{"product_id":"book-js0c","title":"C. S. Lewis: The Space Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC.S. Lewis’s allegorical sci-fi trilogy about a philology professor’s adventures on Mars, Venus and Earth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing a reluctant hero’s extraordinary journey through the cosmos, C. S. Lewis’s classic trilogy contains all the magic, invention, humour and big ideas of his Narnia novels. Thrilling, mystical and evocative, it mixes theology and mythology to tell the epic story of an interplanetary struggle between good and evil. This collection includes \u003cb\u003eAlex Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e’ unabridged readings of \u003ci\u003eOut of the Silent Planet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePerelandra\u003c\/i\u003e, and a stunning full-cast adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThat Hideous Strength\u003c\/i\u003e, starring \u003cb\u003eAnneika Rose\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJoel MacCormack\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of the Silent Planet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e – While out on a walk, Cambridge academic Dr Ransom calls at a mysterious house to take shelter, only to find himself captive on a spaceship headed for Malacandra – the red planet he knows as Mars. His intended fate is to be a human sacrifice, but he escapes, meets the various alien inhabitants – and learns how Earth, the ‘silent planet’, was corrupted and cut off from the rest of the Solar System...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerelandra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e – Returned from Mars, Ransom is sent on a mission to the beautiful paradise planet of Perelandra, or Venus. There, he encounters floating islands, bubble trees and The Green Lady, an Eve figure tempted by Satan in the form of Ransom’s old enemy, Dr Weston. Forced into a desperate confrontation, can Ransom preserve the purity of this Eden-like world?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat Hideous Strength\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e – Set in an exhausted Britain in the late 1940s, this ‘modern fairy tale for grown-ups’ warns of a world where technocrats are kings. The newly established National Institute for Coordinated Experiments seems to promise a bright future. But Jane is tormented by terrible nightmares about a severed head that speaks. She tries to talk to her husband Mark, but he is preoccupied with his work at the University. Then Mark's college sell Bragdon Wood to NICE, and he is offered a job at the organisation. An ancient myth claims that Merlin is buried under the wood – could that be why NICE is so keen to own it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCredits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of the Silent Planet \u003c\/i\u003eby CS Lewis © 1938 CS Lewis Pte Ltd., \u003ci\u003ePerelandra\u003c\/i\u003e by CS Lewis ©1944 CS Lewis Pte Ltd.,\u003ci\u003e That Hideous Strength \u003c\/i\u003eby CS Lewis © 1945 CS Lewis Pte Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of the Silent Planet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRead by Alex Jennings\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC 7, 2-18 February 2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerelandra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRead by Alex Jennings\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC 7, 14 February-9 March 2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat Hideous Strength\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane – Anneika Rose\u003cbr\u003eMark – Joel MacCormack\u003cbr\u003eCurry\/Ransom – Oliver Hembrough\u003cbr\u003eFeverstone\/Briers – Simon Armstrong\u003cbr\u003eHardcastle – Jane Slavin\u003cbr\u003eMrs Dimble – Siobhan Redmond\u003cbr\u003eGrace – Jane Gurnett\u003cbr\u003eWither – Matthew Bulgo\u003cbr\u003eFrost\/Hingest – David Menkin\u003cbr\u003eAlcasan\/Taxi Driver – Kiren Kebaili-Dwyer\u003cbr\u003eMerlin – Ifan Huw Dafydd\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by Melissa Murray\u003cbr\u003eProduction co-ordinators: Lindsay Rees and Eleri Sydney McAuliffe\u003cbr\u003eSound design by Catherine Robinson and Nigel Lewis\u003cbr\u003eDirected by John Norton and Emma Harding\u003cbr\u003eA BBC Audio Wales production\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26 January – 2 February 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49646053490992,"sku":"BDjs0c","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/645945-js0c-Square.jpg?v=1742641634","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-js0c","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}