false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171472708m/100924.jpg 100924 28 A sharp, sophisticated fantasy, this second book in Lewis's science fiction trilogy deals with an old problem -- temptation -- in a new world -- Perelandra (Venus). <P>Dr. Ransom is ordered to Perelandra by the supreme being. There he finds a Garden of Eden. <P>"A story told by a writer of distinguished imagination. It is enriched with learning, a sharp pictorial sense of the extraordinary and metaphysical speculation." (Observer) 3148586 book 1943 Perelandra (Space Trilogy, #2) total:4881|5:1624|4:1594|3:1229|2:351|1:83| 4881 18968 6309 285 2 3 false true Sat Feb 02 15:42:10 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 15:55:16 -0800 2008
"A trail of mutilated frogs lay along the edge of the island. Picking his footsteps with care, he followed i...more...]]> 2 4 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1973 Fri Dec 05 22:29:33 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 25 08:13:50 -0700 2009
"Yes, I believe so. Poetic name for the planet Venus. Inhabited by two analogues of Adam and Eve, living in a state of prelapsarian bliss. All sounds rather pleasant."

"Very good, James. However,...more...]]> 5 2 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Wed Aug 15 08:13:36 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 08:34:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 20:31:52 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 05:40:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Mar 10 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sun Mar 30 14:02:54 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 14:07:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 11:35:12 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 11:13:03 -0800 2009 Out of the Silent Planet and when I sat down to read this I recalled the slow-moving pace of the first. I figured that this book had to do with another planet, but I didn't read up on the synopsis or anything before I started. That being said, I was ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 16:32:38 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 16:33:57 -0700 2009
In Perelandra the protagonist, Dr. Ransom, once again finds himself journeying to anothe...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 13:48:06 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 13:49:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 27 14:00:08 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 14:00:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 18:15:01 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 17:01:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 00:07:50 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 15:32:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:20:29 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:25:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 28 06:36:52 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 06:42:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 12:19:26 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 08:46:15 -0700 2009 Out Of The Silent Planet, my sister observed, “Id read second and tossed it!” I too recalled the ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 10:34:01 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 08:36:42 -0700 2009 It turns out there's a new paradise on Perelandra and a new first man and first woman, a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 09:58:41 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 19:11:53 -0700 2009 Perelandra, the second book in C.S. Lewis's trilogy, chronicles the adventures of Dr. Ransom on the planet of Perelandra, otherwise known as Venus. Taking his knowledge and understanding from his adventures in Malacandra (in Out of the Silent Planet) of the spiritual levels of life, human and otherw...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 15:05:52 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 10:14:49 -0800 2009 Perelandra blindsided me. I don't know why I was surprised to find that Lewis can write amazing science fiction, especially since I've already been through all of Narnia, but I was. When people talked about the Space Trilogy, I was skeptical that it would be any good. I couldn't have been more wrong...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Sep 04 12:18:18 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 18:19:01 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 12:02:16 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 05:40:38 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 08:07:05 -0700 2009 Perelendra is a bit of a rollercoaster ride. It gets off to a rocky start with an unnecessary and heavy-handed first-person parable about maintaining faith despite doubts and fears, but once the story moves on to Ransom's adventures it gets more interesting. The basic arc of the story becomes fair...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 07:43:17 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 06:08:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=100924