Lewis’s spectacular Space Trilogy, which also includes Perelandra and That Hideous Strength. Once on the planet, however, Ransom eludes his captors, risking his life and his chances of returning to Earth, becoming a stranger in a land that is enchanting in its difference from Earth and instructive in its similarity.įirst published in 1943, Out of the Silent Planet remains a magnificent and suspenseful tour de force in which epic battles are fought between the forces of light and those of darkness. Elwin Ransom is abducted by a megalomaniacal physicist and his accomplice and taken to the red planet of Malacandra (Mars) as a human sacrifice for the alien creatures that live there. While searching for a place to rest for the night, Dr. Lewiss acclaimed Space Trilogy, which includes Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, That Hideous Strength concludes the adventures of the matchless Dr. Lewis’s Space Trilogy, of which Out of the Silent Planet is the first volume, stands alongside such works as Albert Camus’s The Plague and George Orwell’s 1984 as a timeless classic, beloved by succeeding generations as much for the sheer wonder of its storytelling as for the significance of its moral concerns. Full Title: Out of the Silent Planet Where Written: Oxford, England When Published: 1938, by John Bane, The Bodley Head.

Written during the dark hours immediately before and during World War II, C.S. Ransom as he is abducted and taken by spaceship to Mars. Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy, 1) Published 1965 by Macmillan Publishing Company First Paperback Edition, 160 pages more details Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Out of the Silent Planet (Space-Cosmic-Ransom Trilogy, Book 1) Published March 15th 2012 by Blackstone Audio, Inc. Check out them to download your favorite audio books. Lewis, the acclaimed author of The Chronicles of Narnia, comes the first book in the classic science fiction Space Trilogy following the resourceful Dr. As the oldest and the largest torrent tracker on the planet.

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