This book represents themost thorough survey of conceptual art ever undertaken, and assembles the work of over one hundred artists. Decidedly international in scope, the book explores idea-based art from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Western and Eastern Europe, and North America. Featuring essays by over a dozen scholars.
Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription, the mysterious disappearance of Earth's dolphins, and the discovery of his battered copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy all conspire to give Arthur the sneaking suspicion that something otherworldly is indeed going on. . . .
God only knows what it all means. And fortunately, He left behind a Final Message of explanation. But since it's light-years away from Earth, on a star surrounded by souvenir booths, finding out what it is will mean hitching a ride to the far reaches of space aboard a UFO with a giant robot. But what else is new?
In a near future, chemicals destroy fertility of species on Earth, including humans. The birthrate is so low that most are over 50, children are precious. Shana and Cameron get caught up in a bizarre conspiracy to create hybrid human/animal substitutes for couples desperate to love a child. Congressional advisor Nick Clementi 75 finds the whole human race is threatened.
