Out of the Silent Planet by C S Lewis

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Out of the Silent Planet by C S Lewis

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The first novel in C.S. Lewis’s classic sci-fi trilogy which tells the adventure of Dr Ransom who is kidnapped and transported to Mars

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Out of the Silent Planet by C S Lewis

The first novel in C.S. Lewis’s classic sci-fi trilogy which tells the adventure of Dr Ransom who is kidnapped and transported to Mars 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…

‘Adventure beyond our Earth – beautifully coloured and shaped’ The Times

‘This book has real splendour, compelling moments and a flowing narrative.’ New York Times

Clive Staples Lewis, moralist and novelist, was born in 1898 in Belfast and educated at Malvern and University College, Oxford. He was appointed Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge in 1954. ‘Jack’ Lewis is best known for his literary criticism, religious and ethical works, science fiction, and most notably for his Narnia chronicles for children. He died in 1963.

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ISBN 13 9780007157150
ISBN 10 0007157150
Title Out of the Silent Planet
Author C S Lewis
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 2005-12-05
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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