The Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet (Series #1) (Paperback)

from AlexTheHunn

Lewis writes well. As a sci-fi writer he is not the best, but his main purpose is the deliver Christian teachings. He merely chooses to package it in the form of science fiction. As the first of his space trilogy, this book is by far the most fun of the three. It is relatively light-hearted when ...

from LisaMaria_C

I've seen this listed as a classic work of science fiction, but having now read this, I find that a misnomer. This is more anti-science fiction. Published in 1938, it involves a philologist, Elwin Ransom, kidnapped by a physicist, Professor Weston and his colleague Dr Devine and transported on a ...

from aethercowboy

C. S. Lewis, who most of you will instantly associate with either children's fantasy or epistemology, wrote a trilogy (or arguably, 3 and some proper fraction) of science fiction stories. Staying true to his evangelizing form, this series is very, very allegorical. The initial novel came to be as...

from janoorani24

A really delightful early science fiction book. One of the things I loved was the way Lewis explains Mars' surface features using what little was known about the surface in 1938. His descriptions of space travel and arrival on an alien planet are quaint and improbable, but he seems to have tried ...

from smileysmile311

C.S Lewis is a brilliant author! His take on space and the connections he makes to earth in this book are so interesting to read. I was intrigued by the title but the writing kept me intrigued throughout the entirety of the work. Can't wait to read the others!