And he was quite hostile to scientists, as comes out loud and clear in his Space Trilogy.

Given what Lewis is trying to do with this trilogy, it's important to know that Lewis knew absolutely nothing about science. A sinister society run by his old adversaries intends to harness the ancient powers of a resurrected Merlin in their ambition to subjugate the people of Earth…

Investigating the truth about her prophetic dreams, Anne Studdock encounters the fabled Dr Ransom, who is in great pain after his travels. 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… 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… Tolkien, on whom the main character of Ransom was largely based.ĭr Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. 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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