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In the first novel of C.S.Lewis's thrilling science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. His captors are plotting to plunder the planet's treasures and intend to offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures who live there. Ransom discovers he has come from the 'silent planet' - Earth - whose tragic story is known throughout the universe...

The first book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which continues with Perelandra and That Hideous Strength, Out of the Silent Planet begins the adventures of the remarkable Dr. Ransom. Here, that estimable man is abducted by a megalomaniacal physicist and his accomplice and taken via spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra. The two men are in need of a human sacrifice, and Dr. Ransom would seem to fit the bill. Once on the planet, however, Ransom eludes his captors, risking his life and his chances of returning to Earth, becoming a stranger in a land that is enchanting in its difference from Earth and instructive in its…

The first book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which continues with Perelandra and That Hideous Strength, Out of the Silent Planet begins the adventures of the remarkable Dr. Ransom. Here, that estimable man is abducted by a megalomaniacal physicist and his accomplice and taken via spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra. The two men are in need of a human sacrifice, and Dr. Ransom would seem to fit the bill. Once on the planet, however, Ransom eludes his captors, risking his life and his chances of returning to Earth, becoming a stranger in a land that is enchanting in its difference from Earth and instructive in…

Действие происходит в период незадолго до второй мировой войны. Главный герой, английский филолог Рэнсом, отправляется путешествовать пешком по стране. Однажды он остановился на ночлег на странной ферме, где встретил своего старого товарища — физика Уэстона и неизвестного ему джентельмена. Однако встреча с другом оборачивается похищением. Физик со своим знакомым похищают Рэнсома и увозят его на космическом корабле, следующем на неизвестную планету — Малакандру. По пути Рэнсом узнает, что нужен похитителям, как выкуп местным аборигенам, которым, по словам физика, нужна жертва. После прибытия на планету Рэнсом убегает от злоумышленников и…

Действие происходит в период незадолго до второй мировой войны. Главный герой, английский филолог Рэнсом, отправляется путешествовать пешком по стране. Однажды он остановился на ночлег на странной ферме, где встретил своего старого товарища — физика Уэстона и неизвестного ему джентельмена. Однако встреча с другом оборачивается похищением. Физик со своим знакомым похищают Рэнсома и увозят его на космическом корабле, следующем на неизвестную планету — Малакандру. По пути Рэнсом узнает, что нужен похитителям, как выкуп местным аборигенам, которым, по словам физика, нужна жертва. После прибытия на планету Рэнсом убегает от злоумышленников и…

Out of the Silent Planet is the first novel of Lewis’ Ransom Trilogy (also known as the Cosmic or Space Trilogy), which is considered his chief contribution to science fiction. A planetary romance with elements of medieval mythology, the trilogy concerns Dr. Elwin Ransom, a professor of philology who, like Christ, is offered as a ransom for mankind. On a walking tour of the English countryside, Ransom falls in with some slightly shady characters from his old university and wakes up to find himself naked in a metal ball in the middle of the light-filled heavens. He learns that he is on his way to a world called Malacandra by its natives, who…