Book description
The first novel in C. S. Lewis's classic sci-fi trilogy which tells the
adventure of Dr Ransom who is kidnapped and transported to Mars
In the first novel of C. S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr
Ransom, a Cambridge academic, 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… 'Adventure beyond our Earth - beautifully
coloured and shaped.' The Times
'This book has real splendour, compelling moments and a flowing
narrative.' New York Times Clive Staples Lewis, moralist and novelist,
was born in 1898 in Belfast and educated at Malvern and University
College, Oxford. He was appointed Professor of Medieval and Renaissance
English at Cambridge in 1954. 'Jack' Lewis is best known for his
literary criticism, religious and ethical works, science fiction, and
most notably for his Narnia chronicles for children. He died in 1963.
