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ORIGINAL BOOK ARTWORK

The visual atlas.

All 32 original illustration assets preserved from the approved Solarian manuscript, displayed here as browsable plates. Click a plate to inspect it at full resolution.

32 ORIGINAL ASSETSALL RIGHTS RESERVEDNO IMAGE GENERATION OR REPLACEMENTS

Artificial worlds — PLATE 01Artificial worlds

The twelve-position Solar System clock — PLATE 02The twelve-position Solar System clock

Artificial worlds and orbital conditions — PLATE 03Artificial worlds and orbital conditions

One grammar, many calendars — PLATE 04One grammar, many calendars

Solarian — book cover — PLATE 05Solarian — book cover

Solarian — emblem — PLATE 06Solarian — emblem

Month-gap communications geometry — PLATE 07Month-gap communications geometry

Solarian in one page — PLATE 08Solarian in one page

How Solarian applies — PLATE 09How Solarian applies

The twelve calendars — PLATE 10The twelve calendars

Asteroids — Repeat Factor families — PLATE 11Asteroids — Repeat Factor families

One grammar, many calendars — PLATE 12One grammar, many calendars

Marian — companion book — PLATE 13Marian — companion book

Earth was the coincidence — PLATE 14Earth was the coincidence

Alternative calendar architectures — PLATE 15Alternative calendar architectures

The three Solarian regimes — PLATE 16The three Solarian regimes

The twelve calendars — PLATE 17The twelve calendars

Earth was the coincidence — PLATE 18Earth was the coincidence

Design brief — ten requirements — PLATE 19Design brief — ten requirements

Solarian — monogram — PLATE 20Solarian — monogram

Vesta — PLATE 21Vesta

Month-gap communications geometry — PLATE 22Month-gap communications geometry

Many calendars, one week — PLATE 23Many calendars, one week

The Repeat Factor ladder — PLATE 24The Repeat Factor ladder

Pluto — graceful failure — PLATE 25Pluto — graceful failure

Solarian in one page — PLATE 26Solarian in one page

Expansion joints — PLATE 27Expansion joints

The twelve-position clock — PLATE 28The twelve-position clock

One event, three time coordinates — PLATE 29One event, three time coordinates

Mars — PLATE 30Mars

Asteroids — the R-families emerge — PLATE 31Asteroids — the R-families emerge

The Solarian scale — PLATE 32The Solarian scale