[Space Trilogy 2: Perelandra]
Year:
1943
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Scribner
Year of publication:
2003
Pages:
192
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
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The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
This is the second of the author's science fiction trilogy with a strong Christian didactic message. Two scientists make the journey to Venus, one a force for good (Dr Ransom) and to the evil. Dr Ransom wants to save the planet for committing its first 'original sin' and thus lose its innocence.
C. S. Lewis was born in 1898 and died in 1963, having been an enormously popular religious and moral writer. He spent most of his life in Oxford before ending his days in Cambridge. This is a simple parallel tale of 'the Fall', a thinly disguised science fiction tale wanting to give a clear Christian message.
Author: Cliff Cobb, United Kingdom
Update on: May 2025