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by C.S. Lewis
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Books with a Beu rated it 14 years ago
An amazing book.I was a little concerned about how I'd like this book, since I was kind of ambivalent about Out of the Silent Planet. Rarely do you see a sequel that is better than the first in the series. This sequel, however, was not like the difference between "The Empire Strikes Back" and "A N...
lonesomepoint
lonesomepoint rated it 14 years ago
This is one of the best books I've read in years, probably the best since The Napoleon of Notting Hill in 2006. In this sequel to Out of the Silent Planet, some time after Dr. Ransom's accidental visit to Malecandra (Mars), the eldila visit him and send him to Perelandra (Venus) on a mission that wi...
XOX
XOX rated it 15 years ago
Another boring crap from Lewis, the worst sci fi writer ever. This one, Lewis tried to preach his bullshit by rewriting eva story. It was really bad the first time around, and his rewrite is even worst.I have written a review for the whole series, and this is what I have written for this one.Space T...
Kiwiria
Kiwiria rated it 21 years ago
My dad read this one aloud to me many years ago, and I haven't read it since, despite having read "Out of the Silent Planet" several times. This month I felt like rereading it though, and while I still like OotSP better, I found all the conversations between Ransom, the Green Lady and Weston very in...
A Scottish-Canadian Blethering On About Books
[Thee notes were made in 1983. This book is also known as "Perelandra".:] The theology is more overt in this sequel to Out of the Silent Planet. Perelandra (Venus) is a very new world, as Malacandra (Mars) was a very old one, and there are only two humanoids on Perelandra - the Venusian Adam and Ev...
Manny Rayner's book reviews
Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it 53 years ago
"James, does the name 'Perelandra' mean anything to you?""Yes, I believe so. Poetic name for the planet Venus. Inhabited by two analogues of Adam and Eve, living in a state of prelapsarian bliss. All sounds rather pleasant.""Very good, James. However, we've received intelligence that SMERSH have inf...
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