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Space trilogy

Author:
Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963
 
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Book cover for "Out of the silent planet".
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1.
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Out of the Silent Planet is the first novel in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which seamlessly blends science fiction with profound philosophical and theological themes. The story follows Dr. Elwin Ransom, a philologist who is abducted and taken to the planet Malacandra (Mars) by two sinister characters, Devine and Weston, who have their own ulterior motives. Upon arriving on Malacandra, Ransom discovers a breathtaking alien world inhabited...
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2.
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Just as readers have been transfixed by the stories, characters, and deeper meanings of Lewis's timeless tales in The Chronicles of Narnia, most find this same allure in his classic Space Trilogy. In these fantasy stories for adults, we encounter, once again, magical creatures, a world of wonders, epic battles, and revelations of transcendent truths. Perelandra, the second novel in Lewis's science fiction trilogy, tells of Dr. Ransom's voyage to...
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This is the final book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Ransom Trilogy, which includes Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra. A classic work of fantasy as much for the wonder of its storytelling as for its insights into the human condition, the trilogy stages an epic battle between forces of light and darkness across a canvas of other worlds.

In That Hideous Strength, the brave philologist Dr. Ransom (modeled after Lewis's friend J. R. R. Tolkien)

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