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SF Classics – Helliconia Summer by Brian W. Aldiss

Steph P. Bianchini October 15, 2014 3 Comments

Helliconia Summer (1983) by Brian W. Aldiss is the second instalment of the Helliconia Trilogy, set on the Earth-like Helliconia. The planet, orbiting a binary star, experiences seasons that last eons. This is the the rise and fall of a…
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Playing the Death Star – creation and demise of star systems

Steph P. Bianchini April 29, 2014 0 Comments

Ever desired to destroy entire planetary systems? Now you can, with the online game Super Planet Crash, available (and playable) at http://www.stefanom.org/spc. You may actually find that building a functioning system is more fun than just provoking celestial catastrophies. And here…
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