The Making of the Representative for Planet 8
1982 novel by Doris Lessing / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 is a 1982 science fiction novel by Doris Lessing. It is the fourth book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series[1] and relates the fate of a planet, under the care of the benevolent galactic empire Canopus, that is plunged into an ice age.[2] It was first published in the United States in January 1982 by Alfred A. Knopf, and in the United Kingdom in March 1982 by Jonathan Cape.
Author | Doris Lessing |
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Cover artist | Paul Gamarello |
Country | United Kingdom, US |
Language | English |
Series | Canopus in Argos |
Genre | Novel (science fiction) |
Published | 1982 Alfred A. Knopf, US; Jonathan Cape, UK |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 190 |
ISBN | 0-394-51906-X (US) 0-224-02008-0 (UK) |
OCLC | 7174318 |
823/.914 19 | |
LC Class | PR6023.E833 M34 1982 |
Preceded by | The Sirian Experiments |
Followed by | The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire |
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt of The New York Times wrote in a review of this book that "the effect of the story is powerful and immediate – with all the drama of good polar-exploration literature, and the eloquence, at its best, of the King James Bible."[3] However, John Leonard, also of The New York Times, was critical of Lessing's switch to science fiction and in a review of this book, complained that "Mrs. Lessing is no longer very interested in people. She has come to feel that individuality is a 'degenerative disease'... She seems ... to be in the process of junking not only traditional narrative and conventional characters but the details of feeling as well..."[4]
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 can be read as a stand-alone book, although it does make reference to the planet Shikasta, introduced in the first book of the Canopus series.