Out of the Silent Planet By C. S. Lewis is a great book.At first glance it appears to be an excellent science fiction novel written before Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke had even been published. It includes a trip into space on an incredible spherical space ship, the discovery of alien culture and life on Mars and encounters between our culture and that of the Martians or Malacandrians as they are called. However this book is so much more than just a simple science fiction novel. In fact if you went into this book expecting simple adventures and tales of the future of science you would be disappointed. The purpose of this book is not that of many science fiction novels, to glorify science. Through this book we are given insights into what we value and whether we value the right things things. In this book written in the 1930's it is questioned if we have taken science to far for all the wrong reasons. This book definitely worth reading but it is far from mindless and far from what you may be used to in the science fiction genre; however, if you take a couple hours to read it, it's under 150 pages, you will have something worth considering. Out of the Silent Planet fulfills the ends of Henry Longfellow in reading this book you might find that tomorrow you are farther than today.
-Daniel
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