The story of Shikasta is retold in the third book of the "Canopus" series, "The Sirian Experiments" (1980). In that book, the story is told from the point of view of Sirius. Shikasta appears again in the fourth book in the series, "The Making of the Representative for Planet 8" (1982). The Zones that are briefly mentioned in "Shikasta" are the subject of the second book in the series, "The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five" (1980).