Canopus in Argos: Archives. 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 Personal, Psychological, Historical Documents Relating to Visit by Johor (George Sherban) Emissary (Grade 9) 87th of the Period of the Last Days

TitleCanopus in Argos: Archives. 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 Personal, Psychological, Historical Documents Relating to Visit by Johor (George Sherban) Emissary (Grade 9) 87th of the Period of the Last Days
Year for Search1979
AuthorsLessing, Doris [May](1919-2013)
Date Published1979
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsEnglish author, Female author
Annotation

The first of five volumes detailing the history and future of earth and other zones. See also 1980 (2), 1982, and 1983 Lessing. The Canopeans are the most advance beings and watch over others, interfering from time to time, not always successfully. Colonised Planet 5 appears to be Earth. 

Additional Publishers

U.K. ed. London: Jonathan Cape, 1979.

Holding Institutions

MoU-St

Author Note

The English female author (1919-2013) was born in Persia, now Iran, and lived in what was then Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, for many years. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.

Full Text

1979 Lessing, Doris [May] (1919-2013). Canopus in Argos: Archives. 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 Personal, Psychological, Historical Documents Relating to Visit by Johor (George Sherban) Emissary (Grade 9) 87th of the Period of the Last Days. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. U.K. ed. London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. MoU-St

The first of five volumes detailing the history and future of earth and other zones. See also 1980 (2), 1982, and 1983 Lessing. The Canopeans are the most advance beings and watch over others, interfering from time to time, not always successfully. Colonised Planet 5 appears to be Earth. The English female author was born in Persia, now Iran, and lived in what was then Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, for many years. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.