 First edition | |
| Author | Michael Coney |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd |
Publication date | June 1975 |
| Publication place | UK (also USA, Canada) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
| Pages | 192 pp (Pan paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-330-25226-7 |
Hello Summer, Goodbye is a science fiction novel by British author Michael G. Coney, regarded as one of his best and most representative works.[1],[2] It offers an unusually sympathetic portrayal of an alien race on a very strange planet. A fear of cold which is embedded in the race consciousness plays a significant part in the story, together with the semi-sentient lorin and other creatures.[3]
The protagonist is a precocious youth, Alika-Drove, whom Coney manages nonetheless to make engaging through Drove's struggles with the forces around him. In the story, Drove learns about his world, about what drives the adults of his species to make the choices they do, he falls in love, and he grows up.[3]
- ^ Christopher Priest (December 2005). "Obituary: Michael Coney | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Growing up alien: Michael Coney's Hello Summer, Goodbye". Tor.com. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Coney, Michael, Hello Summer, Goodbye, Pan Books, London, 1978, ISBN 0-330-25226-7"