Product Details
Scribner, October 1996
Hardcover, 160 pages
ISBN-10: 0684833646
ISBN-13: 9780684833644
Description
The first book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which continues with Perelandra and That Hideous Strength, Out of the Silent Planet begins the adventures of the remarkable Dr. Ransom. Here, that estimable man is abducted by a megalomaniacal physicist and his accomplice and taken via spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra. The two men are in need of a human sacrifice, and Dr. Ransom would seem to fit the bill. 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. First published in 1943, Out of the Silent Planet remains a mysterious and suspenseful tour de force.
The New York TimesThis book has real splendor, compelling moments, and a flowing narrative.
The New YorkerIf wit and wisdom, style and scholarship are requisites to passage through the pearly gates, Mr. Lewis will be among the angels.
Los Angeles TimesLewis, perhaps more than any other twentieth-century writer, forced those who listened to him and read his works to come to terms with their own philosophical presuppositions.
Jackson Sun, July 12, 2009
...local professors. Hal Poe and Jim Veneman provided the words and photos for a book exploring the world C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and others lived in. Poe and Veneman, who both teach at Union University, traveled to Oxford, England, in 2007 ...
Lawrence Journal-World, April 25, 2009
...The Chronicles of Narnia? to her. With only a few pauses here and there to explain some of C.S. Lewis? British English usage, she was captivated and completely drawn into the world of Narnia ? just as I was captivated when I first picked up ...
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