"The Helmet of Hades"
| Title | "The Helmet of Hades" |
| Year for Search | 1968 |
| Authors | Wodhams, [Herbert] Jack(1931-2017) |
| Secondary Authors | Carnell, [Edward] John(1912-72) |
| Tertiary Authors | Wodhams, Jack, and Carnell, John |
| Secondary Title | New Writings in S-F |
| Volume / Edition | 11 |
| Pagination | 157-190 |
| Date Published | 1968 |
| Publisher | Dennis Dobson |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | Australian 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. |
