CANOPUS IN ARGOS: ARCHIVES [Volume One]. Re: Colonised Planet 5, SHIKASTA: Personal, Psychological, Historical Documents Relating to Visit by Johor (George Sherban) Emissary (Grade 9) 87th of the Period of the Last Days

Lessing, Doris

ISBN 10: 0394507320 / ISBN 13: 9780394507323

Published by Alfred A Knopf, Inc., A Borzoi Book, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1979

About this Item

Alfred A Knopf, Inc., A Borzoi Book, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1979. "Third [3rd] Printing, November 1979" (stated) of the First (1st) Edition, the first printing of which was published on October 22, 1979. Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Appears Unread. The Text Block is clean, bright white, tight, straight and square with deckled fore-edges and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full black cloth, color uniform throughout, with the title debossed on the front board, bright gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked, white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The Dust Jacket is bright, colors uniform throughout, and would be intact but for one hard to see tear to the back panel that is closed from behind with archival, pH neutral materials, with wear to the head of the spine. The original price ($10.95) is intact on the front flap. See the photos. xi, 365, [i] pages. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". A science fiction novel, or, as the author puts it, "space fiction" set in the far distant future. The story presents a history, for future students, of the planet Shikasta (called Earth by its inhabitants) under the influence of three galactic empires, Canopus, Sirius, and their mutual enemy, Puttiora, presented as a series of reports from emissaries detailing the Century of Destruction and the Apocalypse (i.e. World War III). Mystic Sufi influences are present. The word Shikasta comes from Persian language, meaning "broken". NOTE: This book weighs 800 grams / 1 lb., 12 oz., and when packaged may require extra postage for international shipment. ISBN 10: 0394507320 / ISBN 13: 9780394507323.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CANOPUS IN ARGOS: ARCHIVES [Volume One]. Re: Colonised Planet 5, SHIKASTA: Personal, Psychological, Historical Documents Relating to Visit by Johor (George Sherban) Emissary (Grade 9) 87th of the Period of the Last Days
• Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, Inc., A Borzoi Book, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394507320
• ISBN 13: 9780394507323
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 3rd Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

A variety of narratives, including the report of Johor (George Sherban)--the Emissary sent by the Powers controlling our part of the universe--reveal what the planet Shikasta and its inhabitants have, in desperation, endured

About the Author

Doris Lessing was born of British parents in Persia, in 1919, and moved with her family to Southern Rhodesia when she was five years old. She went to England in 1949 and has lived there ever since. She is the author of more than thirty books—novels, stories, reportage, poems, and plays. In 2007, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.