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A philologist is kidnapped and taken to Mars
1938Steady paceThoughtful
What it is about
Ransom, a Cambridge scholar, is taken by two men to the planet Malacandra, which is Mars. He expects monsters, but he finds a world with three intelligent species and a strange moral order. It is the first book of the Space Trilogy.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like classic science fiction.
What you will get
The first of three books.
Out of the Silent Planet Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Science Fiction · Mars · Space trilogy · Philosophy
Length
160 pages · ≈ 5 h
More about this book
Characters
Elwin Ransom, Weston and Devine.
Setting
Malacandra, the Mars of the book.
What makes it different
A classic of early science fiction with a Christian view of the cosmos.
Feel
Strange, thoughtful and calm.
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