Ranked #19 in Mars, Ranked #28 in Planet — see more rankings.
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... less
Rankings by Category
Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #81 in Christian
- #88 in Classic Sci-Fi
- #93 in Evil
- #36 in Stretching