Out of the Silent Planet is the first novel in C. S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy. It tells the adventure of Dr. Ransom, a Cambridge academic, who is abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. His captors are plotting to plunder the planet's treasures and plan to offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures who live there. Ransom discovers he has come from the "silent planet"—Earth—whose tragic story is known throughout the universe!
- Age Level = 13 and up
- Book Author = C.S. Lewis
- Book Material = Paperback
- Book Publisher = Scribner
- Book Series = Space Trilogy
- Copyright = c1938
- Edition = 2003
- Grade Level = 7 and up
Item ID: 16361
Category: C.S. Lewis Books