Shikasta
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta (often shortened to Shikasta) is a 1979 science fiction novel by Doris Lessing, and is the first book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series. It was first published in the United States in October 1979 by Alfred A. Knopf, and in the United Kingdom in November 1979 by Jonathan Cape. Shikasta is also the name of the fictional planet featured in the novel.
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Shikasta
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta (often shortened to Shikasta) is a 1979 science fiction novel by Doris Lessing, and is the first book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series. It was first published in the United States in October 1979 by Alfred A. Knopf, and in the United Kingdom in November 1979 by Jonathan Cape. Shikasta is also the name of the fictional planet featured in the novel.
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Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikas ...... s Three, Four and Five (1980).
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Ref.: Planeta Colonizado N°.5, ...... s Três, Quatro e Cinco (1980).
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Shikasta (titolo originale com ...... italiano da Fanucci nel 2014.
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Shikasta (titre original : Re: ...... s mains d'empires galactiques.
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«До відома: колонізована плане ...... рсі «шекастех», тобто Розбите.
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0-394-50732-0
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PZ3.L56684 Sh 1979 PR6023.E833
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PZ3.L56684 Sh 1979 PR6023.E833
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Paul Gamarello
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Shikasta
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November 1979
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October 1979
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Alfred A. Knopf
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Jonathan Cape
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"The lowest, the most downtrod ...... o every creature of Shikasta."
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Canopus in Argos
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—Extract from a report, "Addit ...... I" by Johor, Shikasta, p. 250.
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Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikas ...... planet featured in the novel.
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Ref.: Planeta Colonizado N°.5, ...... ctício de destaque no romance.
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Shikasta (titolo originale com ...... italiano da Fanucci nel 2014.
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Shikasta (titre original : Re: ...... e intitulée Canopus dans Argo.
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«До відома: колонізована плане ...... рсі «шекастех», тобто Розбите.
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