![]() I already did a casting list for the 3rd book, That Hideous. Compact Disc (March 15th, 2012): $29.95 Lewiss Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra.Will Perelandra succumb to this malevolent being, who strives to create a new world order, or will it throw off the yoke of corruption and achieve a spiritual perfection as yet unknown to man? Product Details Ransom's adventures continue against the backdrop of a religious allegory that, while it may seem quaint in its treatment of women today, nonetheless shows the capability of science to be an evil force tempting a ruler away from the path that has produced a paradisiacal kingdom. Tolkien ('Elwin' means 'Elf friend' in Anglo-Saxon), though he seems to have autobiographical elements. Tolkien, one of Lewiss inspirations for the character, was born in 1892. The second book of Lewiss sci-fi trilogy, this is a sharp, sophisticated fantasy that deals with an old problem-temptation-in a new world, Perelandra. ![]() ![]() ![]() Perelandra is a planet of pleasure, an unearthly, misty world of strange desires, sweet smells, and delicious tastes, where beasts are friendly and naked beauty is unashamed, a new Garden of Eden, where the story of the oldest temptation is enacted in an intriguingly new way. Lewis might have conceived of Ransom as being his own age, i.e., born in 1898 J.R.R. ![]()
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