The first novel in C.S. Lewis's classic sci-fi trilogy which tells the adventure of Dr Ransom who was kidnapped and transported to another planet. Dr Ransom is a Cambridge academic who is captured whilst on a walking tour and forced into a spaceship by two men. With them he flies to Malacandra (Mars) . There he escapes his captors and discovers an amazing range of rational creatures on the planet, and in addition, spiritual creatures. Through the story of the Malacandrans, spiritual truths concerning the planet Earth are uncovered. Lewis tells the tale with a wealth of imagination and sense of adventure, drawing out the realities of good and evil, God and the devil from the fantasy.
- ISBN10 0020868804
- ISBN13 9780020868804
- Publish Date 1 June 1996 (first published 1 January 1965)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint MacMillan Publishing Company
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language English