This is the final book of C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Cosmic (or Ransom) Trilogy, which includes Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra. A classic work of fantasy as much for the wonder of its storytelling as for its insights into the human condition, the trilogy stages an epic battle between forces of light and darkness across a canvas of other worlds. Out of the Silent Planet book. Read 3,546 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. I read this book and its companion volumes -Perelandra and That Hideous Strength -sometime after college, which must have been in the early eighties. I have re-read all three books numerous times since then. Through his Cosmic Trilogy, and DESCRIPTION:The classic science fiction trilogy the author of The Chronicles of Narnia at last available in a new A-format boxed set The Cosmic Trilogy is a remarkable work of fantasy, demonstrating yet again the powerful imagination of C.S Lewis. OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows Love this trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That hideous Strength). Love this trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That hideous Strength). Love this trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That hideous Strength). C.S. Lewis