Space Trilogy (Audio): Out of the Silent Planet (Audiobook)

from antiquary

My favorite among the Space Triology books, chiefly for its wonderfully vivid descriptions of the various Martian peoples; its critique of some human-chauvinist sf is both more amusing and more subtle than the didactic effects in the later books in this series.

from Radaghast

Eerie. That's the best word to describe Out of the Silent Planet. Lewis creates a world that is in stark contrast to his Narnia. It is a strange and mysterious place, and like the protagonist, we soon discover how insignificant Earth is to the other intelligent inhabitants of the universe. The st...

from hobbitprincess

C.S. Lewis wrote the Space Trilogy, and this is the first of the books. I don't normally like science fiction, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Lewis creates an interesting planet that is explored by the main character, Ransom. He meets some interesting creatures and learns about his outlook o...

from Radaghast

Eerie. That's the best word to describe Out of the Silent Planet. Lewis creates a world that is in stark contrast to his Narnia. It is a strange and mysterious place, and like the protagonist, we soon discover how insignificant Earth is to the other intelligent inhabitants of the universe. The st...

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 ...