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| Original Title: | Out of the Silent Planet |
| ISBN: | 0007157150 (ISBN13: 9780007157150) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Space Trilogy #1 |
| Characters: | Elwin Ransom, Weston, Devine, Oyarsa |
| Setting: | Malacandra Mars |
| Literary Awards: | Retro Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (2014) |
C.S. Lewis
Paperback | Pages: 224 pages Rating: 3.93 | 69103 Users | 3623 Reviews
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In the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. His captors are plotting to plunder the planet's treasures and plan to offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures who live there. Ransom discovers he has come from the 'silent planet' – Earth – whose tragic story is known throughout the universe...
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| Title | : | Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy #1) |
| Author | : | C.S. Lewis |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 224 pages |
| Published | : | December 5th 2005 by HarperCollins (first published 1938) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Classics. Christian. Christian Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.93 From 69103 Users | 3623 ReviewsAssessment Regarding Books Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy #1)
Not C.S. Lewis's best or most popular book - for every person who reads this, there must be at least ten who read Narnia. However, the exchange between the humans and the Oyarsa (the angelic ruler of Malacandra/Mars) is extremely effective satire, and deserves to be better known. Ransom is the only one in the party who has been able to acquire any fluency in Malacandran. He is given the task of translating Weston's fascist rant, which he clearly rather enjoys:'Speak to Ransom and he shall turnOriginal review: 2014The only thing I've read by C.S. Lewis until now is the Narnia Chronicles. I love them. They are some of my favorite books and some of my favorite stories. Lewis is part of my childhood and an author that I always think fondly of. I didn't know he had written a Space Trilogy. The only other books I'd heard that he wrote are his nonfiction works. Discovering this in the used bookstore and realizing that it happened to be the first Space book by him made me happy.I really
Positively surprised. Lewis' fascination with the Middle Ages and horror towards naturalistic humanism are both unmistakably present. Well-written and very engaging. Overall, good fiction with some gold lines and worthy lessons. I even think I want to read the next one.
Good Story 202. Julie and Scott were kidnapped and are now on a spaceship headed for Mars. Julie misses all of humanity. Scott just wants a cheeseburger.============The library had the audio for this and recalling how audio has helped me through other books which left me cold in print (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, for example) ... and also knowing how many people have urged me to read this trilogy ... I am attempting it for the third time.All this is to say that I am 36 minutes in and for
3.5 stars _Out of the Silent Planet_ is the start of C. S. Lewis Space Trilogy a series that, for me at least, comprises his best works of fiction. Ive never been much of a fan of the Narnia books and Till We Have Faces fell totally flat for me so aside from his purely academic texts this is generally the series I go to when I want to read Lewis. In a nutshell the Space Trilogy documents the adventures of academic and philologist Elwin Ransom as he finds himself embroiled in events of cosmic
This was a lot better than I expected. It starts with a bit of H. G. Wells' "The First Men in the Moon" feeling (which Lewis concedes to in his introduction) and since I had fun with that book I was preparing myself for a similar reading experience. And, indeed, the 'scientific' approach was as lovely naive here as well. I just adore the imaginations of strange new worlds and aliens within the solar system. It's the stuff my childhood was made of.But once the unlikely Earth astronauts reach
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