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This novel is book four of seven in a series titled "World of Tiers". Farmer wrote these seven books over the period 1965 to 1993. None of the books are in print but are available as used books on the Internet. There have been several collections of the "Tiers" novels published which make it easier for the dedicated fan to obtain all the stories. The question I pose is should you read the books in sequence or what? My answer is read them in sequence if you're truly interested in Phil Farmer's fiction and can track them down. If you have one of the books and need a dose of exciting SF from on the masters read it!
My comments refer to only the novel "Behind the Walls of Terra".
I found this story to be an enjoyable romp through time and space made somewhat logical and reasonably believable by the craftsmanship of Phil Jose Farmer (1918-09). If you have read many of Farmer's book you get the impression that he writes two types of fiction: serious and the stuff just to pays the bills. This is a serious book but you have to "buy in" to his cosmos. The reader is presented with an intriguing, but not original, concept; the universe as we perceive it is an illusion. The Sun and planets are contained within a huge bubble with make believe stars and celestial objects "faked" upon the inside wall of this immense sphere. The Lords [no additional definition is provided] "created" these systems such as the Earth's for their own amusement. The "Lords" in turn come from a universe created by who knows - other higher Lords? We are left with the concept of a shell within a shell etc.
An Earthman, Paul; Finnegan, gets involved with the Lords, the red Orc, the Black Beller and other associated Farmer creations. This reader found the book a very enjoyable tale with a strong foundation of wonder.
Title: Behind The Walls of Terra
Author: Farmer, Philip Jose 1918-2009
Type: paperback, novel
Publisher: Ace Books, Inc.
Copyright: 1970 by author
Pages count: 188
Edition: unknown
Cover artist: Bart Forbes
Publication date: unknown
Cover Price: $1.25
Magazine appearance: none/not listed
Comments: The omission of edition and publication date is typical of many Ace books. Cover shows a blindfolded man immersed in brown stuff with electrodes going into his back…Hmmm Perhaps one of Mr. Forbes earlier efforts.
Culpability: All images are from publications owned by Calwalader Ringgold /\ Weazel. Image scanning, editing and compiling of bibliographic data was performed by Calwalader Ringgold /\ Weazel.
2015 SF Marathon - 38th Annual Event.
Photos taken at Duboce & Guerrero with a Nikon D7100 using a 18-105mm lens. Photos in order by time stamp.
Catalog #: SF-20
Notes:
Summer of 1922
2 men performing stunts in an air show in Tijuana, Mexico.
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Not sure what all the creatures were. I loved the bald eagle but
seemed to be stuck on the island.
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2015 SF Marathon - 38th Annual Event.
Photos taken at Duboce & Guerrero with a Nikon D7100 using a 18-105mm lens. Photos in order by time stamp.
2015 SF Marathon - 38th Annual Event.
Photos taken at Duboce & Guerrero with a Nikon D7100 using a 18-105mm lens. Photos in order by time stamp.
New pics from an older New (recast) kit - from the almost classic character Deunan Knute from Masamune Shirow's "Appleseed" manga, which is one of the fundamental SF works that one should read (and not watch the rather horrible anime and animation films. Don't waste your lifetime with this crap!).
Assembly went pretty straightforward, no mods or conversions. But I found the choice of colors a challenge.
I consulted the Appleseed mangas for reference and color details and found out that this Deunan figure is supposed to wear a single color, reddish brown overall. And the hard armor parts are some dark grey. Ugh! So dull... :(
Since I wanted the figure to look somewhat (more) interesting, but also authentic, I stretched the original color concept and went for a very light rust-red/reddish brown as basic color. To make it more "interesting" (and point out details on this rather small scale figure) I highlighted everything with much dry painting and some dark contrast washes with black ink. In this case and with a rather grunty military look, this worked pretyt fine.
This "weathering" measurement was a huge success, because the grey armor parts now stand out against the reddish brown, and this lighter overall color also matches well with the bright blonde hair.
In order to add some more detail I also added (hadn-written/-painted) stencils on some armor parts - also taken from Masamune Shirow's mangas as benchmark.
2015 SF Marathon - 38th Annual Event.
Photos taken at Duboce & Guerrero with a Nikon D7100 using a 18-105mm lens. Photos in order by time stamp.
These small-group, hands-on, intensive workshops run 10am to 5pm. Each student gets a fully-loaded Macintosh computer, or may use your own laptop. Workshop Instructors lead students in case studies and tutorials which clearly demonstrate tricks of the trade. Workshops location will be announced soon.
Workshop take place at Bay Area Video Coalition, 2727 Mariposa St, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110
Mark SpencerFriday 30 July Workshop
Mastering Motion's Camera :: 10am - 5pm
Facilitated by Mark Spencer
Come learn how to take control of Motion's camera to create dynamic, engaging 3D motion graphics.
Motion's 3D implementation is a natural extension of the Motion interface and makes working in 3D surprisingly intuitive - but there tricks to getting just the results you want. In this hands-on session, you'll learn how to harness the power of Motion's 3D space and cameras, including:
• Setting up 3D scenes for camera animation
• Understanding the difference between viewpoint and framing cameras
• Positioning cameras in 3D space
• Cutting between cameras
• Working with angle of view and depth of field
• Animating cameras with behaviors and keyframes
Mark Spencer is a freelance producer, editor, teacher and writer based in the Bay Area. His company Day Street Productions is a production and post studio focused on corporate and industrial video. He is an Apple-certified Master Trainer for Final Cut Pro and Motion, teaching for organizations such as NAB, BAVC, Stanford University, DVExpo, MacWorld, and consulting for corporations and individuals. He is the author or co-author of 5 books on Motion including the Apple Pro Training Series book Motion 4 from Peachpit Press, and has written for print and online publications including DV Magazine, EditWell, ProVideo Coalition and kenstone.net. He maintains www.applemotion.net, a resource for Motion. Mark has an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Darrin FrankovitzSaturday 31 July Workshop
Cinema 4D with Mograph :: 10am - 5pm
Facilitated by Darrin Frankovitz, Maxon Lead Trainer
This workshop will cover 3D Fundamentals using CINEMA 4D R11.5, including Navigating in 3D Space, Lights and Cameras, Textures and Materials, Multi-pass Rendering, Keyframe Animation, Using the Timeline, After Effects integration and more.
As Lead Trainer of the Cineversity 1on1 Training program Darrin Frankovitz has trained groups of designers from Apple Inc. to artists at National Geographic Magazine, CNN, FOX, and individual freelancers across North America.
Darrin may be contacted via email: darrin (at) maxon (dot) net.
Mason DixonSunday 1 August Workshop
Creative Motion Design with After Effects and Photoshop :: 10am - 5pm
Facilitated by Mason Dixon, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
This workshop provides a 1 day crash course in the fundamentals of After Effects. It is designed to bring anyone up to speed on keyframes animation, visual effects, compositing, time bending, basic 3D and character animation with Adobe After Effects.
A dropout from University of Texas's Advanced Communications Theory Laboratory, Jameson Wallace, then Sfear Bebopanaut, went to work for a small internet start-up, iChat, designing the first version of Yahoo's chat community. After iChat's IPO, Sfear organized a team of hackers to detect vulnerabilities in electronic voting systems before the 2000 presidential election. After 9/11, Sfear changed his name to Mason Dixon and moved to Chicago, where he now resides as an instructor of Motion Graphics at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His public sculptures and video performances have appeared at the Museum of Contemporary Art, SIGGRAPH, South By Southwest, Lollapalooza, Boston Center for the Arts, Cambridge University UK, US Botanical Gardens in DC and the Burning Man freedom festival. He has produced over 70 exhibitions in 10 US cities and has shown with artists such Mia Liu, Carl Cox, Shepard Fairey, String Cheese Incident, American Analog Set and DJ Spooky.
2015 SF Marathon - 38th Annual Event.
Photos taken at Duboce & Guerrero with a Nikon D7100 using a 18-105mm lens. Photos in order by time stamp.