![]() ![]() This is because, as you know, having got your people to this exciting country, something must happen.” When Aldiss responds “ But I am surprised that you put it this way round. And then, of course, the story about an averted fall developed. The whole of the rest of my labors in a sense consisted of building up a world in which floating islands could exist. However, in a 1962 discussion with Kingsley Amis and Brian Aldiss, Lewis states that “ The starting point of the second novel, Perelandra, was my mental picture of the floating islands. While Out of the Silent Planet is science fiction, Perelandra is better described as religious fantasy (with portions of what could be called supernatural horror). Lewis, I should also mention Perelandra, the middle volume. Having blogged about Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength, the first and last novels of the “Space Trilogy” or “Cosmic Trilogy” by C. ![]()
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