Series
Cosmic Trilogy (C. S. Lewis)
C. S. Lewis · 3 novels · 1 short story · 1938–2012
The Space Trilogy is a series of science fiction novels by British writer C. S. Lewis. The trilogy consists of Out of the Silent Planet (1938), Perelandra (1943), and That Hideous Strength (1945). A philologist named Elwin Ransom is the protagonist of the first two novels and an important character in the third.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(2 editions)
Map
Cosmic Trilogy (C. S. Lewis) at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1930s1
- 1940s2
- 1950s0
- 1960s0
- 1970s0
- 1980s0
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- 2000s0
- 2010s1
Shape
3 novels · 1 short story
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictionfaith and religionother star systemsearly 20th centuryadventurousadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 33% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 4 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- That Hideous Strengthdarkest · most intense
- Out of the Silent Planetbrightest
- Perelandracalmest