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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
Fabric Type: 9780743234900
Fax Number: 9th THUS
Legal Disclaimer: 0743234901
Maximum Color Depth: Scribner
Metal Type: Scribner
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 160
Total External Bays Free: March 04, 2003
Total Firewire Ports: Scribner
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Features:- ISBN13: 9780743234900
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
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
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This novel was written in response to Olaf Stapledon's LAST AND FIRST MEN. Lewis was fascinated with the way Olaf Stapledon was able to fuse philosophy and science fiction, but shocked by an episode where Earthmen wipe out the ecology of another world so that humans can adapt it to their use. He wrote this novel as a counterweight. Oddly enough, this may have been the ultimate source of the movie "Avatar": human defending a Utopian alien planet against his own species.
In the story ... Read More
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Out of the Silent Planet begins with an unnamed man walking down a road during the evening, trying to find a place to stay. He meets a woman who asks him to find her son and bring him home, so the man, whom we soon find out is named Ransom, goes to the place where the woman's son is working and has to climb over the hedge because the gate is locked. So begins an unexpected adventure for Ransom, who is kidnapped by an old schoolfellow and a physicist who have built a space ship. Lewis really has a wonderful ... Read More
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I have tried multiple times to read this trilogy. This last month I decided to tough it out.
C.S. Lewis is known for his Chronicles of Narnia books and other thick-headed writings. The Space Trilogy is not for wimps. It is written in the spirit of H.G. Wells and other ancient novels.
The first book of the trilogy is titled, Out of the Silent Planet. Telling the story of a man named Ransom, we follow his adventures to the planet Mars and its inhabitants. (One of which you can see on ... Read More
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The product was great! The length of time that it took to reach me was not good. It took far too long - well over 2 weeks.
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Received the book in a timely manner. It is a light weight paperback - does the job. I already had the 3rd book of the series, so wanted the first two.
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