Perelandra is, from all standpoints, far superior to other tales of interplanetary adventures. Lewis's Space Trilogy, of which Perelandra is the second volume, stands alongside such works as Albert Camus's The Plague and George Orwell's 1984 as a timeless classic, beloved by succeeding generations as much for the sheer wonder of its storytelling as for the significance of its moral concerns.Ĭommonweal Writing of the highest order. Written during the dark hours immediately before and during World War II, C.S. Ransom is recruited by the denizens of Malacandra, befriended in Out of the Silent Planet, to rescue the peace-loving planet Perelandra (Venus) from a terrible threat: a malevolent being from another world who strives to create a new world order, and who must destroy an old and beautiful civilization to do so. Lewis's classic science fiction Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength.

Ransom must take on an evil force to save a utopian planet in Perelandra, the second book in C.S. Will Perelandra succumb to this being's influence or will it throw off the yoke of corruption and achieve a spiritual perfection as yet unknown to man?īook Synopsis The intrepid professor Dr. Ransom must battle evil on a new world-Perelandra-when it is invaded by an evil force. THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH Investigating the truth about her prophetic dreams, Jane Studdock encounters the fabled Dr Ransom, who is in great pain after his travels.About the Book Pitted against the greatest of human weaknesses, temptation, Dr. When his old enemy also arrives and is taken over by the forces of evil, Ransom finds himself in a desperate struggle to save the innocence of this Eden-like world… PERELANDRA Having escaped from Mars, Dr Ransom is called to the paradise planet of Perelandra, or Venus. His captors are plotting to plunder the planet’s treasures and offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures who live there… OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. Tolkien, on whom the main character of Ransom was largely based. This new one-volume edition marks the 75th Anniversary of the first publication of Out of the Silent Planet with an exclusive Foreword by J.R.R. The Space Trilogy is a remarkable work of fantasy, demonstrating the powerful imagination of C.S.Lewis. Tolkien, who inspired Lewis to write the first volume. It includes an exclusive Foreword compiled from letters by J.R.R. This striking one-volume edition marks the 75th anniversary of Lewis’s classic SF trilogy featuring the adventures of Dr Ransom on Mars, Venus and Earth.

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