TY - BOOK AU - Lewis,C.S. TI - Out of the silent planet SN - 0330021729 (paperback) PY - 1952/// CY - London PB - Pan Books KW - Ransom, Elwin (Fictitious character) KW - Good and evil KW - Fiction KW - Life on other planets KW - Science Fiction N1 - First published in 1938. The first in a trilogy. The sequels are Voyage to Venus and That Hideous Strength; 1979 reprint N2 - Man, arrogant yet fearful, stands in the presence of the god-like creatures who populate the universe - is judged and found wanting. Two men sought to plunder a planet - a third was offered as a hostage to the unknown... This book mirrors the inhumanities of man and contrasts a civilization of harmony and peace with the discord of Earth today.--Back cover ER -