Helliconia Summer

Helliconia Summer is a science fiction novel by British writer Brian Aldiss, published in 1983.

Plot summary

The novel is set in the world of Helliconia, which is experiencing an intensely hot summer.[1]

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed Helliconia Summer for White Dwarf #50, and stated that "Fine writing, unforgettable images: and hanging over it all, the doomy awareness of Helliconia-watchers in the orbiting Earth Station Avernus, who know and remind us that all this differs only in detail from the summer of the last Great Year."[1]

Neil Gaiman reviewed Helliconia Summer for Imagine magazine, and stated that "Rich and romantic, the story of the world of Helliconia where the seasons take two thousand years to turn, and humans and the horned and shaggy phagor are locked in continual struggle, is one that continues to echo through the mind long after the last page of the book is finished."[2]

Reviews

• Review by Faren Miller (1983) in Locus, #272 September 1983[3]
• Review by Frank Catalano (1984) in Amazing Stories, July 1984
• Review by Tom Easton (1984) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, July 1984
• Review by Don D'Ammassa (1985) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #64 January 1985
• Review by Peter Caracciolo (1985) in Foundation, #35 Winter 1985/1986, (1986)

References

1. Langford, Dave (February 1984). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 50. Games Workshop. p. 14.
2. Gaiman, Neil (July 1985). "Fantasy Media". Imagine (review) (28). TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd.: 54.
3. https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1797