Out of the Silent Planet -- C. S. Lewis, Paperback

The first book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which continues with Perelandra and That Hideous Strength, Out of the Silent Planet begins the adventures of the remarkable Dr. Ransom. Here, that estimable man is abducted by a megalomaniacal physicist and his accomplice and taken via spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra. The two men are in need of a human sacrifice, and Dr. Ransom would seem to fit the bill. Once on the planet, however, Ransom eludes his captors, risking his life and his chances of returning to Earth, becoming a stranger in a land that is enchanting in its difference from Earth and instructive in its similarity. First published in 1943, Out of the Silent Planet remains a mysterious and suspenseful tour de force.

Author: C. S. Lewis
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 03/11/2003
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.28w x 0.35d
ISBN: 9780743234900

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.4
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 11729 / Out of the Silent Planet

About the Author
C.S. Lewis was a professor of medieval and Renaissance literature at Oxford and Cambridge universities who wrote more than thirty books in his lifetime, including The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Mere Christianity. He died in 1963