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From: curry@hplabsc.UUCP (Bo Curry/guest)
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Subject: Re: Canopus in Argos - Doris Lessing
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 18:19:43 EDT
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> 	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
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    "Though this be method, yet there is madness in't"
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		Bo Curry
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    "Though this be method, yet there is madness in't"