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Bywater Express
A Bookman's Fantasy: How Science Fiction Became Respectable
By Fred Lerner
(NESFA Press)
Media: Scratchboard
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This piece is the cover art for a collection of writings on
science fiction, library science, and life in Vermont by science
fiction fan, librarian, Vermonter and essayist, Fred Lerner. I
chose to combine elements of two of Mr. Lerner's favorite
interests, the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien and model railroading.
While I'm sure that Professor Tolkien would have objected
strenuously to the idea of a steam locomotive running through The
Shire (his frequent reference to machinery and fuming steam vents
in his descriptions of Mordor come to mind), as someone who grew
up in an age more comfortable with technology, the quaint charm of
steam power still seems to fit in the hilly Shire landscape.
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