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- catalog abstract "From the Publisher: 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. 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.".
- catalog contributor b1384841.
- catalog created "1979.".
- catalog date "1979".
- catalog date "1979.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1979.".
- catalog description "From the Publisher: 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. 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.".
- catalog extent "x, 364 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0394507320".
- catalog isPartOf "Canopus in Argos--archives".
- catalog isPartOf "Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. Canopus in Argos--archives (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.)".
- catalog issued "1979".
- catalog issued "1979.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Knopf : distributed by Random House,".
- catalog subject "823/.9/14".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Ancient Extraterrestrial influences Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Life on other planets Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PZ3.L56684 Sh 1979 PR6023.E833".
- catalog title "Shikasta : re, colonised planet 5 : personal, psychological, historical documents relating to visit by Johor (George Sherban) emissary (grade 9) 87th of the period of the last days / Doris Lessing.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "Science fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "text".