Description: "An exquisite glimpse into a unique and imaginative view of eternity." -- Chicago Tribune Canopus in Argos: Archives is an omnibus collection of Doris Lessing's five visionary novels -- Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta; The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five; The Sirian Experiments; The Making of the Representative for Planet 8; and Documents Relating to the Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire -- about the intergalactic empire of Canopus. Even as it gives an epic account of the struggles between Canopus and its rivals over the fate of the universe, Canopus in Argos comments, with Lessing's characteristic insight and eloquence, on human history and our prospects for the future. "An audacious and disturbing work from one of the world's great living writers." -- Time "A dissection of the political illusions of our own terrestrial 20th century." -- The New York Times Book Review "Stunning... Read Lessing like a message of hope in dark times ...read her to nourish your soul." -- Los Angeles Times

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