Space Trilogy book 1 · 1938
Out of the Silent Planet
Elwin Ransom, a philologist on a walking holiday, is kidnapped by two men and taken by spaceship to Malacandra, the planet Mars, where he escapes and meets its inhabitants.
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Book facts
- Author
- C. S. Lewis
- Series
- Space Trilogy, book 1 of 3
- Published
- 1938
- Setting
- Set in Mars, Venus and England
- Characters charted
- 1
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in Out of the Silent Planet
1 recurring or key character from C. S. Lewis’s chart. Introduces Elwin Ransom.
Lead 1
- Elwin RansomFirst appearanceCambridge philologist taken to Mars and Venus