Robota, by Doug Chiang and Orson Scott Card

Robota, by Doug Chiang and Orson Scott Card. 2003 hardcover. 176 pages, very nice condition.

An awesome book from Academy award winning film designer, artist, and vice president/executive creative director of Lucasfilm, Doug Chiang. Chiang and best-selling sci-fi author Orson Scott Card join forces for an extraordinary publishing adventure: Robota. vice president and executive creative director of Lucasfilm.

An original illustrated science fiction novel, Robota follows the fortunes of a strangely powerful amnesiac named Caps as he navigates an ancient, decaying world in which a dwindling human population battles a society of merciless robot warriors. Aided by talking animals and stalked by terrifying hunter robots, Caps slowly rises to fulfill an awesome destiny. Integrating word and image, Card's masterful storytelling is interwoven with 75 pieces of Chiang's wildly imagined, meticulously rendered art. Packaged in a dramatic metallic case, this unusual and powerful collaboration is tailor-made to thrill.