What is the full title of Shikasta?
Q: What is the full title of Shikasta?
A: The full title of Shikasta is Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta.
Q: Who wrote the novel?
A: British Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Doris Lessing wrote it as the first book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series.
Q: When was the novel published?
A: Alfred A. Knopf published it first in the United States in October 1979 and Jonathan Cape published the book in the United Kingdom in November 1979.
Q: What are some themes explored by Lessing in this novel?
A: The novel explores prehistory, how things became worse, a "Century of Destruction" (the 20th-century), and an Apocalypse (World War III). It also uses stories and images from Old Testament and is influenced by spiritual and mystical themes from Sufism.
Q: How did readers respond to this shift away from realism to science fiction?
A: Many readers were unhappy with this change away from realism to science fiction. Critics gave mixed reviews; some were impressed by its wide view of humanity while others disliked it because it was depressing and showed that humanity had no free will.
Q: What other books are part of this series?
A: Other books part of this series include The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five (1980), The Sirian Experiments (1980) and The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (1982).
Q:What is Shikasta about ? A:Shikasta is a 1979 science fiction novel about a fictional planet featured under influence of three galactic empires - Canopus, Sirius, Puttiora - which are recorded by Canopean visitors .
