Shikasta (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Doris May Taylor
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction
- Time of Work: c. 35,000 to c. 2000, but mainly the twentieth century
- Setting: Shikasta (Earth) and surrounding planes or zones
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Freedom, History, Twentieth century, Extraterrestrial life, Future, Other worlds, Fantasy, Earth, Prehistoric times
- Locales: Earth, alternate versions of
Characters Discussed
Johor, incarnated as George Sherban, a representative of the galactic empire Canopus to the planet Earth, which is named Shikasta in the novel. Shikasta is Johor’s worst assignment, for he must watch its decline from the golden age when it was named Rohanda to its low point in the twentieth century. Rohanda/Shikasta/Earth once had two races: the Giants, who live twelve to fifteen thousand years and are sixteen to eighteen feet tall, and the Natives, who live five hundred years and are half the height of the Giants, with the former acting as benevolent...
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