Canopus in Argos Series by Doris Lessing

3.89 · 86 ratings
  • Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta (Canopus in Argos #1)
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    Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta (Canopus in Argos #1)

    Doris Lessing

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings · published 1979

    This is the first volume in the series of novels Doris Lessing calls collectively Canopus in Argos: Archives. Presented as a compilation of documents, reports, letters, speeches and journal entries, this purports to be a general study of the planet Shikasta, clearly the planet Earth, to be used by history students of the higher planet Canopus and to be stored in the Canopian archives. For eons, galactic empires have struggled against one another, and Shikasta is one of the main battlegrounds... more

  • The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five (Canopus in Argos #2)
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    The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five (Canopus in Argos #2)

    Doris Lessing

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings · published 1980

    The second novel in the Classic series "Canopus in Argos: Archives". A tale of love and the anicent battle between men and woman.

  • The Sirian Experiments (Canopus in Argos #3)
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    The Sirian Experiments (Canopus in Argos #3)

    Doris Lessing

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings · published 1980

    The third in Doris Lessing's visionary novel cycle "Canopus in Argos: Archives". It is a mix of fable, futuristic fantasy and pseudo-documentary accounts of 20th-century history.

  • The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Canopus in Argos #4)
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    The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Canopus in Argos #4)

    Doris Lessing

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1982

    From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is the fourth instalment in the visionary novel cycle ‘Canopus in Argos: Archives’. The handsome, intelligent people of Planet 8 of the Canopean Empire know only an idyllic existence on their bountiful planet, its weather consistently nurturing, never harsh. They live long, purposeful, untroubled lives.Then one day The Ice begins, and ice and snow cover the planet’s surface... more

  • The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire (Canopus in Argos #5)
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    The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire (Canopus in Argos #5)

    Doris Lessing

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings · published 1983

    Documents Relating to The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire is an sf novel by Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Doris Lessing. It concludes her five-book Canopus in Argos series & comprises a set of documents that describe the final days of the Volyen Empire, located at the edge of our galaxy & under the influence of three other galactic empires, the benevolent Canopus, the tyrannical Sirius & the malicious Shammat of Puttiora... more

  • Canopus in Argos: Archives (Canopus in Argos #1-5)
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    Canopus in Argos: Archives (Canopus in Argos #1-5)

    Doris Lessing

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1981

    Even as it gives an epic account of the struggles between Canopus and its rivals over the fate of the universe, 'Canopus in Argos' comments, with Lessing's characteristic insight and eloquence, on human history and our prospects for the future.

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