OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET
by Lewis, C. S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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Synopsis
Out Of the Silent Planet is the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy. Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is abducted and led to a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. His captors plot to plunder the planet's treasures and to offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures that reside there. Ransom discovers he has come from the 'silent planet', Earth, a tragic story that is known throughout the universe.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32764
- Title
- OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET
- Author
- Lewis, C. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
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