''Necronomicon'' was the first major published compendium of images by
Swiss
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* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
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artist
H. R. Giger
Hans Ruedi Giger ( ; ; 5 February 1940 – 12 May 2014) was a Swiss artist best known for his airbrushed images that blended human physiques with machines, an art style known as " biomechanical". He was part of the special effects team that won ...
. Originally published in 1977, the book was given to director
Ridley Scott
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during the pre-production of the film ''
Alien'', who then hired Giger to produce artwork and conceptual designs for the film.
The book was originally published by Sphinx Verlag and was republished in 1991 by Morpheus International with additional artwork from Giger's ''Alien'' designs. A subsequent collection of his images followed as H. R. Giger's ''Necronomicon 2'', printed in 1985 by Edition C of Switzerland.
Giger's ''Necronomicon'' is named for
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (, ; August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of Weird fiction, weird, Science fiction, science, fantasy, and horror fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Born in Provi ...
's ''
Necronomicon
The ''Necronomicon'', also referred to as the ''Book of the Dead'', or under a purported original Arabic title of ', is a fictional grimoire (textbook of magic) appearing in stories by the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. ...
'', a fictional
grimoire
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Lovecraft invented and used as a plot device in his stories.
Giger's ''Necronomicon'' was influential in the design of the 1993 video game ''
Doom
Doom is another name for damnation.
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'' inspiring some of the disturbing environments and hellish monsters.
Notes
References
*Giger, Hans Ruedi (1984). ''Necronomicon.'' Zürich: Edition C.
Books about the visual arts
1977 non-fiction books
Works by H. R. Giger
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