Canopus in Argos (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Doris Lessing
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—galactic empire
- Time of Work: Various times between antiquity and the end of the universe
- Setting: Various locations on Earth and other planets
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Future, Other worlds, Feminism, Greek or Roman times, Atlantis
- Locales: Earth, Fictional planets
The Plot
This series of novels was published in a period of four years with the series title Canopus in Argos prominently displayed on each. Although the novels contain no major continuing characters, they are all set in the context of competing ideologies. The series is connected through the repetition of ideas rather than a developing plot or continuing characters. Philosophical in content and in structure, the novels tell a future history and recast events of the past, such as the legend of Atlantis. All the novels emphasize that humans and beings on other worlds must...
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