C. S. Lewis
Out of the Silent Planet
Hardcover
(Yestermorrow Aug. 8, 1998)
, Reprint ed. Edition
Out of the Silent Planet is the first novel from Lewis s Space Trilogy, (also called the Space Trilogy, the Cosmic Trilogy and the Ransom Trilogy,) considered to be his chief contribution to the science-fiction genre. A planetary romance with elements of medieval mythology, the trilogy concerns Dr. Ransom, a linguist who, like Christ, is offered as a ransom for mankind. On a walking tour of the English countryside, Ransom falls in with some slightly shady characters from his old University and wakes up suddenly to find himself naked in a metal ball in the middle of the light-filled heavens. He learns that he is on his way to a world called Malacandra by its natives, who also call our world Thulcandra...the Silent Planet. The Malacandrans see planets as having a tutelary spirit: those of the other planets are good and accessible, but that of Earth is fallen and twisted.
- ISBN
- 1567230717 / 9781567230710
- Pages
- 182
- Weight
- 0.128 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.75 x 0.75 in.
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