(Paperback Edition)
Sir Brian May
978-1-8381645-2-2 | Paperback | 264 pages | 9.2″ x 12.2″
List Price: $30.00
DESCRIPTION
In Brian May’s own words and more than 300 previously unseen 3-D photographs, Queen in 3-D is an insider’s look at life with the rock band Queen, told for the first time. The pictures and self-penned text tell the story of Brian’s discovery of the world of stereoscopy as a boy, and chronicles Queen from the early 1970s to the present day. The images, from Brian’s personal archives, were taken using the various stereo cameras which Brian carried throughout his life. Viewed in May’s patented ULTRALITE OWL viewer (included), they leap into stunning three-dimensional realism, giving uniquely vivid impressions of life with Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and Brian himself, alongside the people who helped to shape Queen’s amazing global adventure. Originally published in 2017 in a deluxe slip-cased edition, and then reprinted in 2019 in hardcover, Queen in 3-D has received glowing reviews from the press and broadcast media, as well as from countless music fans around the world who posted their kind comments online.
This new paperback contains everything included in the previous edition: ·
- Brian May’s 3-D photos and text – scrupulously honest, emotional, beautiful and inspiring
- Featuring Queen on and off stage from the 1970s to the present day
- More than 300 previously unseen stereo images
- Brian May’s glimpses of life in the studio and on the road
- Bonus sections including 21st century-Queen + Adam Lambert
- Includes an ULTRALITE OWL 3-D viewer, an ingenious new development of the design, in the back flap of the paperback
- More than 17 stereo images from the Bohemian Rhapsody movie Queen have touched us all.
Their music provides a soundtrack to our lives, their rock anthems elevating our spirits through the highs and lows of our time on this planet. This book provides the perfect visual context to the ever-powerful Queen sonic experience – stereoscopy to match the stereophony!
REVIEWS
“Music’s wisest rock shaman shares memories … a three-dimensional stereoscopic collection of images that take you behind-the-scenes with the band.”
NME
“Brian May’s 3-D pictures capture Queen in all their pomp.”
The Guardian
“The closest thing to an autobiography May has written.”
The Bookseller
AUTHOR BIO
Brian May CBE, PhD, ARCS, FRAS, is a founding member of the rock group Queen, a world-renowned guitarist, songwriter, producer and performer, authority on 3-D stereoscopic photography, a passionate campaigner for animal rights and welfare, and an advocate for political and social change. His PhD thesis A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud was published in 2007, and he is the co-author of eight books on astronomy, space, and historical stereo photography, and the solo author and photographer of the bestselling book on the history of his own band: Queen in 3-D, published in 2017. Brian was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University 2008–13, has received three Honorary Doctorates and holds the post of visiting researcher at Imperial College. Asteroid 52665 Brianmay was named in his honor, and in 2015 he was appointed Science Team Collaborator for NASA New Horizons mission, assembling the first ever stereo images of Pluto. Brian is currently engaged in many other collaborations with NASA, ESA and JAXA, producing stereo images of solar system objects.