Books In English "City Of Illusions" Ursula K. Le Guin | Page 155

"Yes."
"You were born in the fall, you said. That would mean you had never
seen your world in summer when you left it."
"Once, when I flew to the Southern hemisphere. But their summers
are cooler, as their winters are warmer, than in Kelshy. I have not seen the
Great Summer of the north."
"You may yet. If you return within a few months, what will the season
be on Werel?"
Ramarren computed for a couple of seconds and replied, "Late
summer; about the twentieth moonphase of summer, perhaps."
"I made it to be fall—how long does the journey take?"
"A hundred and forty-two Earthyears," Ramarren said, and as he said
it a little gust of panic blew across his mind and died away. He sensed the
presence of the Shing's mind in his own; while talking, Ken Kenyek had
reached out mentally, found his defenses down, and taken whole-phase
control of his mind. That was all right. It showed incredible patience and
telepathic s