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| The marriages between zones three, four, and five (as narrated by the chroniclers of zone three) - Doris Lessing |
From Wikipedia - The Sirian Experiments is a 1980 science fiction novel
by Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Doris Lessing. It is the third book
in her five-book Canopus in Argos series and continues the story of
Earth's evolution, which has been manipulated from the beginning by
advanced extraterrestrial civilizations. It was shortlisted for the
Booker Prize in 1981. This book relates directly to the first book in
this series, Shikasta which is the history of the planet Shikasta (an
allegorical Earth) under the influence of three galactic empires,
Canopus, Sirius and their mutual enemy, Puttiora. Shikasta is told from
the Canopean viewpoint. The Sirian Experiments (subtitled The Report by
Ambien II, of the Five) tells the story of Shikasta from Sirius's point
of view and describes their activities on the planet and their strained
relations with Canopus. Lessing stated in an afterword in the next book
in this series that The Sirian Experiments and The Making of the
Representative for Planet 8 were inspired by her 50-year fascination
with the ill-fated 1910-13 Antarctic expedition of Robert Falcon Scott.
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