#quozl

[thefugitivesaint]

James Gurney, 'Quozl', 1989 "Quozl…was painted for the Alan Dean Foster novel of the same name. The novel tells the humorous story of the Quozl, rabbit-eared aliens who land on planet Earth to establish a settlement or "Fist Burrow." The Quozle, like rabbits, reproduce at an alarming rate and have been forced to travel from their overcrowded home plant of Quozlene to colonize other planets…Quozl shows the moment in which a group of these aliens explore the dwelling of a typical Earthling family."

James Gurney writes of his planning of the cover painting:

As a fantasy illustrator, my goal is usually to create a completely new kind of architecture. With Quozl, my goal was to introduce the fantastic rabbit_like creatures into a familiar American living room and show them reacting to common, everyday things, like televisions, posters, and VCRs. I followed Alan Forster's description of this moment in the book, but elaborated the idea with images that i gathered on a research tour though a local shopping mall. When the painting was finished, it showed a number of trademarked images, like Wonder Bread and Bugs Bunny. The lawyers at the publishing company were nervous about showing these in the final image as it appeared on the book jacket, so, with my approval, they has an art director touch uo the painting (with water-based paints that could later be removed) so that all the recognizable images became just a little different."

The image reproduced on the paperback book jacket stretches across the spine, so that the right-hand portion of the painting receives prominence as the front cover." Source

Addendum: I don't think it needs to be stated that what's being presented here as your "familiar American living room" reads as white and middle class. Not necessarily a criticism, just an observation. I guess I did need to state it.

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[thehotelpod]

Isn’t that nice? I think that’s so nice. I found her through a library checkout card she was using as a bookmark in a different book. There was a whole shelf of hers.

And Quozl is amazing I’ve read Quozl a dozen times I bought it based on the cover art alone (James Gurney! Dinotopia!) but there’s almost no fandom presence.

[wizard-legs]

I’ve been soft-launching a fursona for a few weeks now via vent doodles… still workshopping.. if anyone care…

[peaceblank]

I can’t believe the climax of this book ended with a human and alien having sex in a courtroom closet.

[consumptionlog]

Alan Dean Foster - Quozl

A cool book about an alien race that ends up on Earth, hoping it was empty, but we are there. It spans a long time and has some cool ideas about what an alien invasion would be like. It does drag in places and goes on some unnecessary tangents, but I enjoyed it.

[dollsahoy]

in the process of painting The Thing That Is Not A Rabbit’s nose pale pink--the nose is the biggest part of what makes it Not A Rabbit

I already painted the eyes solid, glossy black

so might as well paint the nose--even if I managed to color match it to the glaze, it still wouldn't be a rabbit

(heh, I just remembered the Quozl)

[raypunkzero]

JAMES GURNEY Quozl, paperback cover art (1989) https://ift.tt/2wXyzkK March 16, 2020 at 10:27PM +visit our fellow Goethepunk art page

[hacoverc0sine]

Boardwalk in Point Pelee National Park by Quozl (Public Domain)

[viergacht]

Got tagged by @shin-red-dear!

Name: Lew Nickname: Leeutjie (you say it like loo-key) Zodiac sign: Leo Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger Height: 5 foot 6 or so Ethnicity: Caucasian pretty much, there's others in there but you can't really tell from looking Orientation: Nobody wants to fuck me so who cares? Favourite fruit(s): Any kind of berry, sour apples, cherries, mangos, slightly unripe peaches, watermelon Favorite season: I would say autumn but we don't really have a proper autumn here, so I'm gonna go with early spring, when the aloes start blooming and the whole neighborhood smells great, but it's not unholy hot yet Favourite book(s): Ratha's Creature, At Winter's End/The New Springtime, Alien Chronicles, Geek Love, Ratcatching, Quozl, Great Apes, Watership Down, Voyage to Arcturus, Jennie Favourite animal(s): cats (duh), pretty much anything except spiders Favourite beverage(s): Coke Zero, Iron Brew, Choc & Coconut Cappucino, Mai Tai Average hours of sleep: Four or five in the morning, two or three in the evening, depending Favourite fictional characters: Ratha, Ampris, Hresh of the Answers, all the bunnies in Watership Down, Herbert West Blog created: Dec 2011 Number of followers: 1,647 but how many are human?

[vangoggles]

oh my god i googled quozl just to see if anyone else has read that fucking weird book and of Course it’s a furry thing i’m not even surprised.

[peaceblank]

Why did Alan Dean Foster create the horniest alien species to justify overpopulation of their home planet.

[paperbacksciencefiction]

Quozl by Alan Dean Foster Ace Books (1989) This is the sci-fi comedy classic that fans flip over! Pages 73 through 273 have interior illustrations called "Flip-a-Mation," they are a series of small illustrations in the upper right corner. When the pages are flipped, they appear to be animated. The cover and interior illustrations were provided by Jim Gurney. . Overall Good Condition, Good Spine With Light Creases, Binding Tight, Pages Look Good, Back Of Front Cover Has Stamp From Previous Bookstore . . . #quozl #alandeanfoster #disneymustpay #paperbacksciencefiction #sciencefiction #fiction #instabooks #bookstagram #instabookstagram #paperback #bookcollector #bookstore #science #scifi #instabook #bookaddict #bookishlove #bookish #library #jimgurney #flipamation #scifiart #syfy #scifibooks #acebooks #acesciencefiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CPilXMlreAT/?utm_medium=tumblr

[raypunkzero]

JAMES GURNEY Quozl. Paperback cover art (1989) http://bit.ly/2CFcBSu January 21, 2019 at 08:44PM

[thebristolboard]

Original paperback cover art by James Gurney from Quozl, a novel by Alan Dean Foster, published by Ace Books, 1989.