Nov 18, 2008

Shikasta | Shikasta

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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

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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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Shikasta | Shikasta

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