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Canopus in Argos: Archives is a sequence of five science fiction novels by Nobel laureate author Doris Lessing, which portray a number of societies at different stages of development, over a great period of time.
The Sirian Experiments is a 1980 science fiction novel by Doris Lessing.It is the third book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series [1] and continues the story of Earth's evolution, which has been manipulated from the beginning by advanced extraterrestrial civilisations. [2]
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta (often shortened to Shikasta) is a 1979 science fiction novel by Doris Lessing, and is the first book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series. It was first published in the United States in December 1980 by Alfred A. Knopf , and in the United Kingdom in November 1979 by Jonathan Cape .
It is the fourth book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series [1] and relates the fate of a planet, under the care of the benevolent galactic empire Canopus, that is plunged into an ice age. [2] It was first published in the United States in January 1982 by Alfred A. Knopf, and in the United Kingdom in March 1982 by Jonathan Cape.
(Documents Relating to) The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire is a 1983 science fiction novel by Doris Lessing.It is the fifth book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series [1] and comprises a set of documents that describe the final days of the Volyen Empire, located at the edge of our galaxy and under the influence of three other galactic empires, the benevolent Canopus, the tyrannical ...
In 1988, Glass had adapted another book from the Canopus in Argos series, The Making of the Representative for Planet 8, into a three-act opera with story-libretto by Lessing. [50] It was commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera, the English National Opera, the Amsterdam Music Theatre and the Kiel Opera House. [51]
Doris May Lessing CH OMG (née Tayler; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British novelist.She was born to British parents in Iran, where she lived until 1925.Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where she remained until moving in 1949 to London, England.
Together with Glass's 1997 opera The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five, it is part of a planned trilogy of operas based on Lessing's Canopus in Argos novels. [ 1 ] The opera was co-commissioned by English National Opera , Houston Grand Opera , Het Muziektheater , Amsterdam, and Theater Kiel , and co-produced with Artpark , Lewiston ...