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Title: A brilliant analysis of our civilisation
Review: These 5 novels are difficult reading but well worth the effort.Doris Lessing has taken her uncanny observation of thetreachery of mankind and translated it into a narrativeas presented by beings from Canopus. What they thinkof us, how they've influenced us."Shikasta..." is the most harsh, and the most accurateand my favourite of the set."The Marriages..." is a beautiful fairy tale."The Sirian Experiments..." is an alternative view of"Shikasta" and a brilliant depiction of humankind."The Representative..." is a beautifully written fantasyof a dying planet."The Sentimental Agents" is a scathing, excellentcommentary on the arrogance of rhetoric. Ours, of course...While these novels appear to be science fiction, they reallyare not. They are "Space Fiction" and are athought-provoking, sometimes beautiful, but always brilliantview of our world and possible others...
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