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Early in the book a man named Ransom is travelling from town to town in search of lodging. Ransom is a professor of philology, an academic discipline where words, phonetics, and other linguistic constructs are observed. Ransom comes across three men fighting, and through a twist of fate is kidnapped by two professors who are going to explore a planet called Malacandra.
After their touch down in Malacandra, Ransom is blown away by the vast differences between Earth and Malacandra. The three men are confronted by giant ghost-like creatures. Ransom runs for his life, and becomes stranded alone on the strange planet. This is the story of his adventures and exploration of the planet Malacandra.
The main reason I give this four stars is probably because I haven't read the rest of the trilogy yet, but the story is very exciting once the plot is set up about a third through the book. I can't tell you more than what is above for concern I might give away something.
Unfortunately, some of my favorite parts of the book fall into that category of stuff I can't give away. However, what I can say is this. Science fiction often encourages our philosophical and theological imagination. The effectiveness with which Lewis does this is significant. I highly recommend this book.
After their touch down in Malacandra, Ransom is blown away by the vast differences between Earth and Malacandra. The three men are confronted by giant ghost-like creatures. Ransom runs for his life, and becomes stranded alone on the strange planet. This is the story of his adventures and exploration of the planet Malacandra.
The main reason I give this four stars is probably because I haven't read the rest of the trilogy yet, but the story is very exciting once the plot is set up about a third through the book. I can't tell you more than what is above for concern I might give away something.
Unfortunately, some of my favorite parts of the book fall into that category of stuff I can't give away. However, what I can say is this. Science fiction often encourages our philosophical and theological imagination. The effectiveness with which Lewis does this is significant. I highly recommend this book.
I didn't really care for the reader of this audio book. While his voice is dry to match Lewis's writing, he doesn't even change the pitch much for the characters, making it difficult to follow long conversations at times when there is no indication of who is talking.
Lewis's writing, as always, is somewhat dry in this piece. Lewis describes a man's journey from Earth (the Silent Planet) to Mars, where he meets the natives and learns their ways. By living with them, he learns that much of what man believes about the universe is wrong and what is right. Interesting read about a Utopian society/planet.
Lewis's writing, as always, is somewhat dry in this piece. Lewis describes a man's journey from Earth (the Silent Planet) to Mars, where he meets the natives and learns their ways. By living with them, he learns that much of what man believes about the universe is wrong and what is right. Interesting read about a Utopian society/planet.
First part of the space trilogy that continues in Perelandra and That Hideous Strength. A fascinating science fiction story from the master Christian writer.
Dr. Ransom, Cambridge philologist, sets out on a walking tour on which he ecnounters two old school acquaintances. Unexpectedly, they drugh and abduct him to Mars-or Malacandra, as its inhabitants call it. There he discovers a world of strange and sometimes horrifying adventure and looks back at the antics of worldlings with Malacandran detachment and irony.
This is the first book of the space trilogy by C.S. Lewis
