Out of the Silent Planet

It took me awhile to get used to the pace and feel of this book. Perhaps it was in part because I expected Narnia in space. Out of the Silent Planet is not a children's story like the Chronicles of Narnia, however. Lewis takes a page out of Tolkien's play book in creating a Malacandrian language. (Malacabdria being the planet which the story takes place.)

The main point of this book, in my reading of it, is to bring to light the arguments of atheistic thought in light of the universe and how it has no reason. What I mean is that there is no purpose or moral. If there is no God, no designer, or ruler, if all is simply a matter of a natural development over time, any purpose or moral is imposed by a person or civilization for its own reason. This I believe Lewis illustrates from the perspective of creatures who live knowing God and the story of the fall of Lucifer. There are many other more subtle observations I have that being me to believe this novel is a Christian apologetics book, but they may be creations of my own mind, not is there time for that sort of thing in a short review.

I rate this as four out of five stars because it is a book I thoroughly enjoyed, but do not count it as an absolute favorite.