Ransom Trilogy (1938-1945): Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength
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Sep 18, 2020
The Lost Lewis Tapes: Vol. 1, Out of the Silent Planet
Before he was known as a children’s author, C.S. Lewis wrote science fiction. Listen to never-before-heard audio recordings of Lewis reading from his Ransom Trilogy in this exciting three-part series on Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength. In this week’s episode, Drs. Crystal and David C. Downing sit down with Producer Aaron Hill to discuss the first novel, Out of the Silent Planet. Kidnapped and transported to the planet Mars, Elwin Ransom encounters alien creatures and powerful beings who turn his view of the world and space upside down.
Oct 2, 2020
The Lost Lewis Tapes: Vol. 2, Perelandra
In a quiet room at the Kilns in August 1960, C. S. Lewis recorded three audio tracks on a portable reel-to-reel tape deck. In one of those tracks, Lewis reads from Perelandra for 27 minutes, narrating in a mesmerizing and confident voice Elwin Ransom’s arrival on the watery planet Venus. In this second installment of The Lost Lewis Tapes, Drs. Crystal and David C. Downing sit down with Producer Aaron Hill to listen to excerpts from this newly released audio track and to discuss the second novel in Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy, Perelandra.
Oct 16, 2020
The Lost Lewis Tapes: Vol. 3, That Hideous Strength
“Stand! Stand where you are … ,” C.S. Lewis bellows into the tape recorder. In this third installment of The Lost Lewis Tapes, Drs. Crystal and David C. Downing sit down with Producer Aaron Hill to discuss the final novel in the Ransom Trilogy and to listen to excerpts of Lewis narrating Merlin’s interrogation of Elwin Ransom from Chapter 13 of That Hideous Strength.
External links:
- Ransom Trilogy at Wikipedia
- “The Lost Lewis Tapes“ post at kerrysloft.com.