Perelandra, Space Trilogy Series

The second book in C.S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy continues the adventures of the extraordinary Dr. Ransom. Pitted against the most destructive of human weaknesses, temptation, the great man must battle evil on a new planet - Perelandra - when it is invaded by a dark force. Will Perelandra succumb to the malevolent being, who strives to creat a new world order and who must destroy an old and beautiful civilization to do so? Or will it throw off the yoke of corruption and achieve a spiritual perfection as yet unknown to man? The outcome of Dr. Ransom's mighty struggle alone will determine the fate of this peace-loving planet.

The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength, Perelandra continues the adventures of the extraordinary Dr. Ransom. Pitted against the most destructive of human weaknesses, temptation, the great man must battle evil on a new planet -- Perelandra -- when it is invaded by a dark force. Will Perelandra succumb to this malevolent being, who strives to create a new world order and who must destroy an old and beautiful civilization to do so? Or will it throw off the yoke of corruption and achieve a spiritual perfection as yet unknown to man? The outcome of Dr. Ransom's mighty struggle alone will determine the fate of this peace-loving planet.

C.S. Lewis was a professor of medieval and Renaissance literature at Oxford and Cambridge universities who wrote more than thirty books in his lifetime, including The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Mere Christianity. He died in 1963.

The New York TimesMr. Lewis has a genius for making his fantasies livable.

CommonwealWriting of the highest order. Perelandra is, from all standpoints, far superior to other tales of interplanetary adventures.

The New Yorker If wit and wisdom, style and scholarship are requisites to passage through the pearly gates, Mr. Lewis will be among the angels.

Los Angeles Times Lewis, perhaps more than any other twentieth-century writer, forced those who listened to him and read his works to come to terms with their own philosophical presuppositions.

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Reviewed by Angela Perry (Wurtsboro, NY), October 26, 2008

Great retelling of the Eden story -C.S. Lewis was a deep thinker and sometimes repeat reads are required to understand all that he is communicating through the characters. Worth the cost of the trilogy.

Reviewed by Rick Harrington (Haverhill), November 28, 2006

The best of the Trilogy. A valuable philosophical reflection on Genesis 1-3. Those who are a bit squeamish about introducing mythology into Christian worldview may be dissatisfied. A short, readable, thought provoking fiction.

Reviewed by Leslie (UAE), November 23, 2005

This is a great book!

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