Helliconia is a planet that, due to the massively eccentric orbit of its own sun around another star, experiences seasons that lasts eons. Whole civilisations 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, thoroughly researched, minutely organised, full of action, pulp references and deep drama this is a classic trilogy.
| ISBN: | 9780575086159 |
| Publication date: | 12th August 2010 |
| Author: | Brian Aldiss |
| Publisher: | Gateway an imprint of Orion Publishing Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 1328 pages |
| Series: | S.F. Masterworks |
| Genres: |
Science Fiction |