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The Cosmic Trilogy: "Out of the Silent Planet", "Perelandra" and "That Hideous Strength" (Paperback)

by C. S. Lewis (Author)
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  • Paperback: 753 pages
  • Publisher: Tor; New edition edition (14 Sep 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330313746
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330313742
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.2 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 158,837 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This science-fiction trilogy was written by the celebrated theologian and religious writer who also invented Narnia. The stories are a preposterous mish-mash of medieval religious scholarship, half-baked space travel, wild and sometimes rather unsettling graphic imagination, philology, preachy bias (including some rank old sexism), eccentric Englishness and obvious religious allegory. But they stick in the memory forever and enrich it. I still dream about the Hressni and can spell pfifltrigg without looking it up. Review by Libby Purves, whose books include 'Regatta' (Kirkus UK)

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Three classic science fiction stories presented in one volume. In "Out Of The Silent Planet" Dr Ransom is kidnapped by Weston, an evil genius. In "Perelandra" Ransom is sent to challenge Weston's influence and in the final volume, "That Hideous Strength", he returns to earth.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars amazing book that changed the way I think, 22 April 2002
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This is a great book which I would recommend to anyone. At first I found Lewis' style of writing hard to grasp, but I soon tuned into it and after that I couldn't put this trilogy down.

Lewis really brings the creation story, the end times and what God thinks of mankind to life through this allegory. I can honestly say that reading these books has made me look at the world and God in a very different way.

It's a great story as well and very gripping at times. His descriptions of the landscapes and characters are brilliant.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Series, 2 April 2008
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Out of the Silent Planet
C.S. Lewis


This is the first book in C.S. Lewis's amazing Space Trilogy. These books are far less known than Lewis's Narnia series or even his Mere Christianity or The Screwtape Letters, yet it is just as good as any of those writings and goes to show the versatility of Lewis as an author.

This first book begins with our hero, Dr. Ransom, out for a walking tour in the countryside, dressed in that shabby way for which professors are renowned. His foes are his former schoolmates Devine and Weston. These men believe they need a human sacrifice, and by capturing Ransom they have their victim, for they have made a spaceship and are taking Ransom to Malacandra the red planet.

Once on Mars, Ransom escapes his captors, meets many species, and finds out that on Mars there has been no `Fall' and Ransom from Earth or the Silent Planet is a bit of an oddity. People from earth are considered to be `bent' in nature, from the original sin of the fall.

Follow Ransom as he treks across a strange world, and must find the courage to risk it all to save not only an alien race, but also, possibly his own soul.

This is a first book in an amazing series. Try it - you won't be disappointed.

Perelandra
C.S. Lewis


This is the second book in C.S. Lewis's amazing Space Trilogy. This book was written as a sequel to the immensely popular Out of the Silent Planet but Lewis also wrote it so that the story can stand on its own. So if you haven't read the first you can start here.

This book takes place some time after the first, but we are not sure how long. Ransom has received a summons to Venus, a planet that is just beginning its inhabited life. This planet's `Adam' and `Eve' are on the planet and they must choose to obey God or to reject his law and face a `fall' as has happened on earth.

Ransom must face his old foe Weston, and try to save a planet from great evil. Can he navigate this watery planet; can he negotiate the intricacies of human weakness, temptation and corruption? Can he conquer himself and help others to learn obedience?

This is a great creation story. Try it - you won't be disappointed.

That Hideous Strength
C.S. Lewis


This is the third and final book in C.S. Lewis's amazing Space Trilogy. This book was written as a sequel to the immensely popular Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra but Lewis also wrote it so that the story can stand on its own. So if you haven't read the first, you can start here.

That Hideous Strength, unlike the first 2 books in this series, where Ransom leaves earth and fights evil in space and on other planets, the battle in this book takes place on earth.

Ransom must lead a group of faithful believers against National Institute for Coordinated Experiments or N.I.C.E., an organization that believes that Science can solve all of humanity's problems. He must battle the people in this organization, super aliens trying to invade and control earth and use its population against other planets and against God.

On top of all of that, Merlin has arisen from his long sleep and has arisen in England's time of greatest need. But the question is, who will find him first - N.I.C.E. or Ransom and his team? The fate of the world, and possibly the universe, rests on this question.

Lewis called this story an adult's fairy-tale. It is a mix of sci-fi and fantasy, and a book that will keep your attention as you raptly turn the pages to find out where Lewis will lead you.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Science Fiction, 22 Nov 1998
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Those who think C.S. Lewis only wrote children's fiction are in for a pleasant surprise. This is a marvellous Science Fiction trilogy. Some of the science may have been superceded, but the work nevertheless stands alongside "ancient" SF classics, like H.G. Wells.
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