Les Edwards
Author of Son of Celluloid
About the Author
Works by Les Edwards
Down Among the Dead Men 1 copy
Associated Works
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006) — Cover artist, some editions; Illustrator, some editions — 10,269 copies
Perdido Street Station (2000) — Cover artist, some editions; Illustrator, some editions — 9,427 copies
Thinner (1984) — Illustrator, some editions; Cover artist, some editions; Illustrator, some editions; Cover artist, some editions — 7,541 copies
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007) — Illustrator, some editions; Cover artist, some editions — 5,010 copies
The Republic of Thieves (2013) — Illustrator, some editions; Cover artist, some editions — 3,053 copies
Christiane F: Autobiography of a Girl of the Streets and Heroin Addict (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,395 copies
Viriconium: "The Pastel City", "A Storm of Wings", "In Viriconium", "Viriconium Nights" (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,173 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection (1993) — Cover artist, some editions — 434 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection (1991) — Cover artist, some editions — 380 copies
The Darkest Part of the Woods (2002) — Cover artist, some editions; Illustrator, some editions — 285 copies
Aliens in Space : An Illustrated Guide to the Inhabited Galaxy (1979) — Illustrator, some editions — 101 copies
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition (2006) — Cover artist, some editions — 96 copies
Dark Detectives: An Anthology of Supernatural Mysteries (1999) — Cover artist, some editions — 93 copies
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories (Penguin Readers, Level 3) (2000) — Cover artist, some editions — 64 copies
I, Robot / Earth Is Room Enough / The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories (1996) — Cover artist, some editions — 58 copies
Tour of the Universe: The Journey of a Lifetime: The Recorded Diaries of Leio Scott and Caroline Luranski (1980) — Illustrator, some editions — 52 copies
The Year's Best Horror Stories: XIX (1991) — Cover artist, some editions; Cover artist, some editions — 48 copies
Victorian Ghost Stories (1996) — Illustrator, some editions; Cover artist, some editions — 43 copies
H. G. Wells Classic Collection II: In the Days of the Comet, Men Like Gods, The Sleeper Awakes, The War in the Air (2011) — Illustrator, some editions — 26 copies
Smoke and Mirrors: Screenplays, Teleplays, Stage Plays, Comic Scripts & Treatments (2014) — Cover artist, some editions — 24 copies
Parlainth: The Forgotten City (EarthDawn Roleplaying, Book, 18 Treasure & Creature Cards, Fold-Out Map, 6104) (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 23 copies
The Book of Exploration: Legends of Earthdawn, Vol. 2 (EarthDawn Roleplaying) (1996) — Cover artist, some editions — 22 copies
Savage Heroes: Tales of Sorcery and Black Magic (1977) — Illustrator, some editions; Cover artist, some editions — 19 copies
Wampiry i wilkołaki : źródła, historia, legendy od antyku do współczesności (2003) — Cover artist, some editions — 14 copies
Chilling Tales: Evil I Did Dwell -- Lewd Did I Live (2011) — Cover artist, some editions — 14 copies
Terry Pratchett's Discworld Collector's Edition Calendar 2005 (2004) — Illustrator; Illustrator — 12 copies
Der Hexer : HC 2, Als der Meister starb (Sammler Edition gebundene Ausgabe) (2003) — Cover artist, some editions — 11 copies
Gaslight, Ghosts, & Ghouls: A Centenary Celebration (2019) — Cover artist, some editions — 10 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 65. Cyrion in Bronze. (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 10 copies
Ladygrove: The 3rd Adventure of Dr. Caspian and Bronwen (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 9 copies
Terry Pratchett's Discworld Collector's Edition Calendar 2008 (2007) — Illustrator; Illustrator — 9 copies
The Twisted Root of Jaarfindor (Elriad Myth & Legend) (2004) — Cover artist, some editions — 9 copies
Terry Pratchett's Discworld Collector's Edition Calendar 2009 (2008) — Illustrator; Illustrator — 8 copies
Reign Of Terror: The 3rd Corgi Book Of Great Victorian Horror Stories (Anthology) (SERIES: Reign Of Terror: The Corgi… (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 6 copies
Terry Pratchett's Discworld Collectors' Edition Calendar 2010 (2009) — Illustrator; Illustrator — 6 copies
J.R.R. Tolkien - Powiernik pieśni — Cover artist, some editions — 6 copies
