num_pages: 160
description: In the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. His captors are plotting to plunder the planet's treasures and plan to offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures who live there. Ransom discovers he has come from the 'silent planet' – Earth – whose tragic story is known throughout the universe...
language: English
title: Out of the Silent Planet
titlecomplete: Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
characters: Weston, Devine, Oyarsa, Elwin Ransom
genres: Audiobook, Religion, Christian, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Classics, Adventure, Fiction, Christian Fiction
ratings_count: 91183
places: Mars, Malacandra
series: The Space Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: Retro Hugo Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: HarperCollins