Perelandra
http://lukebenjamenkuhns.files.wordpress.com/The book Perelandra, part 2 of the space trilogy written by C.S Lewis, takes place with the same character in the first part of the space trilogy, Ransom. It continues with the themes of science fiction, religion and philosophy but also discusses many new themes such as the value of hierarchy, the dullness of Satan and Lewis's opinion of downfallen sexuality.
There were many different opinions of this book from many different people but they all followed the same theme. For those that weren't true fans of C.S. Lewis they despised the book, raging about how C.S. Lewis's poor writing skills and the form of the book. For those that were true fans they were hooked for the first 100 pages and then they started becoming frustrated with the changed allusions C.S. Lewis made with the Bible, and also with C.S. Lewis's fixed notions of gender.
Overall what can be taken from both sides is that C.S. Lewis's writing could be very proactive to both types of readers, and most important from an insensitive view. The culture and creatures were, well, some of the worst written that C.S. Lewis has ever made. Many of the creatures can be seen directly in Greek mythology and bulk parts of the plot can be seen as direct allusions to other books such as J.R.R. Tolkien's and the Bible. Comparatively, C.S. Lewis spent no time on the culture and character as Tolkien did. J.R.R. Tolkien created entirely new creatures and culture while C.S Lewis, as Tolkien felt, whipped out books just to get them published.
There were many different opinions of this book from many different people but they all followed the same theme. For those that weren't true fans of C.S. Lewis they despised the book, raging about how C.S. Lewis's poor writing skills and the form of the book. For those that were true fans they were hooked for the first 100 pages and then they started becoming frustrated with the changed allusions C.S. Lewis made with the Bible, and also with C.S. Lewis's fixed notions of gender.
Overall what can be taken from both sides is that C.S. Lewis's writing could be very proactive to both types of readers, and most important from an insensitive view. The culture and creatures were, well, some of the worst written that C.S. Lewis has ever made. Many of the creatures can be seen directly in Greek mythology and bulk parts of the plot can be seen as direct allusions to other books such as J.R.R. Tolkien's and the Bible. Comparatively, C.S. Lewis spent no time on the culture and character as Tolkien did. J.R.R. Tolkien created entirely new creatures and culture while C.S Lewis, as Tolkien felt, whipped out books just to get them published.
"With next to no story, and anti-woman message, and a pile of theological debates that amount to nothing more than nonsense, Perelandra is a book that should definitely be avoided. "
http://dreamingaboutotherworlds.blogspot.com/2012/04/review-perelandra-by-cs-lewis.html