num_pages: 5
description: [Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.][Read by Geoffrey Howard - aka - Ralph Cosham]Out of the Silent Planet is the first novel from Lewis's Space Trilogy, (also called the Space Trilogy, Cosmic Trilogy and the Ransom Trilogy,) considered to be his chief contribution to the science-fiction genre. A planetary romance with elements of medieval mythology, the trilogy concerns Dr. Ransom, a linguist who, like Christ, is offered as a ransom for mankind. On a walking tour of the English countryside, Ransom falls in with some slightly shady characters from his old University and wakes up suddenly to find himself naked in a metal ball in the middle of the light-filled heavens. He learns that he is on his way to a world called Malacandra by its natives, who also call our world Thulcandra...the Silent Planet. The Malacandrans see planets as having a tutelary those of the other planets are good and accessible, but that of Earth is fallen and twisted.
language: English
title: Out of the Silent Planet
titlecomplete: Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy #1)
characters: Oyarsa, Weston, Devine, Elwin Ransom
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Christian Fiction, Religion, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Christian, Audiobook, Fantasy
ratings_count: 91215
places: Malacandra, Mars
series: The Space Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: Retro Hugo Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.