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Helliconia Summer - Classic Sci-Fi Novel Review

Author: Brian W Aldiss Publisher: Gollancz (my copy, in Helliconia) Country: UK Year: 1983 The second part of the Helliconia trilogy sees the planet’s population progress from the medieval times to the early modern era. Taking up a far shorter span of time than it’s previous installment, Helliconia Spring, Summer is the height of warmth for the planet of Helliconia. It’s the time when kings…

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Brian W. Aldiss: Helliconia Spring, Helliconia Summer, Helliconia Winter megfilmesítését. Elképesztő egyébként, hogy a Nyár és a Tél nincs lefordítva!

Tök jó lesz majd, ha az AI filmet is tud csinálni.

Én szívesen megnéznék még egy Back to the future részt a szereplők akkori életkorával.

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Helliconia Summer by Brian Aldiss, cover by Tim Gill (1985)

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The extraordinary Brian Aldiss was born 94 years ago

Photo: John Lawrence

Science Fiction Grandmaster Brian W. Aldiss’ prodigious output of over 100 books included the science-fiction masterpieces Hothouse, Greybeard, Frankenstein Unbound, The Malacia Tapestry, and the Helliconia Trilogy. The short story “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” served as the basis for the Stanley Kubrick-developed Steven Spielberg-directed film A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

His numerous short stories and essays have been collected in Space, Time and Nathaniel, The Book of Brian Aldiss, Science Fiction Blues, Programme Book, Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories, CULTURAL BREAKS, The Invention of Happiness, The Brian Aldisss Collection: The Complete Short Stories, and many more. 

Among his several volumes of nonfiction are the pioneering book of science fiction criticism Billion Year Spree (revised as Trillion Year Spree [with David Wingrove]), ... And the Lurid Glare of the Comet, The Detached Retina: Aspects of SF and Fantasy, and An Exile on Planet Earth: Articles and Reflections. As an anthologist Aldiss produced many influential collections such as Penguin Science Fiction, Years Best Science Fiction (with Harry Harrison, Volumes 1-6), Space Opera, and A Science Fiction Omnibus. His amazing output included eight volumes of poetry. 

John Brunner, Brian Aldiss, Carol & Fred Pohl, and Walter Ernsting at LonCon II, the 1965 World Science Fiction Convention

Aldiss’ works garnered him a myriad of awards and accolades, including the Hugo, Nebula, Campbell, Locus, British Science Fiction, Ditmar, and Eaton awards. In 2005, he was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to literature. The electronic pop duo Echoes In Rows released a song entitled “Brian Aldiss” in 2010.

For more info on CULTURAL BREAKS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by John Picacio

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ALDISS, Brian

British novelist (1925-2017)

For over 40 years Aldiss has been a major propagandist for British sf, editing anthologies, speaking at conventions and writing several non-fiction books including Billion Year Spree (revised version: Trillion Year Spree), a critical history of the genre. His own sf covers the whole range from space opera (e.g. Non-stop) to future catastrophe (e.g. Hothouse, about human life after a global catastrophe shrinks our race to two feet high), from philosophical fantasy (e.g. Frankenstein Unbound and Moreau's Other Island, extensions of themes from earlier sf masterpieces) to stories of alternative worlds (e.g. the Helliconia trilogy: see below). He is also known for non-sf novels. These range from a comic trilogy about the oversexed 1950s adolescent Horatio Stubbs (A Hand-reared Boy; A Soldier Erect; A Rude Awakening) to Life in the West, a Bellow-like book about the plight of a man who has made his reputation preaching science and technology as the salvation of humanity, and is now forced, by the disintegration of his own emotional life, to give his views more intimate analysis.

THE HELLICONIA TRILOGY  (1982-85) Helliconia is one of four planets which revolve round Batalix, itself a satellite of the giant star Freyr. Helliconia seasons last not for months but for hundreds of Earth years, and the planet is inhabited by two separate and incompatible races, one adapted to winter life, the other to summer. The three novels (Helliconia Spring, Helliconia Summer, Helliconia Winter) explore the effects of Helliconia's enormous seasons, each long enough for whole civilisations to rise, flourish and die. Colonial wars, racism, ecology, the clash between religion, science and the arts, are underlying themes -- and all the time, Helliconia is observed: watching it provides entertainment, a blend of travel-documentary and soap-opera, for the bored inhabitants of Earth.

