Opening the stacks
Doris Lessing
3 books · 1980–1983 · science fiction, science-fiction, dystopian, satire
Bibliography
Themes
cosmologyhumanityinterstellar experimentsphilosophyidentitypowertechnologyalienationsocietycommunicationcontroltotalitarianismpolitical ideologyindividualitysocial critiqueempirepower dynamicscultural identity
Key Concepts
environmental-catastrophe3economic-precarity2literary-cosmology1collective-mind1cosmic-experimentation1radiation-induced-evolution1skeptical-speculation1racial-prejudice1social-ostracism1unspoken-agreement1colonial-authority1tradition-versus-modernity1political-ideology-conflict1urban-squatting1class-struggle1survival-and-deprivation1aging-and-identity1memory-and-material-culture1music-as-emotional-trigger1self-perception-versus-reality1