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Learn moreOut of the Silent Planet is the first novel in Lewisโs Ransom Trilogy (also known as the Cosmic or Space Trilogy), which is considered his chief contribution to science fiction. A planetary romance with elements of medieval mythology, the trilogy concerns Dr. Elwin Ransom, a professor of philology who, like Christ, is offered as a ransom for mankind. On a walking tour of the English countryside, Ransom falls in with some slightly shady characters from his old university and wakes up to find himself naked in a metal ball in the middle of the light-filled heavens. He learns that he is on his way to a world called Malacandra by its natives, who call our world Thulcandra, the silent planet. The Malacandrans see planets as having tutelary spirits; those of the other planets are good and accessible, but Earthโs is fallen and twisted.
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and have been transformed into three major motion pictures.
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) fue uno de los intelectuales mรกs importantes del siglo veinte y podrรญa decirse que fue el escritor cristiano mรกs influyente de su tiempo. Fue profesor particular de literatura inglesa y miembro de la junta de gobierno en la Universidad Oxford hasta 1954, cuando fue nombrado profesor de literatura medieval y renacentista en la Universidad Cambridge, cargo que desempeรฑรณ hasta que se jubilรณ. Sus contribuciones a la crรญtica literaria, literatura infantil, literatura fantรกstica y teologรญa popular le trajeron fama y aclamaciรณn a nivel internacional. C. S. Lewis escribiรณ mรกs de treinta libros, lo cual le permitiรณ alcanzar una enorme audiencia, y sus obras aรบn atraen a miles de nuevos lectores cada aรฑo. Sus mรกs distinguidas y populares obras incluyen Las Crรณnicas de Narnia, Los Cuatro Amores, Cartas del Diablo a Su Sobrino y Mero Cristianismo.
Geoffrey Howard (a.k.a. Ralph Cosham) (1936โ2014) was a British journalist who changed careers to become a narrator and screen and stage actor. He performed in more than one hundred professional theatrical roles. His audiobook narrations were named โAudio Best of the Yearโ by Publishers Weekly, and he won seven AudioFile Earphones Awards, and in 2013 he won the coveted Audie Award for Best Mystery Narration for his reading of Louise Pennyโs The Beautiful Mystery.
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“This book has real splendor, compelling moments, and a flowing narrative.”
“Adventure beyond our Earth—beautifully colored and shaped.”
“A delightful fantasy.”
โ[Coshamโs] tenor voice never stumbles with Lewisโ formal syntax or the invented alien language of the inhabitants of Malacandra. The storyโฆhas deeper meaning but is also compelling on its own.โ
“This version of the SF novel should bring a new generation of readers and listeners to Lewis’ classic works.”
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