2 Book Bundle Helliconia Spring & Helliconia Summer Hardcover by Brian W. Aldiss
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2 Book Bundle Helliconia Spring & Helliconia Summer Hardcover by Brian W. Aldiss. This is probably Brian Aldiss's grandest and most sumptuous novel. His struggle to do so, while his foes, sensing his weakness, encircle him, forms the plot of his novel, while in the background the Helliconia forests burn. Helliconia Spring: This is the first volume of the Helliconia trilogy-a monumental saga which goes beyond anything yet created by this master among today's imaginative writers. An entire solar system is revealed, and with it a world disturbingly reflecting our own, Helliconia: an Earth-like planet where dynasties change with the seasons. In the beginning, a solitary lad, Yuli, sets out from the icy barriers after his father has been captured by phagors. It is winter, the centuries-long Helliconian winter. Yuli enters the priest-hood of an underworld where darkness is holy and holiness keeps power over individuals. He learns of warrior mystics called Keepers and of an even more secretive elite, the lascivious Tak-ers. Through trials and wonders, he works his way back to the world of day to found a city called Oldorando, where his descendants recall his name because he rejected his faith in favor of his people. Helliconia Sumer: Whereas Helliconia Spring was set within a small compass and covered many generations, its successor takes place in six months and shows us most of the extraordinary planet Helliconia, from the circumpolar regions of Sibornal to the salable glaciers of Hespagorat. This is probably Brian Aldiss's grandest and most sumptuous novel. His picture of an inter-planetary summer that lasts for centuries is astounding. his characters memorable, from the Ice Captain to the whores of Matrassyl. We meet Billy Xiao Pin, who comes to Helliconia from a different world-one that still dreams of distant earth. And we meet the embattled king of Borlien, who, beset by enemies, trusting none but his phagor guard, decides to divorce his beautiful queen and marry instead the child princess of Oldorando. His struggle to do so, while his foes, sensing his weakness, encircle him, forms the plot of his novel, while in the background the Helliconia forests burn.
