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Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy, Book One)
by C.S. Lewis
from Scribner

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• A Must Read
  This is a must read for any Lewis fan and really for anybody. It is excellent and very though provoking.

• Welcome to Mars!
  I originally read this book back in high school where my naive self was only familiar with Narnia and those wiley devils of the Screwtape Letters. I knew the man could do a twist of fantasy, but Lewis surprised me with this beginning book that could only be called a religious science fiction experience. Two scientists differing in their view on faith are transported to another, close planet to discover it was never how Earth imagined it. Lewis writes much more adult than he did with Narnia and is able to... more info

• Clever sci-fi AND a compelling allegory!
  Elwin Ransom, an Oxford don and an ardent philologist, is enjoying a solitary cross country ramble on his vacation when he encounters Professor Devine, a long-time acquaintance from his student days at Oxford, and Weston, a somewhat distracted and grumpy, reclusive individual. Weston is, in fact, a physicist who has secretly built a space craft in which he and Devine plan to return to Mars (Malacandra, in the native Martian populace's language) with nefarious ideas of plunder and planetary domination. As... more info

• A Fine Piece of Literature
  This is one of my favorite C.S. Lewis books, I've read it twice and I still love it,to label it as mere scifi is an insult, it is a terrific book with a unique storyline that explores the nature of humanity and our role in universe. Wonderfully written, just great!

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