Out of the Silent Planet - Book-Media Profile

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Book	Out of the Silent Planet
Year	1943
Author/Editor/Director	Lewis, C.S.
A/V	No
Book	Yes
Serial	No
Comic	No
Review	Science-fiction novel by C.S. Lewis, published in 1938. The novel, the first of a trilogy, is in part a retelling of the Christ story. It is an account of the voyage of Ransom, a linguist, to the planet Malacandra (Mars), where he learns that Thulcandra (Earth) is called the silent planet because there has been no communication from it in years. The spiritual being in charge of the latter, having been corrupted, has essentially cut Thulcandra off from the other planets. Ransom is ultimately sent back to Thulcandra with the two earthlings who had kidnapped him and brought him to Malacandra. The novel gives voice to Lewis' concerns about the secularization of society and argues that a return to traditional religious belief is the only means of salvation. - The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
Reviewer	The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
Conlang	Malacandraian
Glossary	No
No Sample	No
Large Corpus	No
Submitted By	Jeffrey Henning
Date Submitted	Friday, December 31, 1999
Date Edited	Friday, October 25, 2002
Date To Headline	Friday, October 25, 2002

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