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Re: Re: C.S. Lewis' "Space Trilogy".
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07-15-2002, 11:21 AM | #22 |
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I just finished Out of the Silent Planet and thought it was brilliant. Christian beliefs and theology aside, I thought his descriptions of the various alien cultures to be engrossing and their physical aspects as well, all were very detailed. Interesting ideas too, that our planet is a prison for the Bent One. I look forward to reading the next two in the trilogy.
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It's a while since I read it, but I liked Out of the Silent Planet, though I can't say I understand all of it. I can't find Perelandra anywhere to read that, and That Hideous Strength was just... weird. It frightened me, too (I'm easily scared).
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07-22-2002, 07:07 PM | #24 |
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Sunstar, that's why I had to stay up all night to finish it. It was scary and I just couldn't stop in the middle. I'm easily scared too. Had to know how it ended.
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07-22-2002, 10:55 PM | #25 |
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It is scary -- I'll never forget that police woman.
Has anybody read Lewis' "Til We Have Faces"? I can't agree that his fiction is darker than Tolkien's. They are both pessimists in the short run and optimists in the long run. But the Silmarillion's a lot darker than anything Lewis wrote. All of Lewis' stories end happily. |
07-23-2002, 02:17 PM | #26 |
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I recently read Perelandra and greatly enjoyed it as well. I especially liked his creation of the floating islands, it's one of the more original concepts I've read lately. The ending monlogoue with the Eldil and the King and Queen was a great read. I look forward to the third book but it seems like a lot of people find this one to be frightening.
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It's definitely memorable. But it was slightly disappointing in that it's got too many different elements in it: space travel, the supernatural(devil worship, angels), medieval wizardry (Merlin in the twentieth century) and arthurian legends, a police state, university life, and possibly others I can't recall. It might have been better if he'd concentrated on fewer subjects. But it's worth reading. |
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07-29-2002, 09:30 PM | #28 |
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Well, I finished it today after much putting off (I was annoyed with the lack of Dr. Ransom in the beginning), but I'm glad I read it. I agree with it being disturbing, though I found Frost to be far scarier than the police-woman Hardcastle. I do like much of his allegorical meaning in their about duty and the need and joy of obedience; but not nessecarily the equality part. Though it lacked any more travel between the planets I thought it was a fitting conclusion to the trilogy.
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I just finished thet Hideous Strength a few days ago and it really got me thinking about all the unique symbols he used (Hardcastle scared me too, but so did Frost and Feverstone and Wither and...)and the whole idea of Logres and England got me into Camelot can anyone suggest some good books on Camelot?
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10-28-2002, 11:43 AM | #30 |
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The Merlin series by Mary Stewart is excellent. It takes place from the perspective of Merlin, but it spans the Arthurian legend as well. I loved it, so I strongly recommend it.
I've read the space trilogy, and I think I have a few problems with C.S. Lewis writing style. It's simply not for me. But I did like the series pretty well, Perelandra especially. |
11-01-2002, 03:45 PM | #31 |
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I've only read "out of the silent plante" but i found it pretty wierd. i don't think i'll finish the series.
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i just finished the first one yesterday really good book
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I've only read Out of the Silent Planet. I actually bought it for a really low price, when the library was selling out old books, and Lewis' name caught my eye. I enjoyed it very much. I wish I could have the other two to read...
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I know you couldn't have seen it because I took it out of my profile a while ago... so psst, now I tell... I'm Hungarian.
I looked it up, and it seems I have a slight chance of finding Perelandra in used bookstores, because it was published in '95. It seems the third part hasn't been translated. And I have an even slighter chance of finding any of them in original English... But I'll keep looking.
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06-25-2006, 09:17 AM | #36 |
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The cosmic trilogy
Is anyone here interested in the cosmic trilogy? Though less famous than narnia, it is in my opinion a better work. Maybe someone knows about another discussion forum about it?
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Thank you, it seems I never saw that I am only looking on the last month threads...
And more to the point, the whole thread is about if its worth reading. I know it is! I would wish to discuss some of the ideas, and compare it to tolkien. not in the details of the mythology, but in the larger aspects.
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then your wish is granted ...
here you go ...start it off to your heart's desire Ecthelion! best, BB |
06-30-2006, 01:43 PM | #40 |
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Why did the Oyearsu (of perelandra or Malachandra) not stop Weston's ship before it reached Venus-perelandra, as the Oyarsa of Mars-Malachandra promised Ransom to do?
That was a humble start to get the discussion going
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