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The first novel in his classic trilogy, <b>Out of the Silent Planet</b> is at once a brilliantly imagined portrait of life on another world and a mirror to the inhumanities and discords of life in our modern world. Lewis shows Man, arrogant and yet fearful, standing in the presence of the god-like creatures who populate the universe, judged and found wanting. It is the story of two men who sought to plunder a planet and a third man offered as a hostage to the unknown... C.S. Lewis' classic novels of the interplanetary travels and adventures of Dr Ransom - <b>Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra</b> (Voyage to Venus), and <b>That Hideous Strength</b> - are published with the full text and original titling intended by the author for the first time in paperback in these new Pan editions. <i>This original, interest, and well-written fantasy</i> - L.P. Hartley <i>A very good book...of thrilling interest as a story, but more than that, it is a kind of poem...a unique thing</i> - Sir Hugh Walpole
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Out of the Silent Planet, Clive Staples Lewis
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- Released
- 1983
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- Title
- Out of the Silent Planet
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Clive Staples Lewis
- Publisher
- Pan Books Limited
- Released
- 1983
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 186
- ISBN10
- 0330021729
- ISBN13
- 9780330021722
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Young Adult, Religious Topics, Science Fiction, Spirituality, Classics, Christian Themes, 20th century, British Literature, Space, Theology, Faith, Christian Literature, Aliens, 1930s
- Description
- The first novel in his classic trilogy, <b>Out of the Silent Planet</b> is at once a brilliantly imagined portrait of life on another world and a mirror to the inhumanities and discords of life in our modern world. Lewis shows Man, arrogant and yet fearful, standing in the presence of the god-like creatures who populate the universe, judged and found wanting. It is the story of two men who sought to plunder a planet and a third man offered as a hostage to the unknown... C.S. Lewis' classic novels of the interplanetary travels and adventures of Dr Ransom - <b>Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra</b> (Voyage to Venus), and <b>That Hideous Strength</b> - are published with the full text and original titling intended by the author for the first time in paperback in these new Pan editions. <i>This original, interest, and well-written fantasy</i> - L.P. Hartley <i>A very good book...of thrilling interest as a story, but more than that, it is a kind of poem...a unique thing</i> - Sir Hugh Walpole