Have you read the C. S. Lewis SciFi trilogy.

[Greatcloud]

The books he wrote, I call them the best scifi trilogy ever written. That hideous strength was different from the other two,but it was also the most true to life. Out of the silent planet was just breathtaking in scope and very thought provoking. My favorite of all of them is without question Paralandra,it is so beautiful. It is here that Lewis lets his imagination really run wild. If you want to introduce someone to the field of science fiction, I suggest this one book from the trilogy. What do you think about the name of the character being Ransom ?

 

[stonetoflesh]

It's been at least ten years since I've read those books, but I really enjoyed the Space Trilogy-- more than I expected to, I think. I'll have to track those down and read them again... Good stuff.

 

[NeoScribe]

Read the first two and enjoyed them. I really enjoyed Peralandra. I have the thrid one somewhere I just gotta find the dang thing.

 

[Lisa0315]

Yes, recently in fact! I loved them, but especially the second one!

Lisa

 

[Lisa0315]

The books he wrote, I call them the best scifi trilogy ever written. That hideous strength was different from the other two,but it was also the most true to life. Out of the silent planet was just breathtaking in scope and very thought provoking. My favorite of all of them is without question Paralandra,it is so beautiful. It is here that Lewis lets his imagination really run wild. If you want to introduce someone to the field of science fiction, I suggest this one book from the trilogy. What do you think about the name of the character being Ransom ?

I didn't think much of the name Ransom until the second book when he realized that if he did not kill the bad guy, then, God would have to save Perelandra, and it would be even more extreme, brutal, and intense than when Jesus saved us. I remember getting the shivers when the voice tells Ransom, "My name is also Ransom" (or something to that effect)

Lisa

 

[cyberfugue]

I read them years ago (when I was a teen), and was very impressed.

 

[JonMiller]

The third one (That Hideous Strength) is currently the only CS Lewis I own. Narnia is on the to buy list though.

JM

 

[Lisa0315]

The third one (That Hideous Strength) is currently the only CS Lewis I own. Narnia is on the to buy list though.

JM

Well, I strongly recommend the other two as well as The Narnia Chronicles. The Screwtape Letters was amusing as well. I just finished Til We Have Faces. I haven't read anything that I didn't like by him. I also read his Mere Christianity, also good.

Lisa

 

[generalbreadbasket]

There's some really evocative passages, particularly in that Hideous Strength about the presence of things like the eldil and Ransom. I really enjoyed the trilogy.

 

[keith99]

I read them, I barely remember them, which says it all. As Science Fiction they are rather weak. Still probably better than any other Christian Science Fiction Out there.

Actually come to think of it they really fit better as Fantasy.

I'd reccoment at least a half dozen of his other books over the space trilogy (not counting Narnia).

 

[catzetier]

I've read the trilogy. I loved Out of the Silent Planet and it's the only one I own. Perelandra bored me - I liked the descriptions of the planet but not much else; if I want a rejig of Eden I'll take Lewis' The Magician's Nephew any day. The only bits I liked in That Hideous Strength were Merlin and that bear, mainly because they made me laugh; the rest was really brutal and it didn't even have the wonderful alien aspect that partially redeemed Perelandra.

I find that OOTSP works as a stand-alone. Luckily.

 

[keith99]

I've read the trilogy. I loved Out of the Silent Planet and it's the only one I own. Perelandra bored me - I liked the descriptions of the planet but not much else; if I want a rejig of Eden I'll take Lewis' The Magician's Nephew any day. The only bits I liked in That Hideous Strength were Merlin and that bear, mainly because they made me laugh; the rest was really brutal and it didn't even have the wonderful alien aspect that partially redeemed Perelandra.

I find that OOTSP works as a stand-alone. Luckily.

It has been so long I barely have memories of memories of these. But I recall something Lewis mentioned regarding groups that were teh models for 'That Hideous Strength'. Some of the bad guys were not based on the Nazis or any similar guess. It was the "Black and Tans" that were the model. Note that Lewis was a Protestant so they were nominally on his side. In some ways that serves to redeem 'That Hideous Strength a bit got me.