Shikasta by Doris Lessing is a deeply weird book.
October 25, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Shikasta by Doris Lessing is a deeply weird book.
I boken analyserar jag också exempel på litterära utopier och dystopier, med fokus på avsky som en emotionell nod. Ett kapitel bygger på Doris Lessings sci-fi-serie Shikasta, som är en uppgörelse med mänsklighetens och modernitetens ideologiska villfarelser och koloniala praktiker.
October 19, 2026 at 9:28 AM
I boken analyserar jag också exempel på litterära utopier och dystopier, med fokus på avsky som en emotionell nod. Ett kapitel bygger på Doris Lessings sci-fi-serie Shikasta, som är en uppgörelse med mänsklighetens och modernitetens ideologiska villfarelser och koloniala praktiker.
Shikasta
The marriages between zones three, four and five
The Silmarillion
The marriages between zones three, four and five
The Silmarillion
October 12, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Shikasta
The marriages between zones three, four and five
The Silmarillion
The marriages between zones three, four and five
The Silmarillion
Shikasta made cute!
October 5, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Shikasta made cute!
My essentials I would have in there that aren’t: Left Hand of Darkness, Oryx and Crake and/or Handmaid’s Tale, Shikasta*, City and the City, The Forever War,
*Fascinating to me how Lessing has been instantly forgotten as a sci fi authory
*Fascinating to me how Lessing has been instantly forgotten as a sci fi authory
September 19, 2026 at 11:41 PM
My essentials I would have in there that aren’t: Left Hand of Darkness, Oryx and Crake and/or Handmaid’s Tale, Shikasta*, City and the City, The Forever War,
*Fascinating to me how Lessing has been instantly forgotten as a sci fi authory
*Fascinating to me how Lessing has been instantly forgotten as a sci fi authory
"… and when talk starts about the awfulness, then it is as if people are not hearing. Not that they are not listening. Not hearing. They can’t believe it. That is why no on seemed able to prevent the dreadfulness. They couldn’t take it in."
Shikasta - Doris Lessing
#Shammat
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Shikasta - Doris Lessing
#Shammat
youtu.be/Kh3M3dWhVaA?...
Gaza aid boss tears into Trump's Board of Peace at the UN
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August 28, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"… and when talk starts about the awfulness, then it is as if people are not hearing. Not that they are not listening. Not hearing. They can’t believe it. That is why no on seemed able to prevent the dreadfulness. They couldn’t take it in."
Shikasta - Doris Lessing
#Shammat
youtu.be/Kh3M3dWhVaA?...
Shikasta - Doris Lessing
#Shammat
youtu.be/Kh3M3dWhVaA?...
“Shikasta (Minstrel's Song)” by Üzeyir Hacıbəyov #nowplaying #radio3
November 26, 2023 at 11:28 PM
“Shikasta (Minstrel's Song)” by Üzeyir Hacıbəyov #nowplaying #radio3
Book~
Finishing shikasta
Maybe a classic after that
Game~
Super mario wonder
Finishing shikasta
Maybe a classic after that
Game~
Super mario wonder
December 22, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Book~
Finishing shikasta
Maybe a classic after that
Game~
Super mario wonder
Finishing shikasta
Maybe a classic after that
Game~
Super mario wonder
On hold:
Iain Banks, “Consider Phlebas”
Daniel Richter, “Facing East from Indian Country”
Doris Lessing, “Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta”
Iain Banks, “Consider Phlebas”
Daniel Richter, “Facing East from Indian Country”
Doris Lessing, “Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta”
November 7, 2024 at 4:28 PM
On hold:
Iain Banks, “Consider Phlebas”
Daniel Richter, “Facing East from Indian Country”
Doris Lessing, “Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta”
Iain Banks, “Consider Phlebas”
Daniel Richter, “Facing East from Indian Country”
Doris Lessing, “Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta”
I’m a sci-fi geek and read all her Shikasta series (repeatedly, as they’re dense and nuanced I I got more from them on each reading) which led me to her contemporary fiction. At first she seemed quite left for this rich white kid, but she changed much of my perspective in life, for the better.
March 14, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I’m a sci-fi geek and read all her Shikasta series (repeatedly, as they’re dense and nuanced I I got more from them on each reading) which led me to her contemporary fiction. At first she seemed quite left for this rich white kid, but she changed much of my perspective in life, for the better.
Just finished Doris Lessing's "The Marriage Between Zones Three, Four and Five"!
Book 2 of Canopus in Archives, it was a slightly faster read than "Shikasta" due to being shorter, and to just being one long parable-like story, rather than a bunch of different collated reports...
#BookSky
Book 2 of Canopus in Archives, it was a slightly faster read than "Shikasta" due to being shorter, and to just being one long parable-like story, rather than a bunch of different collated reports...
#BookSky
August 13, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Just finished Doris Lessing's "The Marriage Between Zones Three, Four and Five"!
Book 2 of Canopus in Archives, it was a slightly faster read than "Shikasta" due to being shorter, and to just being one long parable-like story, rather than a bunch of different collated reports...
#BookSky
Book 2 of Canopus in Archives, it was a slightly faster read than "Shikasta" due to being shorter, and to just being one long parable-like story, rather than a bunch of different collated reports...
#BookSky
Finally finished my reread of Doris Lessing's "Shikasta"! 😮💨
Been plugging away at this since the 2nd week of June. It's good! Just very, very dense...
