Perelandra

This book might be part of the Space Trilogy series.
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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 …

Paperback, 192 pages

English language

Published April 8, 2003 by Scribner.

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ISBN:
978-0-7432-3491-7
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OCLC Number:
4915097823

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Subjects
  • Good and evil
  • Life on other planets
  • Philologists
  • College teachers
  • Linguists
  • Ransom, Elwin (Fictitious character)
  • Interplanetary voyages
  • Science fiction

Reviews

reviewed Perelandra (Space Trilogy, Bk. 2) by C. S. Lewis

Ugh

Lots of beautiful prose but it starts to lose its charm when one of the characters starts ranting against dualism moments before revealing he is possessed by a demon.

At points I felt like CS Lewis was stopping the fiction to beat me over the head with his belief system — like with the long rant about gender and how mountains are metaphysically masculine, yada yada.

I haven’t read Paradise Lost so I suspect a lot of stuff from this book is lost on me from a “oh look he is referencing great literature” standpoint.