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He has been researching old manuscripts for any more voyages to the heavens. He believes that Weston has shut the door to travel and the only way to go back is by time traveling as well as space traveling.

He also asks why the autor didn’t explain that the shutter could not close to explain why the light was so bad on the return voyage. The writer said readers don’t care. He gives a beautiful description of a morning with the hrossa but it would not hold the readers attention. He has watched Jupiter rise (that must have been cool). For some reason, the folks at Meldilorn had great respect for Gluncandra.

They don’t need pets like we do (perhaps because of the stark differences in hnau). He knows enough about the pfifltriggi to add a visit but he finds it too dishonest. He would not want to explain to Oyarsa if they ever meet again. When he returned, Ransom search maps of Mars and none were adequate enought to pinpoint where he was. He doesn’t the angels and eldila are the same thing. He cannot explain how they speak.

I can’t help but wonder if he wrote notes of Tolkien’s critique after Lewis read aloud the story at a meeting of the Inklings. While he understands, no plot happened during the weeks in which he lived with the hrossa. To him, it’s the most meaningful part of his journey. While there he was homesick for Earth and now he is homesick for Malacandra. They get spirited when drinking on a gaudy not, but not plastered.

Since noone would believe such a story, they write it as science fiction. They hope to reach open minds and hearts with important ideas before the story reaches Weston. If the story is literary enough, even better, since Weston doesn’t read trash. It may be that some people uncover the identities of key players. Space and the Heavens are two different things. Events (Perelandra) happened before they could publish.

“The planet that shall not be named”..... LOL

The manuscript tells of a journey through the heavens and he’s struggling to translate the word “oyarsas.” Of course, he is!!!!! Ransom invites him to visit for the weekend for there is no way one could put something so crazy in a letter. They decide to read old manuscripts and information about medieval Platonists to get more facts to substantiate his experience. He gives the three fake names and identities.

Ch. 22 I love the romance here. He is unconscious for the landing (figurative death). Because he spends several months ill and recovering, he questions his own sanity. Perhaps it was all a delusion. Ransom (not his real name) decides to keep quiet until he receives a letter from an acquaintance with a literary bent about an obscure word in a 12th-century manuscript written by the Platonist Bernardus Silvestris.

A half hour later, he sees a bright light! The ship is no longer there. He walks into a bar and asks for a pint of bitter. Wait! Bitters are what you feed phlegmatics which is the moon!!!! Ha, ha, ha!!! Well, played, Jack!

Two days to go and they all think it is over. They are moving away from Earth. He realizes he will die either in a few days or thirty years later. He chooses sleep. OF COURSE, he chooses sleep. It’s a space romance. He woke up with a familiar sound. It’s rain. His heart leaps and he sobs and calls out to God. The two goons left him without bothering to wake him. He leaves and it is night, pouring down rain.