Helliconia
Helliconia Spring, Helliconia Summer, Helliconia Winter
$75.56
- Paperback
1328 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2010
Summary
Helliconia is a planet that, due to the massively eccentric orbit of its own sun around another star, experiences seasons that last eons. Whole civilizations grow in the Spring, flourish in the Summer and then die in the brutal winters. The human-like inhabitants have been profoundly changed by their experience of this harsh cycle.
In orbit above the planet a Terran mission struggles to observe and understand the effects on society of such a massive climatic impact.
Massive, t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780575086159 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0575086157 |
| Author: | Brian Aldiss |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1328 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2010 |
| Weight: | 1.20kg |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 132mm x 61mm |
| Series: | S.F. Masterworks |
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Surprisingly engaging … very much recommended.
Science Fiction has never before had this grandeur * Times Literary Supplement *The beginning of a marvellous journey to another world - a remarkable feat of imagination – John FowlesRarely has someone else’s brave new world been brought so stunningly to life * Daily Telegraph *Surprisingly engaging … very much recommended. * SFF World *
About The Author
Brian Aldiss
Brian Aldiss was born in 1925. He is an SF author who has achieved the rare success of acceptance as a writer of real significance by the literary establishment in his lifetime. As well as his novels, he has been a hugely important anthologist and editor in the field. He also wrote the pre-eminent history of the genre (with David Wingrove), Billion (later Trillion) Year Spree. He lives in Oxford.
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