... Ransom has recently been told that he is needed to solve some problem on the planet Perelandra (the inter-planetary name for what we know as Venus) and is being sent there by the eldils.
Most of the book takes place on Perelandra, which is depicted as being filled mainly with water, on ... Read review
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Advantages: Exciting, well-written, Christian analogy but can be read as standalone book Disadvantages: Some violence; have to put aside scientific understanding of the planets while reading this
...some problem on the planet Perelandra (the inter-planetary name for what we know as Venus) and is being sent there by the eldils. Most of the book takes place on Perelandra, which is depicted as being filled mainly with water, on top of which float many large mat-like islands. While it's much hotter than Earth, its atmosphere keeps it significantly cooler than we would expect, given its proximity to the sun, and also contains air which Ransom has ... ...in love with it. Perelandra is about as close to paradise as I could imagine, and when I didn't know the outcome of Ransom's discussions, I found it absolutely gripping.
I've read it a couple of times in the intervening years, and recently re-read the entire trilogy again. I think now my favourite is probably 'Out of the Silent Planet', but I still have a soft spot for 'Perelandra'. How wonderful it would be if Venus was this way - and how disappointing ...
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