The third in The Space Trilogy and in my opinion the best. The pace is much faster and there is more going on in terms of action, but there is still that beautiful prose which makes the writings of C. S. