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A planet orbiting binary suns, Helliconia has a Great Year spanning three millennia of Earth time: cultures are born in spring, flourish in summer, then die with the onset of the generations-long winter. It is the summer of the Great Year on Helliconia. The humans are involved with their... read more
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Characters/People edit
- JandolAnganol: King of Borlien
- SatoriIrvrash: Chancellor on king JandolAnganol's court
- MyrdemInggala: Wife of JandolAnganol
- Krillio Muntras: Owner of ice industry in Borlien
First Sentence edit
Wave climbed the slope of the beach, fell back, and came again.
Table of Contents edit
I The seacoast of Borlien ... 3
II Some arrivals at the palace ... 19
III A premature divorce ... 36
IV An invitation to Cosgatt ... 46
V The way of the Madis ... 61
VI Diplomats bearing gifts ... 78
VII The queen visits the living and the dead ... 109
VIII In the presence of mythology ... 122
IX Some botheration for the chancellor ... 135
X Billy changes custody ... 154
XI Journey to the northern continent ... 175
XII The downstream passanger trade ... 194
XIII A way to better weaponry ... 215
XIV Where flambreg live ... 232
XV The captives of the quarry ... 249
XVI The man who mined a glacier ... 266
XVII Death-flight ... 281
XVIII Visitors fom the deep ... 302
XIX Oldorando ... 331
XX How justice was done ... 353
XXI The slaying of Akhanaba ... 370
Envoi ... 391
Glossary edit
- fat death: illness caused by the helico virus which is usually lethal. The survivors gain 50% in weight.
- flamberg: a cow-like animal
- Nondads: transhuman protognostic. A lower form of human life which live underground.
- Others: the lowest form of human life. Others are half the human size and resemble monkeys
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 3 in Helliconia Trilogy. (standard series)
Preceded by Helliconia Spring, and followed by Helliconia Winter.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Brian W. Aldiss (Author)
Awards edit
- BSFA (British Science Fiction Association) (Finalist, 1983)
- Locus Science Fiction Award (Finalist, 1984)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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