Helliconia Spring

Helliconia Spring is a novel by Brian W. Aldiss published in 1982. It is the first part of the Helliconia trilogy, followed by Helliconia Summer (1983) and Helliconia Winter (1985).

Plot summary

Helliconia Spring is a novel which is set on a planet with two suns, where each year is incredibly long.^[1]

Reception

Dave Pringle reviewed Helliconia Spring for Imagine magazine, and stated that "it seems the hour of the blockbuster has arrived and there is little we can do but submit".^[1]

Reviews

• Review by Faren Miller (1982) in Locus, #253 February 1982
• Review by Fritz R. Leiber (1982) in Interzone, #2 Summer 1982
• Review by Roger C. Schlobin (1982) in Fantasy Newsletter, #48 June 1982
• Review by Mary Gentle (1982) in Vector 109
• Review by Darrell Schweitzer (1982) in Science Fiction Review, Fall 1982
• Review by Baird Searles (1982) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1982
• Review by Tom Easton (1982) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1982
• Review by John Clute (1983) in Omni, March 1983
• Review by Don D'Ammassa (1984) in Science Fiction Chronicle, January 1984