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Cover of Documents Relating to the Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire

Documents Relating to the Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire

Doris Lessing (1983)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesCanopus in Argos: Archives #5
Setting
CSM age16+
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

ManipulationMental ManipulationGaslighting

Positive tags

Self-DiscoveryPhilosophical

Protagonist archetypes

Diplomat / NegotiatorFish out of Water

Tropes

EmpirePolitical IntrigueUnreliable NarratorFish out of Water

Themes

Power of LanguageRhetoric and ManipulationPolitical DelusionBureaucracyColonial InfluenceLoss of AgencyReality vs Ideology

Synopsis

The fifth volume of the author's "Canopus in Argos" series focuses on the madness and false promise of words, rhetoric-induced delusion, as suffered by a young Canopean official in the small Volyen Empire.

Tags

Philosophical FictionPolitical SatireSoft Science FictionAllegorical Fantasy