Wow, where to start with this one. Although both Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra both have some slow spots, taken together these are some of the best novels I have read, and are at the top of my "all-time favorite" list along with Lord of the Rings.
If you've never read them, you should. I have for a long time wanted to lead a reading group through them; I may do that still. Most folks I talk to have never read any of them. If you want to really plumb the depths, read Abolition of Man and The Problem of Pain along with them.
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Like all of Lewis's books, there is a seemingly bottomless pool of interesting and insightful material. I was going to lead a book study on Wild at Heart one time (only on other person showed up so we scrapped it) and I brought That Hideous Strength with me because I thought it was more insightful about masculinity and femininity than Eldridge was.
I was thinking just a couple of days ago about Ransom's choice about "concluding" the debates with Satan and how brilliant it was (and how BH it was long before BH).
The scene in the first book when Lewis briefly describes how the angel was oriented to some sort of universal pole did more to expand my mind's perspective on reality than whole books have.
I grabbed Out of the Silent Planet off the shelf yesterday and plan on starting it again (for the third time) soon after Christmas.
"I was thinking just a couple of days ago about Ransom's choice about "concluding" the debates with Satan and how brilliant it was (and how BH it was long before BH)."
Remind me what you mean . . .
He realized that he must be crushed.
Got it. I thought there was something else I might have missed.
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