false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185303481m/1567207.jpg 672244 18 <P> <B>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. </B> <P> Helliconia is emerging from its centuries-long winter. The tribes of the equatorial continent emerge from their hiding places and are again able to dispute possession of the planet with the ferocious phagors. In Oldorando, love, trade and coinage are being redisovered, <P> This is the first volume of the Helliconia Trilogy -- a monumental saga that goes beyond anything yet created by this master among today's imaginative writers. <P> 1559837 book 1982 Helliconia Spring total:172|5:38|4:56|3:58|2:17|1:3| 172 625 288 12 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 01:59:23 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 02:03:48 -0700 2009 On the other hand the plot is very jerky and I can't really see where it's all...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 05:50:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 05:54:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Apr 16 06:53:39 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 06:45:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 02:53:09 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 03:14:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu May 22 04:08:05 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 04:08:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 true false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 21 20:41:35 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 20:43:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 10:03:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 10:11:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Thu Nov 27 16:29:22 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 16:48:26 -0800 2008 1 The idea is nice - supposing a year was a thousand times as long? But I found the book a bit too slow, and got bored. I finished it, but never read Summer and Winter.]]> 1 0 false false Tue Apr 01 18:19:27 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 18:21:34 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Fri Sep 07 12:14:20 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 12:15:58 -0700 2007 5 0 true false Mon Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 1982 Wed Mar 19 12:40:51 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 12:42:33 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Sep 02 13:17:32 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 13:17:54 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Nov 28 12:09:27 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 12:09:27 -0800 2009 0 0 true false Wed Nov 25 21:26:58 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 21:26:58 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 23 08:52:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 08:52:00 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 23 03:41:37 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 03:41:37 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 21 14:20:31 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 14:20:31 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 21 09:12:35 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 09:12:35 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 01:32:10 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 01:32:10 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Nov 15 10:28:52 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 10:28:52 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1567207