"Out of the Silent Planet" is a stunnigly captive and imaginative tale. C.S. Lewis, the mastermind behind many great books, really struck it in with this one. He tells of a curiously smart character named Ransom, and is survival on the foreign planet Malacandra. 3 co-existing species, living in what is described as a beautiful, lucious, paradise, really add to the splendor of the book. Having first been published in 1943, this book still draws you in with its philosophical and suspenseful storyline. I reccommend this great piece of literature to any and to all.