The Sirian Experiments

Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher : HarperPerennial
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Allegories
ISBN : 0006547214

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The Sirian Experiments by Doris Lessing Pdf

'The Sirian Experiments' is the third volume in Doris Lessing's celebrated space fiction series, 'Canopus in Argos: Archives'. In this interlinked quintet of novels, she creates a new, extraordinary cosmos where the fate of the Earth is influenced by the rivalries and interactions of three powerful galactic empires, Canopus, Sirius and their enemy, Puttiora. Blending myth, fable and allegory, Doris Lessing's astonishing visionary creation both reflects and redefines the history of our own world from its earliest beginnings to an inevitable, tragic self-destruction. 'The Sirian Experiments' chronicles the origins of our planet, as the three galactic empires fight for control of the human race. The novel charts the gradual moral awakening of its narrator, Ambien II, a 'dry, dutiful, efficient' female Sirian administrator. Witnessing the wanton colonization of land and people, Ambien begins to question her involvement in such insidious experimentati- on, her faith in the possibility of human progress itself growing weaker every day.

Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007383559

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The Sirian Experiments (Canopus in Argos: Archives Series, Book 3) by Doris Lessing Pdf

From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is the third instalment in the visionary novel cycle ‘Canopus in Argos: Archives’.

Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Fiction in English, 1945- - Texts
ISBN : 0586054758

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The Sirian Experiments by Doris Lessing Pdf

Author : D. Lessing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:643486233

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The Sirian Experiments by D. Lessing Pdf

Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1286 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Science fiction, English
ISBN : UOM:39015032574942

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Canopus in Argos by Doris Lessing Pdf

Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 0006547192

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Shikasta by Doris Lessing Pdf

From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is the first instalment in the visionary novel cycle 'Canopus in Argos: Archives'. The story of the final days of our planet is told through the reports of Johor, an emissary sent from Canopus. Earth, now named Shikasta (the Stricken) by the kindly, paternalistic Canopeans who colonised it many centuries ago, is under the influence of the evil empire of Puttiora. War, famine, disease and environmental disasters ravage the planet. To Johor, mankind is a 'totally crazed species', racing towards annihilation: his orders to save humanity set him what seems to be an impossible task. Blending myth, fable and allegory, Doris Lessing's astonishing visionary creation both reflects and redefines the history of our own world from its earliest beginnings to an inevitable, tragic self-destruction.

Author : Ben Bova
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781094000947

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My Favorites by Ben Bova Pdf

In this new collection, Ben Bova has compiled fourteen of his favorite short stories. Each story includes an all-new introduction with compelling insight into the narrative. Exploring the boundaries of the genre, Bova not only writes of spaceships, aliens, and time travel in most of his titles, but also speculates on the beginnings of science fiction in “Scheherazade and the Storytellers,” as well as the morality of man in “The Angel’s Gift.” Stories such as “The Café Coup” and “We’ll Always Have Paris” dip into speculative historical fiction, asking questions about what would happen if someone could change history for the better. This expansive collection is a key addition for Bova fans and sci-fi lovers alike! Stories included in this collection: “Monster Slayer,” “Muzhestvo,” “We’ll Always Have Paris,” “The Great Moon Hoax, or A Princess of Mars,” “Inspiration,” “Scheherazade and the Storytellers,” “The Supersonic Zeppelin,” “Mars Farts,” “The Man Who Hated Gravity,” “Sepulcher,” “The Café Coup,” “The Angel’s Gift,” “Waterbot,” and “Sam and the Flying Dutchman.”

Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015014494481

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The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 by Doris Lessing Pdf

"Planet 8, a prosperous world with intelligent, vital inhabitants, is transformed by an Ice Age, a change that causes a critical variation in lifestyle and a drastic reappraisal of the meaning and value of life." --

Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007404223

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The Marriages Between Zones 3, 4 and 5 (Canopus in Argos: Archives Series, Book 2) by Doris Lessing Pdf

From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is the second instalment in the visionary novel cycle ‘Canopus in Argos: Archives’.

Author : Terry Virts
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781523512041

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How to Astronaut by Terry Virts Pdf

"There's something intriguing to be learned on practically every page... [How to Astronaut] captures the details of an extraordinary job and turns even the mundane aspects of space travel into something fascinating."––Publishers Weekly Ride shotgun on a trip to space with astronaut Terry Virts. A born storyteller with a gift for the surprising turn of phrase and eye for the perfect you-are-there details, he captures all the highs, lows, humor, and wonder of an experience few will ever know firsthand. Featuring stories covering survival training, space shuttle emergencies, bad bosses, the art of putting on a spacesuit, time travel, and much more!

Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 9780006547204

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The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five by Doris Lessing Pdf

'The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five' is the second volume in Doris Lessing's celebrated space fiction series, 'Canopus in Argos: Archives'. In this interlinked quintet of novels, she creates a new extraordinary cosmos where the fate of the Earth is influenced by the rivalries and interactions of three powerful galactic empires, Canopus, Sirius and their enemy, Puttiora. Blending myth, fable and allegory, Doris Lessing's astonishing visionary creation both reflects and redefines the history of our own world from its earliest beginnings to an inevitable, tragic self-destruction. 'The Marriages' is set in the indeterminate lands of the Zones, strange realms which encircle the Earth. Zone Three, a peaceful, contented, matriarchal paradise, is ruled by the gentle Queen Al . Ith.; the neighbouring Zone Four is a land given to war and chaos, controlled by the brutal warrior-king, Ben-Ata. Their marriage, a melding of the extreme male and female principles, threatens to destabilise the entire galactic empire. Many other Doris Lessing books are available in Flamingo, including the other four titles in the 'Canopus' series. 'Doris Lessing's preoccupation with the balance and dominance and need between the sexes has here extraordinary scope. A visionary fable full of strong, romantic ideas.' GAY FIRTH, 'The Times' 'Doris Lessing has chosen the language of fairy tales in order to keep the memory of ordinary earthlings' sexual love, its antagonisms, its moments of bliss. Her touch is glancing, amused, feline throughout.' MARINA WARNER, 'Sunday Times' ''The Marriages' is a feminist allegory of the relations between the sexes, full of the constant charm of the unexpected and the discoveries of an imagination surrendering itself to the momentum of its own narrative and visual invention.' ROBERT TOWERS, 'New York Times'

Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007378678

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Briefing for a Descent Into Hell by Doris Lessing Pdf

A study of a man beyond the verge of a nervous breakdown, this is a brilliant and disturbing novel by Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Author : Isaac Asimov
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429968195

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Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov Pdf

One moment Joseph Schwartz is a happily retired tailor in Chicago, 1949. The next he's a helpless stranger on Earth during the heyday of the first Galactic Empire. Earth, as he soon learns, is a backwater, just a pebble in the sky, despised by all the other 200 million planets of the Empire because its people dare to claim it's the original home of man. And Earth is poor, with great areas of radioactivity ruining much of its soil--so poor that everyone is sentenced to death at the age of sixty. Joseph Schwartz is sixty-two. This is young Isaac Asimov's first novel, full of wonders and ideas, the book that launched the novels of the Galactic Empire, culminating in the Foundation series. This is Golden Age SF at its finest. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1994-05
Category : African fiction (English)
ISBN : 0006547222

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Documents Relating to the Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire by Doris Lessing Pdf

The fifth and final volume in Doris Lessing's visionary novel cycle Canopus in Argos: Archives. It is a mix of fable, futuristic fantasy and pseudo-documentary accounts of 20th-century history.

Author : Ken MacLeod
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781405519359

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Cosmonaut Keep by Ken MacLeod Pdf

'"Cosmonaut Keep" is a portal to a deeply imagined future history that parlays X-Files paranoia about Area 51 and alien Greys into a vast interstellar community watched over by microcosmic gods.' - Paul McAuley, INTERZONE 'Science fiction's freshest new writer' - Salon After the Ural Caspian Oil War, nobody really trusted the EU government. So why should their extraordinary announcement of first contact with alien intelligence be believed? Matt Cairns thinks he can discover the truth. It is out there, but much, much further away than he could have imagined. Thousands of light-years from Earth, a human colony is struggling for survival. The world on which they have settled, however, has already been inhabited by humans - and other intelligent species from Earth - for millennia. In that ancient division of labour, humans do have a place. But where is it? Twenty-first-century political intrigue becomes space opera on an epic scale in Ken MacLeod's first book in a dazzling new series. His most ambitious novel to date, it will take one of Britain's most exciting new science fiction authors to even greater heights of success and critical acclaim. Books by Ken MacLeod: Fall Revolution The Star Fraction The Stone Canal The Cassini Division The Sky Road Engines of Light Cosmonaut Keep Dark Light Engine City Corporation Wars Trilogy Dissidence Insurgence Emergence Novels The Human Front Newton's Wake Learning the World The Execution Channel The Restoration Game Intrusion Descent