num_pages: 174
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… Clive Staples Lewis was a novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, and Christian apologist. Born in Belfast, Ireland, he held academic positions at both Oxford University (Magdalen College) and Cambridge University (Magdalene College). He is best known both for his fictional work, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.
language: English
title: Out of the Silent Planet
titlecomplete: Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy, #1)
characters: Weston, Devine, Elwin Ransom, Oyarsa
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Christian Fiction, Audiobook, Christian, Fantasy, Adventure, Religion, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics
ratings_count: 91267
places: Malacandra, Mars
series: The Space Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: Retro Hugo Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Macmillan Pub Co