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The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 is a 1982 science fiction novel by Doris Lessing. It is the fourth book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series and relates the fate of a planet, under the care of the benevolent galactic empire Canopus, that is plunged into an ice age.
Jan 1, 1983 · The emissary Johar is sent to the planet to stay with the people until the end, to help them as much as possible, but to ensure the survival of the Representatives. The story charts a struggle for physical survival, the despair of a race when they are forced to live in the most unpleasant conditions and the ultimate failure of the mission to ...
- Doris Lessing
This Edition: American first edition. ISBN: 0-394-51906-x. From the book jacket: "This is the story of Planet 8 of the Canopean Empire, a prosperous and contented little planet inhabited by handsome, vibrant, intelligent people, as told to us by one of the planet's fifty Representatives.
Jan 1, 1982 · The book follows the representatives of a planet, designed and managed by a higher race of being called Canopus. They have an empire of many planets, and the representatives or governors of each are educated to care for their populations. Canopus begins as a trustworthy and caring power, who directs their subjects to do things for their own ...
The making of the representative for Planet 8. by. Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. Publication date. 1982. Publisher. New York : Knopf : distributed by Random House. Collection.
The making of the representative for Planet 8. Planet 8, a prosperous world with intelligent, vital inhabitants, is transformed by an Ice Age, a change that causes a critical variation in lifestyle and a...
Guided by the overlords from Canopus, an extra-terrestrial civilization, the people of Planet 8 learn to accept their individual deaths and evolve into a collective universal soul (the ‘Representative’ of the title), that survives physical destruction.