Aldiss' other sf books include Earthworks, The Saliva Tree, Barefoot in the Head, Enemies of the System, The Malacia Tapestry, Dracula Unbound, and a dozen story-collections including Starswarm, Cosmic Inferno and New Arrivals, Old Encounters. His non-sf novels include The Brightfount Diaries, The Primal Urge, The Male Response and Forgotten Life.

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To the Helliconia books : Ursula Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

To Aldiss' SF in general : Isaac Asimov, The Foundation Saga Ray Bradbury, The Golden Apples of the Sun

To the Horatio Stubbs books : Leslie Thomas, The Virgin Soldiers

To Life in the West : John Fowles, Daniel Martin John Updike, Roger's Version

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Helliconia Summer (Helliconia, book 2) by Brian W. Aldiss

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The Helliconia Trilogy

As promised, this week is fantasy book week, and you get three for the price of one as it’s a trilogy – Helliconia Spring, Helliconia Summer and Helliconia Winter by Brian Aldiss.

The British author, Brian Aldiss is probably not an author many people have heard of unless you are very keen on science fiction and of a certain age, despite having won a number of accolades including  an OBE, two Hugo’s and a Nebula. But, you probably will have heard of Steven Speilberg’s film “A I Artificial Intelligence”, which was based on his short story “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long”.

The Helliconia Trilogy is a series of books that could easily become the next big TV series and I really wish it would be picked up by a serious production company but until then I’ll just have to make do with reading the books over and over again. Yes, I have read them all many times over and each time I find something new in them.

The action takes place on the eponymous planet Helliconia, a planet with an extreme elliptical orbit around a binary star that causes its seasons to be very long and very extreme. This planet is inhabited by humans and another intelligent species – the Phagors (Ancipitals), a rather Minotaurean species. There is also a host of weird and wonderful creatures to be found there too, all described with such perfect style that you are drawn into the world and see it clearly.The first book starts just as the long, bitter winter is ending. Changes begin to take place in the flora and fauna, and also within the people themselves. Right from the start, we are introduced to the Phagors and realize the threat. The conflict between the two sentient species is constant and in the extreme climate life for human beings is cruel, violent and short.

(This is a Hurloon Minotaur from Magic:the Gathering, but it’s what I imagine a Phagor to look like)

This trilogy is not only about conflict and battles, though. Its strength lies in its detail and this is what draws the reader back again and again. The meticulous organization of the political and religious systems, the slow but inexorable changes brought about by the changing position of the planet, the micro and macro-biology, it’s all described with such scope of imagination that it is truly wonderful. Again, Wikipedia describes the books in detail but beware – lots of spoilers there if you do take up my suggestion and read the books.

Helliconia Spring was written in 1982 so anyone interested should be able to pick up cheap copy from Amazon and I can assure you it will be worth it. Read it and allow yourself to be transported to a world so alien, so different from our own. Allow yourself to fear the Phagors, to search for the fabled Oldorando, to push the Great Wheel.

You may have heard of a game called Helliconia which is loosly based on the books. I haven’t played it but it would seem that “loosely” is the operative term. Please read the books first.

Unfortunately, Brian Aldiss died in August at the age of 92. May he rest in peace.

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HELLICONIA SUMMER // Brian Aldiss Cover // Tim Gill Triad Granada // 1985

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Helliconia

HELICONIA: Do you like when it rains?

yesssssssssssss. especially because it’s summer where I am at the moment, the rain is a welcome relief from the heat.

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Helliconia 2. Vara - Brian Aldiss

Helliconia 2. Vara – Brian Aldiss

Helliconia 2. Vara – Brian Aldiss

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Titlu: Helliconia #2. Vara Autor: Brian Aldiss Traducere din limba engleză de Cristina și Ștefan Ghidoveanu Titlu original: HelliconiaSummer Hardcover, 608 p, 140×210 mm ISBN 9786069000113 Colecţie: – Domenii: Science-fiction O serie legendară. Al doilea anotimp…

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Goodbye to the extraordinary Brian Aldiss

All of us at Tachyon are saddened by the news of the legendary Brian Aldiss’ death on his 92nd birthday.

