Helliconia Summer, Brian W. Aldiss
Helliconia Summer, Brian W. Aldiss
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Helliconia Summer

Author: Brian W. Aldiss

Series: Helliconia Trilogy

Narrator: Keval Shah

Unabridged: 22 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/28/2025


Synopsis

The Grand Master of Science Fiction's "monumental" epic continues as Helliconia nears its larger star—and a strange visitor joins its civilization (The Times, London).

A handful of centuries on, Helliconia is close to the larger star in its binary system, and the Phagors have been driven into exile, but conflicting religions and hostility to science keep human civilization fragmented and constantly fighting wars over petty power and fertile land as a plague devastates populations. However, everything changes when a secret visitor from the observer satellite from Earth accepts a slow death in order to visit the planet and spend his time in the sunlight and open air.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on November 08, 2024

This was a fantastic sequel to Helliconia Spring and featured incredible world-building. It did not address the cliff-hanger at the end of the previous book, but painted a pessimistic picture of a human-dominated Helliconia and the adventures of some fascinating characters. We get to travel with the......more

Goodreads review by AndrewP on December 31, 2018

Having mostly enjoyed Helliconia Spring I thought I would continue on with the trilogy. (I purchased the omnibus edition.) Events in this book take place several hundred years after the events in 'Spring'. The planet is now at it's closest approach the super giant star that it circles around once eve......more

Goodreads review by Adam on December 12, 2017

Helliconia basks in the glow of the Great Summer. The continent of Campannlat is now dominated by the Holy Empire, a loose religious affiliation between the three great kingdoms of Pannoval, Oldorando and Borlien. These nations find themselves threatened by the far less technologically-advanced but......more

Goodreads review by Juho on November 29, 2022

The first Helliconia novel took place over a long period of time and saw vast changes in the world it takes place in, with the snow melting and the civilization seeing its start. The third, I presume, will do much the same except in reverse. So this middle one is put in a bit of an awkward position:......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on December 31, 2021

First, authors will find Helliconia Summer a goldmine of technique. Definitely read it for that. Aldiss frames exposition and narration through character viewpoint so it flows naturally rather than becoming an infodump. He also uses a technique I've encountered before but in the far past; he starts......more