Out of the Silent Planet is by C.S. Lewis. The classic science fiction beginning to the Space Trilogy by Lewis. While Ransom, a philologist at Cambridge, is out on a walking tour, he is kidnapped by two men named Weston and Devine and is taken in a spaceship to Malacandra, Mars, to be a human sacrifice to the aliens that populate the planet. Once on Malacandra, he escapes and meets the inhabitants of the planet, who are not all as he has feared. As he learns the truth about Malacandra and the mysterious Oyarsa, who seems to rule the world, he discovers much about their planet, his own, and about himself. A moving tale, if not the type of science fiction we are used to. The comparison of Ransom to Tolkien is hard to miss. A must read for fans of Lewis. A Reader's Corner Highly Recommended Read.
Ratings: 10th grade - 9 out of 10.
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