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''Hello Summer, Goodbye'' is a science fiction novel by British author Michael G. Coney, regarded as one of his best and most representative works., 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.〔"Coney, Michael, ''Hello Summer, Goodbye'', Pan Books, London, 1978, ISBN 0-330-25226-7"〕 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.〔 ==Plot== The story begins in Alika-Drove's home town of Alika. The narrative moves to Pallahaxi, a small coastal village where fishing and tourism are the main sources of income. At first it seems that, in spite of "the war with Asta" and other hints of disturbance, this is going to be their usual summer holiday by the seaside. Drove encounters Browneyes once more, for the first time since they met the previous summer, together with some other youngsters and local characters. As a result of the planet's global geography and eccentric orbit, the sea undergoes a strange transformation in which it becomes a semi-solid. This phenomenon is called the 'grume'. Some creatures are specially adapted to take advantage of this. Politics and a global climatic crisis drive the unexpected denouement, in which Coney allows readers some latitude in how to view the conclusion.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hello Summer, Goodbye」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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