Photo: John Lawrence

Science Fiction Grandmaster Aldiss over 100 books include the science-fiction masterpieces HOTHOUSE, GREYBEARD, FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND, THE MALACIA TAPESTRY, FINCHES OF MARS, and the Helliconia Trilogy. The short story “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” served as the basis for the Stanley Kubrick-developed Steven Spielberg film A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

His many short stories and essays have been collected in SPACE, TIME AND NATHANIEL, THE BOOK OF BRIAN ALDISS, SCIENCE FICTION BLUES, PROGRAMME BOOK, SUPERTOYS LAST ALL SUMMER LONG AND OTHER STORIES OF FUTURE TIME, CULTURAL BREAKS, THE INVENTION OF HAPPINESS, THE BRIAN ALDISS COLLECTION: THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES, and more. 

Aldiss receiving a special award at World Fantasy 2013

Among his several works of nonfiction are the pioneering book of science fiction criticism BILLION YEAR SPREE (revised as TRILLION YEAR SPREE [with David Wingrove]), … AND THE LURID GLARE OF THE COMET, THE DETACHED RETINA: ASPECTS OF SF AND FANTASY, and AN EXILE ON PLANET EARTH: ARTICLES AND REFLECTIONS. As an anthologist Aldiss produced numerous influential collections such as PENGUIN SCIENCE FICTION, YEARS BEST SCIENCE FICTION (with Harry Harrison, Volumes 1-6), SPACE OPERA, and A SCIENCE FICTION OMNIBUS. His prodigious output includes eight volumes of poetry. 

John Brunner, Brian Aldiss, Carol & Fred Pohl, and Walter Ernsting at LonCon II, the 1965 World Science Fiction Convention

Aldiss’ works have garnered him a myriad of awards and accoladed, including the Hugo, Nebula, Campbell, Locus, British Science Fiction, Ditmar, and Eaton awards. In 2005, he was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to literature. The electronic pop duo Echoes In Rows released a song entitled “Brian Aldiss” in 2010.

Our thoughts are with his loved ones.

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AUTHOR: Brian Aldiss TITLE: Helliconia Summer ISBN: 0-586-05366-2 PUBLISHER: Granada

The exotic world of Helliconia continues . . . The detailed interplay of climate, geography, race, religion and politics is ingeniously interwoven in a tapestry which leaves the indelible impression of a teeming civilisation which exists in space and time . . . Helliconia Summer confirms and even outstrips the promise of the first award-winning volume . . . The completed work seems certain to be accepted as a classic of its kind.

Front cover illustration by Tim Gill

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Happy 92nd birthday to the extraordinary Brian Aldiss

Photo: John Lawrence

Science Fiction Grandmaster Brian W. Aldiss’ over 100 books include the science-fiction masterpieces HOTHOUSE, GREYBEARD, FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND, THE MALACIA TAPESTRY, FINCHES OF MARS, and the Helliconia Trilogy. The short story "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" served as the basis for the Stanley Kubrick-developed Steven Spielberg film A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

His many short stories and essays have been collected in SPACE, TIME AND NATHANIEL, THE BOOK OF BRIAN ALDISS, SCIENCE FICTION BLUES, PROGRAMME BOOK, SUPERTOYS LAST ALL SUMMER LONG AND OTHER STORIES OF FUTURE TIME, CULTURAL BREAKS, THE INVENTION OF HAPPINESS, THE BRIAN ALDISS COLLECTION: THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES, and more. 

Among his several works of nonfiction are the pioneering book of science fiction criticism BILLION YEAR SPREE (revised as TRILLION YEAR SPREE [with David Wingrove]), ... AND THE LURID GLARE OF THE COMET, THE DETACHED RETINA: ASPECTS OF SF AND FANTASY, and AN EXILE ON PLANET EARTH: ARTICLES AND REFLECTIONS. As an anthologist Aldiss produced numerous influential collections such as PENGUIN SCIENCE FICTION, YEARS BEST SCIENCE FICTION (with Harry Harrison, Volumes 1-6), SPACE OPERA, and A SCIENCE FICTION OMNIBUS. His prodigious output includes eight volumes of poetry. 

Aldiss’ works have garnered him a myriad of awards and accoladed, including the Hugo, Nebula, Campbell, Locus, British Science Fiction, Ditmar, and Eaton awards. In 2005, he was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to literature. The electronic pop duo Echoes In Rows released a song entitled “Brian Aldiss” in 2010.

All of us at Tachyon wish the groundbreaking and influential Brian a happy 92nd birthday.

For more info on CULTURAL BREAKS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by John Picacio