5-6-7/50. The Space Trilogy.
Out of the Silent Planet tells the story of a man named Ransom, who unwittingly becomes the captive of two men, Weston and Devine. He soon finds himself aboard a spaceship, headed to the planet of Malacandra. Through a series of mishaps, he finds himself running for his life and making friends with the planet's inhabitants. The planet is a sort of utopia, and Ransom quickly finds himself at home. The story winds through his adventures there, with many spiritual allusions that Lewis is so famous for. Most notably, he learns of a "silent planet", where there is no spiritual activity being reported to the rest of the universe. Ransom is devastated to learn that the silent planet is none other than earth.
I guess Perelandra may be considered a "what if" exposition. What if Adam and Eve had resisted the serpent? What would life be like had there been no fall of man? And, given a second try, would we fall again?
All three novels center on choices. Lewis is not ashamed to preach through them. However, despite the religious undertones, I still enjoyed the trilogy.
I may, actually, now find motivation to read The Chronicles of Narnia.
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