The Space Trilogy (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: C. S. Lewis
- First Published: 1938
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—theological romance
- Time of Work: The 1930’s and 1940’s
- Setting: The planet Malacandra (Mars), the planet Perelandra (Venus), and terrestrial England
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Fantasy, Romance, medieval
- Subjects: Language or languages, Twentieth century, Extraterrestrial life, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, 1940’s, 1930’s, England or English people, War, Christianity, Good and evil, Faith, Kidnapping, Adventure, Planets, Devils or demons, Earth, Mars, Venus
- Locales: Earth, Mars, Venus
The Plot
In the three novels commonly known as the Space Trilogy and sometimes as the Cosmic Trilogy or Ransom Trilogy (the series was not given a formal title by its author), the celebrated literary scholar and Christian essayist C. S. Lewis combines elements of classical science fiction, medieval romance, and the epic to create a sprawling depiction of an interplanetary struggle between good and evil.
Out of the Silent Planet, the first of the novels, centers on the adventures of Elwin Ransom, a Cambridge philologist who is abducted by Dick Devine, a...
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