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Perelandra by C.S. Lewis5/8/2023 ![]() ![]() There is an incident there that reminded me of Laban, but without going to deep into the moral reasoning. That said, the basic idea works a lot better in Narnia than here, and I would recommend those books.įinally, Perelandra is a retelling of the Garden of Eden, and Lewis has some takes that are, not unsurprisingly, at odds with the LDS understanding of that event. In sum I would say that these books remind me of Narnia, and I expect Narnia did take some inspiration from them. A main difference is that where Lindsay out-gnosticed the Gnostics in his work and for Jules Verne the man of science was above morality, Lewis inverts that and makes those amoral characters the obvious villians, and dupes if dark spiritual powers. Lady, much like Eve, was tempted to gain knowledge of good and evil by Weston. ![]() ![]() The thing that I found most interesting was the parallel between the Perelandra and the garden of Eden. It also seems that he deliberately copied some of the features of the pioneers of science fiction such as Jules Verne. Lewis’ book, Perelandra, was an interesting and enjoyable book to read. I believe the author was inspired by reading the imaginative Voyage to Arcturus, and said he now saw the use of science fiction - it is to explore spiritual worlds, the only other world that we know besides our own Earth. ![]()
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