trb@cbscc.UUCP (Tom Balent) (10/09/85)
I am looking for an opinion (or review) of the five book series by Doris Lessing "Canopus in Argos: Archieves". Has anyone out there read any or all of these books? Are they worth the time (and money)? I have never read any of Ms Lessing's works, but a number of reviewers seem to like her new, non-science fiction work. However, in the reviews that I've read they all make some comment to the effect that it is good to have her back from outer space. So if there is anyone who has an opinion on the series, please share it with me. t.r. balent ostg at&t-ns columbus
phillips@cisden.UUCP (Tom Phillips) (10/14/85)
< for the line-eater > Gag! Choke! This is only a personal opinion, and I didn't (couldn't) finish even one of these books. Maybe I stopped on the page before it got good, but I was about three-quarters done. Tommy Phillips trantor!phillips
curry@hplabsc.UUCP (Bo Curry/guest) (10/15/85)
> > I am looking for an opinion (or review) of the > five book series by Doris Lessing "Canopus in > Argos: Archieves". I have read the first 3 of these books. If you liked Olaf Stapledon's Last and First Men, you'll like them a lot. I thought they were very worthwhile, but not for everybody. The basic plot is that Earth was the site of an experiment in accelerated evolution, carried out by the superhuman (angelic?) society of Canopus. The experiment went wrong, due to astrological circumstances beyond anyone's control, resulting in the mess we have today. The Canopean intervention continues, preventing things from going totally to hell. Many interesting short pastiches, with Lessing's typical insight. Bo Curry curry!hplabs curry%hplabs.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA "Though this be method, yet there is madness in't" -- Bo Curry curry!hplabs curry%hplabs.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA "Though this be method, yet there is madness in't"