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Out of the silent planet

Part of the The cosmic trilogy series
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The first novel in C.S. Lewis's classic sci-fi trilogy which tells the adventure of Dr Ransom who is kidnapped and transported to Mars

In the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic 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 plan 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.

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HarperCollins
0007332327 / 9780007332328
eBook (EPUB)
823.912
09/12/2010
England
English
Science fiction
133 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Quiz No: 202456, Points 10.00, Book Level 7.40,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More
Reprint. Description based on print version record. Originally published: London: John Lane (The Bodley Head), 1938.