This book was a huge disappointment, the first book by David Gerrold that I've read and probably my last. There isn't much of a story: the book is part biology textbook and part political treatise. As such, it consists of one lecture after another, making for stilted, awkward conversational interactions between characters and long passages that contribute nothing to the story. David Gerrold’s Hella is one of them, on steroids. Gerrold makes it plain that there’s as much drama and danger in office politics as there is in dealing with wild beasts." — Wall Street Journal/5(). · Hella is home to gigantic dinosaur-like creatures and humongous trees, extreme weather conditions and desolate landscapes, but the colonists have developed ways to stay safe in this harsh environment over the years.3/5.
Hella - Kindle edition by Gerrold, David. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Hella. Hella by David Gerrold. Jun 16 Hella is a planet where everything is oversized—especially the ambitions of the colonists. The trees are mile-high, the dinosaur herds are huge, and the weather is extreme—so extreme, the colonists have to migrate twice a year to escape the blistering heat of summer and the atmosphere-freezing cold of. Hella David Gerrold. $ Paperback. Not in-store but you can order this David Gerrold has been writing professionally for half a century. He created the tribbles for Star Trek and the Sleestaks for Land Of The Lost. His most famous novel is The Man Who Folded Himself. His semi-autobiographical tale of his son's adoption, The Martian.
This book was a huge disappointment, the first book by David Gerrold that I've read and probably my last. There isn't much of a story: the book is part biology textbook and part political treatise. As such, it consists of one lecture after another, making for stilted, awkward conversational interactions between characters and long passages that contribute nothing to the story. Hella, the setting of David Gerrold’s newest novel by the same name, is a world modeled on the simple human amazement at huge things. Hella’s “atlas trees” stretch nearly a kilometer high with branches the size of sequoias, its three rotating moons in the night sky pull the waves ten meters tall, and its inhabitants, massive dinosaur-like creatures, tower higher than human skyscrapers. Hugo and Nebula Award–winner Gerrold (The Martian Child) showcases his powerful storytelling skills with this outstanding tale of interstellar intrigue. Hella is a planet of extremes, so named because its oxygen-rich atmosphere causes everything from the trees to the leviathans that inhabit it to grow “hella big.”.
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