PAUL YOULL (English b. 1965). Excession, paperback cover, 1996. Oil on board. 16 x 38 in.. Signed lower right. ...

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PAUL YOULL (English b. 1965)
Excession, paperback cover, 1996
Oil on board
16 x 38 in.
Signed lower right
This piece appeared on the cover of Iain M. Banks' novel, Excession, Bantam Spectra Books, 1997, and reproduced on pages 106-107 of The Frank Collection: A Showcase of the World's Finest Fantastic Art by Jane and Howard Frank.

"Two and a half millennia ago, the Excession, a perfect black sphere, appeared in a remote corner of space. It did nothing, then disappeared. Now it is back, and someone who saw it the first time has information on its staggering potential, but she is living out her death in the Sleeper Service."

Exhibited:
The inaugural group show at the Science Fiction Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2004.
From the Frank Collection.

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