Reign of Terror: The 4th Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories: No. 4 (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 5 copies
Back from the Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories (2010) — Cover artist, some editions — 5 copies
Into the Pandemonium — Interior artwork, some editions — 5 copies
Subterranean Magazine Summer 2007 — Cover artist, some editions — 4 copies
Planète-Suicide : Collection : Anticipation fleuve noir n° 1095 (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 4 copies
Weird Tales Volume 61 Number 5, August-September 2006 — Cover artist, some editions — 3 copies
Tage des Mondes: Ein Abenteuer in der Welt des Robert Craven (2007) — Cover artist, some editions — 3 copies
The Twilight People — Cover artist, some editions — 2 copies
Montezuma smaragd : Rudyard Kipling, Jules Verne, August Strindberg, Selma Lagerlöf, [Thomas Hardy, Rodrigues… (2005) — Cover artist, some editions — 2 copies
La Planète géante : Science-fiction (Super luxe Fleuve noir) (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 2 copies
Las ciencias prohibidas. Tomo 1. Iniciación al espiritismo — Cover artist, some editions — 2 copies
Drache, Einhorn, Feuervogel: Das Buch der Fabelwesen und Wundergeschöpfe (2008) — Cover artist, some editions — 2 copies
Der Hexer von Salem. Der Teufelsplan des Fu Manchu. Rollenspiel (2006) — Cover artist, some editions — 2 copies
Warlock magazine #13 — Cover artist, some editions — 2 copies
John Sinclair 460: Der grausame Wald (1. Teil) (German Edition) — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
Sünged varjud. [õuduskirjanduse antoloogia] / 2, Saatana teener (2004) — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
Kaos Väktare — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
The Lost Special / The Beetle-Hunter / The Man with the Watches (2004) — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
No River So Wide — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
Murky Depths 0 — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
Habakuk Jephsoni ülestunnistus ; John Huxfordi äraolek : [jutustused] (2005) — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
Krigsherren Eon — Cover artist — 1 copy
Le palais du roi Phédon (Collection "Anticipation") (French Edition) — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
Jump in the Fire - Maxi (S) — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
Le secret d'Irgoun : Collection : Anticipation fleuve noir n° 1134 (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
Weird Tales Volume 59 Number 3, Spring 2003 — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
Subterranean Magazine Fall 2009 — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
Science Fiction Age: Vol. 1, No. 3 (March 1993) — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
ParSec Issue 5 — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
Alive & Screaming — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Edwards, Les
- Legal name
- Edwards, Leslie James
- Other names
- Miller, Edward
- Birthdate
- 1949-09-07
- Country (for map)
- UK
- Birthplace
- Walthamstow, London, England, UK
- Awards and honors
- British Fantasy Award (Artist, 1991)
British Fantasy Award (Artist, 1994)
British Fantasy Award (Artist, 2000)
British Fantasy Award (Artist, 2003)
British Fantasy Award (Artist, 2004)
British Fantasy Award (Artist, 2005) (show all 7)
British Fantasy Award (Artist, 2006) - Short biography
- Les Edwards (born 1949) is a British illustrator known for his work in the horror, science fiction and fantasy genres, and has provided numerous illustrations for book jackets, posters, magazines, record covers and games during his career.
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That being said, I believe his only real sin here was picking one of the more terrible Barker stories to adapt. When Barker is on, he's amazing. But he's absolutely the opposite of on with this story.
It feels like there's no real lead character here, and the story just meanders (and takes far too long to get wherever it's going). There's not a single likeable character in the lot.
So, for the record, the base story is not good. The writing is average at best. The art, while often quite good, is highly inconsistent, with characters tending to look like completely different people from page to page, and sometimes even panel to panel.
Not a lot of fun to be wrung out of this mess.… (more)