Series

Canopus in Argos: Archives

Doris Lessing · 5 novels · 1979–1983

Canopus in Argos: Archives is a sequence of five science fiction novels by Nobel laureate author Doris Lessing, which portray a number of societies at different stages of development, over a great period of time. The focus is on accelerated evolution guided by advanced species for less advanced species and societies.

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Reading order

The order the books came out.

Best read in the order they were published.

  • Omnibus editions(1 edition)

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Canopus in Argos: Archives at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.

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By decade

  • 1970s1
  • 1980s4

Shape

5 novels

1 author · completed series

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Mood

Grim and calm: 80% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 5%.

this series · the catalog · one dot = one book5 of 5 works carry a tone

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