· 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 . · 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. · Gerrold has created a vibrant world with a creative exploration of colonization and alien ecology that also smoothly touches on polyamory, gender confirmation, and queer relationships. Hella does what science fiction does best: it uses classic sf tropes to ask important questions about contemporary society.4/4(4).
Hella by David Gerrold 3 Stars Hella is an interesting story set sometime in the future of an earth colony living on a distant planet where everything is really big. But while the story is entertaining and the writing is good, it just didn't grab me. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY . 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.". 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.
Gerrold has created a vibrant world with a creative exploration of colonization and alien ecology that also smoothly touches on polyamory, gender confirmation, and queer relationships. Hella does what science fiction does best: it uses classic sf tropes to ask important questions about contemporary society. Hella is American science fiction screenwriter and novelist David Gerrold’s latest YA novel. It is set in a community on one of the first human colony worlds, a colony that struggles to survive in a harsh environment with giant and ferocious life. 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.
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