"The Helmet of Hades"

Title"The Helmet of Hades"
Year for Search1968
AuthorsWodhams, [Herbert] Jack(1931-2017)
Secondary AuthorsCarnell, [Edward] John(1912-72)
Tertiary AuthorsWodhams, Jack, and Carnell, John
Secondary TitleNew Writings in S-F
Volume / Edition11
Pagination157-190
Date Published1968
PublisherDennis Dobson
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsAustralian author, English author, Male author
Annotation

Dystopia on a planet where a drink that makes everyone blind is distilled from a plant. One man follows the old adage that in the land of the bind the one eyed man is king and blind everyone except a few acolytes and enslaves the blind. The protagonist is a man sent to the planet that had not been heard from recently and is blinded but rebels and violently overthrows the regime and frees the one man who had previously rebelled. The result is the opposite of what he expected.

Pseudonym

Jack Wodhams [pseud.]

Holding Institutions

NSW, O, PSt

Author Note

The author (1931-2017) was born in England and moved to Australia in 1955.

Full Text

1968 Wodhams, [Herbert] Jack (1931-2017). “The Helmet of Hades.” New Writings in S-F 11. Ed. John Carnell (London: Dennis Dobson, 1968), 157-190. NSW, O, PSt

Dystopia on a planet where a drink that makes everyone blind is distilled from a plant. One man follows the old adage that in the land of the bind the one eyed man is king and blind everyone except a few acolytes and enslaves the blind. The protagonist is a man sent to the planet that had not been heard from recently and is blinded but rebels and violently overthrows the regime and frees the one man who had previously rebelled. The result is the opposite of what he expected. The author was born in England and moved to Australia in 1955.