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Kyle
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It took me a while to realize that the narrator of the first few chapters, unnamed for most of them, would be C. S. himself, even when his planet-hopping philologist friend finally addresses him as Lewis it took a couple pages to sink in. So there is some element of truthiness in this tall tale, as someone must have come up with a reason Ransom travels to a watery wavy planet named Perelandra on a mysterious mission.
— Nov 01, 2024 09:32PM
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Kyle
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Un-man’s tempting of the Perelandrian Lady takes on many biblical tones, as if it were a mere replaying of memorable scenes from Genesis with one highlight being the satanic voice getting her to put on some clothes. The mirror unnerves her so it is up to Ransom to forgo logic and pummel this enemy. Brief glimpses outside this Jacobean wrestling reveal “one middle-aged scholar against another” (p. 155).
— Mar 17, 2025 10:14PM
Kyle
is on page 107 of 222
Fascinating that this series was written as part of a bet, one that Lewis clearly won despite Tolkien not bothering to write his own time-travel story. Nevertheless Lewis wins in a deeper sense as his imagination provides more a sense of wonder than his Inkling contemporary usually manages. The fine detail put into alien worlds, strange and new, adds to the allegorical layer and stirs up theological debate mid-story.
— Dec 20, 2024 03:47AM
