Helliconia Winter

Helliconia Winter is a novel in which the planet Helliconia's five-century winter has ended and its cyclical Renaissance begins as civilization recovers.[1]

Dave Langford reviewed Helliconia Winter for White Dwarf #67, and stated that "In Winter, scenes on Earth and the orbiting Avernus Station (sketchy and less successful than the main narrative) offer two escape routes from cyclic history: enlightenment and extinction. All this and a gripping story too, of battle, murder and plague."[1]

Neil Gaiman reviewed Helliconia Winter for Imagine magazine, and stated that "Rich and romantic, the story of the world of Helliconia where the seasons take two thousand years to turn, and humans and the horned and shaggy phagor are locked in continual struggle, is one that continues to echo through the mind long after the last page of the book is finished."[2]

• Review by Faren Miller (1985) in Locus, #290 March 1985
• Review by Michael R. Collings (1985) in Fantasy Review, April 1985
• Review by Joseph Nicholas (1985) in Vector 127
• Review by Tom Easton (1985) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Mid-December 1985
• Review by Peter Caracciolo (1985) in Foundation, #35 Winter 1985/1986, (1986)
• Review by Thomas D. Clareson (1986) in Extrapolation, Spring 1986