HR Giger dies at 74 after falling down stairs

Giger suffered from persistent night terrors, and he said that much of his art reflected what he saw in his dreams.

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Wow he was a great artist. I used to buy a fantasy magazine as a kid and they would always have his art displayed on the cover. Falling down the stairs is a Crappy way to go also.
 
A friend of mine had a book years ago with pictures of a lot of his artwork. The book was several hundred pages, and if I remember correctly, it explained some of the motivation behind his work on specific pieces. On an unrelated note, when I read the title of this thread it was a bit saddening. Falling down stairs is can be terrifying for anyone regardless of age.
 
It was 1979 and while I had never saw any of his artwork prior but I did get the bejesus scared right out of me when Ridley Scott, Orion Pictures, a scantily clad Sigourney Weaver, accompanied by a stellar cast with a great story, with the unknown element of H. R. Giger's Alien! After I saw the movie I went to the school library and found a book about him and his art of airbrushed science fiction and sheer terrible and stunning beauty. Rest in peace sir.

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