The making of the representative for planet 8 (Record no. 4545)
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| fixed length control field | 01567cam a2200205ua 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0006547184 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823.914 |
| Item number | LES/M |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Lessing, Doris |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The making of the representative for planet 8 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | Flamingo |
| Year of publication | 1994 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 190p. |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Canopus in Argos: Archives |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is the fourth instalment in the visionary novel cycle ‘Canopus in Argos: Archives’.<br/><br/>The handsome, intelligent people of Planet 8 of the Canopean Empire know only an idyllic existence on their bountiful planet, its weather consistently nurturing, never harsh. They live long, purposeful, untroubled lives.<br/><br/>Then one day The Ice begins, and ice and snow cover the planet’s surface. Crops and animals die off, and the people must learn to live with this new desolation. Their only hope is that, as they have been promised, they will be taken from Planet 8 to a new world. But when the Canopean ambassador, Johor, finally arrives, he has devastating news: they will die along with their planet. Slowly they come to understand that their salvation may lie in the creation of one Representative who can save what is most essential to them.<br/><br/>Lessing has written a frightening and, finally, hopeful book, a profound and thought-provoking contribution to the science-fiction genre the novel generally. |
| 650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | English Literature |
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| Topical Term | Science fiction |
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| Topical Term | Hope |
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| Topical Term | English fiction |
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| Topical Term | Science fiction, English |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Collection code | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Stack | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 23/05/2014 | 13.95 | 823.914 LES/M | 07816 | BK |