The Making of the Representative for Planet 8
- The Making of the Representative for Planet 8
Infobox Book
name = The Making of the Representative for Planet 8
title_orig =
translator =
image_caption = US first edition cover (Alfred A. Knopf)
author = Doris Lessing
illustrator =
cover_artist =
country = United States
language = English
series = "Canopus in Argos"
subject =
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Alfred A. Knopf
pub_date = 1982
english_pub_date =
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 190
isbn = 0-394-51906-x
oclc =
preceded_by = The Sirian Experiments
followed_by = The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire
"The Making of the Representative for Planet 8" (ISBN 0586056548) is one of a set of unconventional science-fiction novels written by Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing. They are linked by the name "Canopus in Argos", but each is a story in its own right and separate from the others. Themes and principles are very different from typical space opera. [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2007/bio-bibl.html] The work has also been staged as a play and an opera by Philip Glass. The opera, also called The Making Of The Representative For Planet 8 (opera) with a libretto by Doris Lessing was first performed in 1988.
Plot summary
This tale takes place on a world a long way from Earth. The climate is turning cold and the native inhabitants are guided by the benevolent Canopeans to accept their own eventual demise. The link to Earth's own history is indirect.
References
External links
* [http://lessing.redmood.com/thethe.html "The Making of the Representative for Planet 8" page at dorislessing.org]
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