DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, gift notation on front pastedown, slight yellowing of pages. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 365 pages; "This is the first volume in the series of novels Doris Lessing calls collectively Canopus in 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. Johar, an emissary from Canopus and the primary contributor to the archives, visits Shikasta over the millennia from the time of the giants and the biblical great flood up to the present. With every visit he tries to distract Shikastans from the evil influences of the planet Shammat but notes with dismay the ever-growing chaos and destruction of Shikasta as its people hurl themselves towards World War III and annihilation.".

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Shikasta: Re-colonised Planet 5 Canopus in Argos

Publisher

Jonathan Cape, London

Publication Date

1979

Language

English

ISBN 10

0224017675

ISBN 13

9780224017671

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good+

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Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Physical description; xi,365p. ; 23cm. Subject; Fiction in English.

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‘Magnificent ... an astouding book that sets out to chronicle the whole world of humanity, spirit, earth, stars, soul, virtue, evil, pre-Eden forever’ Myrna Blumberg, The Times

‘Profound, relevant and daring’ Rachel Billington, Financial Times

‘Shikasta is a piercing diagnosis of the unease spreading through our civilization. A powerful fable.’ W.L. Webb, Guardian

‘Shikasta is at once a brief history of the world, a tract against human destructiveness, an ode to the natural beauties of this earth and a hymn to the music of the spheres.’ Time

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