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C. S. Lewis: Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy, Book One) (Paperback, Scribner) 3 stars

In the first book of C.S. Lewis's legendary science fiction trilogy, Dr. Ransom is kidnapped …

Good fantasy in spite of itself, looking forward to the second in the triology

3 stars

I don't really like C.S. Lewis in general. I am reading this series because a friend recommended it to me -- I am particularly interested in the depiction of angels (in relation to a project I am working on).

I think this first novel works pretty well as "science fantasy" but it still is unsubtle and didactic like other stuff I have read by him.

I think stories about space exploration that were written before the space age can be pleasantly whimsical in how they depict it without any of the knowledge that we take for granted about space now. Would it even be possible to write about it in the same way now?

The second novel (Perelandra) sounds really good based on the synopsis -- and this first one laid out enough of a foundation for me to continue with the trilogy.

From the author of Fun Home—the lives, loves, and politics of cult fav characters Mo, …

It had become my bedtime ritual to read a few pages (each page is an entire strip) before turning off the light. I am gonna miss it when I am done.

In the intro strip, Alison Bechdel talks about trying to document the different types of lesbian. And then says “my tidy schema went all to hell in the nineties” and “… no one was essentially anything”. I’m there with you Alison. But if I am not essentially anything, but I still have to say which type I identify with then I think it is Mo. Though when the moon is right, I can be a Lois.