Book description
The second novel in Lewis's science fiction trilogy tells of Dr
Ransom's voyage to the planet of Perelandra (Venus).
In the second novel in C. S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy,
Dr Ransom is called to the paradise planet of Perelandra, or Venus,
which turns out to be a beautiful Eden-like world. He is horrified to
find that his old enemy, Dr Weston, has also arrived and is putting him
in grave peril once more. As the mad Weston's body is taken over by the
forces of evil, Ransom engages in a desperate struggle to save the
innocence of Perelandra… 'Thrilling.' Sir Hugh Walpole
'Remarkable … a rare power of inventive imagination.' Times Literary
Supplement 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.
