Helliconia Winter; Book 3 of the Helliconia Trilogy

by Brian W. Aldiss

• ISBN13: 9780743445160
• ISBN10: 0743445163
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-12-03
• Publisher: I Books

Summary

A planet orbiting binary suns, Helliconia has a Great Year spanning three millennia of Earth time: cultures are born in spring, flourish in summer, then die with the onset of the generations-long winter. The centuries-long winter of the Great Year on Helliconia is upon us, and the Oligarch is taking harsh measures to ensure the survival of the people of the bleak Northerncontinent of Sibornal. Behind the battle with which the novel opens lies an act of unparalleled treachery. But the plague is coming on the wings of winter and the Oligarch's will is set against it-and against the phagors, humanity's ancientenemies, who carry the plague with them. This is the concluding volume of the Helliconia Trilogy-a monumental saga that goes beyond anything yet created by this master among today's imaginative writers.

Table of Contents

Prelude	3	(9)
The Last Battle	12	(17)
A Silent Presence	29	(16)
The Restrictions of Persons in Abodes Act	45	(14)
An Army Career	59	(19)
A Few More Regulations	78	(18)
G4PBX/4582-4-3	96	(14)
The Yellow-Striped Fly	110	(17)
The Rape of the Mother	127	(14)
A Quiet Day Ashore	141	(11)
``The Dead Never Talk Politics''	152	(12)
Stern Discipline for Travellers	164	(11)
Kakool on the Trail	175	(21)
``An Old Antagonism''	196	(22)
The Greatest Crime	218	(14)
Inside the Wheel	232	(14)
A Fatal Innocence	246	(20)
Sunset	266	(19)
Acknowledgements	285