Michael Whelan’s a popular 70s sci-fi/fantasy artist, and one of the few who has remained popular every decade since and is still regularly producing covers for mainstream hits by big names like Stephen King and Brandon Sanderson. So, it’s not a surprise that my most popular image from last week was this one.
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It appears to be a personal work that hasn’t …