I should probably tackle something lightweight next!
#BookSky
Been plugging away at this since the 2nd week of June. It's good! Just very, very dense...
I should probably tackle something lightweight next!
#BookSky
July 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Finally finished my reread of Doris Lessing's "Shikasta"! 😮💨
Been plugging away at this since the 2nd week of June. It's good! Just very, very dense...
I should probably tackle something lightweight next!
#BookSky
Been plugging away at this since the 2nd week of June. It's good! Just very, very dense...
I should probably tackle something lightweight next!
#BookSky
I'm rereading Shikasta, which I read in my early 20s, and then I've got its 4 sequels,too, which I've never read before!
June 24, 2026 at 7:43 AM
I'm rereading Shikasta, which I read in my early 20s, and then I've got its 4 sequels,too, which I've never read before!
Thanks!
I have read Shikasta before, and one of the others in the series, I think. It was a couple of decades ago.
I'm a weird completionist and a couple of years back I made it a project to identify all the series I only partially owned, and complete the sets.
I have read Shikasta before, and one of the others in the series, I think. It was a couple of decades ago.
I'm a weird completionist and a couple of years back I made it a project to identify all the series I only partially owned, and complete the sets.
January 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Thanks!
I have read Shikasta before, and one of the others in the series, I think. It was a couple of decades ago.
I'm a weird completionist and a couple of years back I made it a project to identify all the series I only partially owned, and complete the sets.
I have read Shikasta before, and one of the others in the series, I think. It was a couple of decades ago.
I'm a weird completionist and a couple of years back I made it a project to identify all the series I only partially owned, and complete the sets.
read Shikasta, get 💔💔💔💔💔💔
July 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
read Shikasta, get 💔💔💔💔💔💔
today's book haul is Nijika Approved??? :O
July 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
today's book haul is Nijika Approved??? :O
30 Day song challenge
Day 10/30: a song that makes you sad
Speck of Gold - Afterlife w/ Cathy Battista
(downtempo "retelling" of the Doris Lessing book "Shikasta" - which was also the title of a subsequent Afterlife album)
#MusicSky #Songs #SongChallenge #MusicChallenge #30DaySongChallenge
Day 10/30: a song that makes you sad
Speck of Gold - Afterlife w/ Cathy Battista
(downtempo "retelling" of the Doris Lessing book "Shikasta" - which was also the title of a subsequent Afterlife album)
#MusicSky #Songs #SongChallenge #MusicChallenge #30DaySongChallenge
Speck Of Gold
YouTube video by Afterlife - Topic
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April 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
30 Day song challenge
Day 10/30: a song that makes you sad
Speck of Gold - Afterlife w/ Cathy Battista
(downtempo "retelling" of the Doris Lessing book "Shikasta" - which was also the title of a subsequent Afterlife album)
#MusicSky #Songs #SongChallenge #MusicChallenge #30DaySongChallenge
Day 10/30: a song that makes you sad
Speck of Gold - Afterlife w/ Cathy Battista
(downtempo "retelling" of the Doris Lessing book "Shikasta" - which was also the title of a subsequent Afterlife album)
#MusicSky #Songs #SongChallenge #MusicChallenge #30DaySongChallenge
30 day book challenge
6/30 - book that broke your heart
Shikasta - Doris Lessing
Her sci-fi version of Genesis is far more tragic than its biblical source.
And her portrayal of the human spirit trying to escape reincarnation is heartbreaking.
#bookchallenge
#30daybookchallenge
#booksky 📚
6/30 - book that broke your heart
Shikasta - Doris Lessing
Her sci-fi version of Genesis is far more tragic than its biblical source.
And her portrayal of the human spirit trying to escape reincarnation is heartbreaking.
#bookchallenge
#30daybookchallenge
#booksky 📚
March 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
30 day book challenge
6/30 - book that broke your heart
Shikasta - Doris Lessing
Her sci-fi version of Genesis is far more tragic than its biblical source.
And her portrayal of the human spirit trying to escape reincarnation is heartbreaking.
#bookchallenge
#30daybookchallenge
#booksky 📚
6/30 - book that broke your heart
Shikasta - Doris Lessing
Her sci-fi version of Genesis is far more tragic than its biblical source.
And her portrayal of the human spirit trying to escape reincarnation is heartbreaking.
#bookchallenge
#30daybookchallenge
#booksky 📚
At least a third, maybe half the books on my list have only a tangential "science" foundation (including "Foundation"). I include 1984 in the same way I included Shikasta, A Clockwork Orange (is the Ludovico Technique really substantially different to Room 101?), Riddley Walker, and others.
March 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
At least a third, maybe half the books on my list have only a tangential "science" foundation (including "Foundation"). I include 1984 in the same way I included Shikasta, A Clockwork Orange (is the Ludovico Technique really substantially different to Room 101?), Riddley Walker, and others.
Her book Shikasta made a huge impression on me when I first read it.
March 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Her book Shikasta made a huge impression on me when I first read it.
Honorable mention to Shikasta I (and not because I even enjoyed it or its author all that much - and yes I know it’s not really meant to be “enjoyed”) but because it forced my brain into overdrive and led to a lot of interesting albeit frustrating conversations.
December 17, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Honorable mention to Shikasta I (and not because I even enjoyed it or its author all that much - and yes I know it’s not really meant to be “enjoyed”) but because it forced my brain into overdrive and led to a lot of interesting albeit frustrating conversations.
