work can be found here, but there’s a wide variety that serves as the perfect tour of his history. Almost all of his art is sexually explicit or grotesque, and I’m glad his untampered work continues to be preserved several decades later. This is not an oversized book like his Necronomicon series, and does not serve as a replacement for his older published works. The pages here are smaller, leading to many pieces being spread across two pages. Coupled with the thickness of the book, this makes viewing complete pieces rather difficult, even with spreading the pages as flat as possible. This is also a multi-language book. There’s a biography by an Austrian art curator that’s written in English, German, and French, which leads to the unfortunate side effect of having several wasted pages of the same text repeated across three different languages. Despite these issues, the layout of the book is exceptional. The art is presented in chronological order, each piece labeled with a caption detailing the medium used, the surface painted on, and the dimensions of the piece. For a Giger fan, this purchase is a no-brainer. The smaller size makes it a perfect fit on a bookshelf, and easy to carry around. If you have even a passing interest in art, do yourself a favor and buy this book.

this is a no brainer buy, especially due to the great quality and affordable price. i really enjoyed looking through this book, any fan of Giger should definitely check this out. my only issue is that it’s a bit hard to see the bigger pieces as they cover two pages, but that’s a small price to pay given the amount of beauty in this book.

You don't need to read reviews for books from publisher Taschen They are always excellent quality binding and gorgeous photographs, strong thick paper The books will last lifetimes, gorgeous

Nice compact format. A must have, for Giger fans!

Very cool book, from an artist who's work was amazing and intense. We have him to thank for the Alien designs, and the sil designs for species movies.

Very interesting book. I love the pictures and brief history/snippets of info mentioned about his pieces of art. While a fantastic book, there are multiple languages in this book scattered throughout. The English section will mention a photo, however you have to search within a different language section to find said photo—it can be very confusing and annoying flipping between pages. If that doesn’t bother you, then get this book.

Very good book

Gorgeous book. Recommended if you like Gigers works.

El libro ha llegado perfectamente precintado, un detalle que valoro mucho para asegurar que está intacto y nuevo. Nada más tenerlo en las manos, se nota que es un libro de gran calidad, con unos acabados excelentes propios de esta edición. Es una compra obligada para cualquier amante del arte de H.R. Giger. Por la calidad y el tipo de edición, estoy convencido de que muy probablemente acabará siendo una pieza de coleccionista en el futuro. ¡Totalmente recomendado!

Très bel ouvrage petit format

NOT the nicest quality book for the high cost and next to nothing from the Aliens franchise. Will keep but not what i wanted. Id also say that the paper is not the highest quality, binding poor and cover way to flexible to be called "hardcover". Its worth max 10-15 euros

I'm a big fan of HR Giger, a book that I received the quality is good

Le colis est arrivé en parfait état, je ne m'attendais pas qu'il soit encore sous blister ! Après avoir feuilleté, les photos des œuvres de Giger ont l'air incroyables. Parfait objet de collection