The Space Trilogy

i lost intrest in perelandra, i think its one of those book syou just have to sit down and read all the way through. i'll pick it up again later. as of now i need to retun it to the library because i probably have huge fine due on it :eek:
 
Nope. It's Lewis' own account of his spiritual and philosophical pilgrimage from a nominally believing youth, through skepticism and atheism and back to faith. It is a "true" allegory (i.e. a story wherein the characters are intended to directly represent certain things), and even the name does homage to one of the great allegories of history, John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.

It's an interesting book, but you have to be ready for a tour of some of the philosopical backwaters of the early 20th century, particularly those of post-WWI Europe. (I especially love his treatment of the effete artistic class, whom he refers to as "Clevers".) Be prepared to read very carefully!
 
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It's a little heavy going. It helped me to have read something of Lewis' biography beforehand, so I caught some of the allusions.

Try Till We Have Faces, if you can get a copy. It's a great story on many levels, but one of them is just as a retelling of a classic myth. And, by all means, get your hands on the Interplanetary Trilogy.
 
"The Space Trilogy" books are beyond a shadow of a doubt my favorite books in the whole world! The allegory within them is simply amazing and they really caused me to question the common beliefs that I had always had about God and the Bible, and I was able to establish more concrete opinions. "Malechondra" and "Peralandra" are amazing, but my favorite is "That Hideous Strength." Several people have commented on it being slow and boring, but once you get into the book and the plot (it does take a very long time), you won't be able to put it down. It is amazing.
 
Welcome, Mitla mk -- I didn't see you post before. I agree with you about the Space Trilogy, really very powerful books. Love em.
 
I totally agree about That Hideous Strength, Mitla_Mk! It is slow to start, but once it gets going, it sweeps you right along! What still amazes me about the books is the clear-eyed prophecy with which Lewis wrote. He didn't have all the places and incidents exactly as we see them, but he sure hit the mindset dead on!

It's so realistic that I find myself wondering - is there a Pendragon? And if so, who is he?
 
PrinceOfTheWest said:
I totally agree about That Hideous Strength, Mitla_Mk! It is slow to start, but once it gets going, it sweeps you right along! What still amazes me about the books is the clear-eyed prophecy with which Lewis wrote. He didn't have all the places and incidents exactly as we see them, but he sure hit the mindset dead on!

It's so realistic that I find myself wondering - is there a Pendragon? And if so, who is he?
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Curious, why would you call it prophesy? Lewis built off of the Bible's description of the end times & hybrid that with some ancient Mythos to produce his story.

Like Paul's letters, it was written as a warning to Christians about the end times. For myself, I do not see how "prophesy" applies here. Please, explain!
 
I have not read them myslef but i know peolpe who have and some of them say it is Lewis best work. I have to read them soon thouth for my CSL study. When i read them i will post more............
 
It is prophetic that the immoral/relativistic/evil ideas at the heart of the NICE have become so prevalent in our day and age.
 
I can see that, but from my worldview, those ideas already existed (and this can be proven!) in the 1950's; it just took a while for them to become mainstream culture.
 
I have read all three of the trilogy and loved them! There are some things in there that I could pick out that I've read about and heard in the news lately, but some of the "prophecies" have yet to happen. Maybe they never will, but it's interesting to think about it.
 
I think the operative word in Inkspot's response is "so," as in, "so prevalent." You are right: These ideas have been around a long time since they are grounded in the sinful mind that is hostile to God, and therefore find expression in sinful cultures. The point is that they reach a sort of critical mass in an anti-God system that parallels the OT Babel (hence that part of the story).
 
<Try Till We Have Faces, if you can get a copy. It's a great story on many levels, but one of them is just as a retelling of a classic myth. And, by all means, get your hands on the Interplanetary Trilogy.>

To PrinceOfTheWest:
I'm glad you mentioned Till We Have Faces. It is hard to understand but a beautiful story nonetheless. I'm planning to read it for the nth time (if only I can get through the piles of stuff in the rented storage).

Does anybody here have a complete library of CS Lewis' works?
 
The adult version? hmm.. i've only read the "children's" 7 books. What's the title? isit the space trilogy? If so, i think i came across them before but i thought there were the other books that CS Lewis wrote for adults. :/
 
A complete library of Lewis' works would be quite a collection. I don't have one, but I've got most of his works, including all of the most common theological ones. (Except I keep lending them out - I recently had to go get new copies of Screwtape and Mere Christianity!)
 
Lewis' writing is shown in all its glory with these books. He interweaves fantasy with issues of true evil, pain, and selfishness that we face everyday. all in all, the Space Trilogy books are AWESOME. i've read them about three times and find something new and interesting about them every time. Read them, you won't be dissapointed!
 
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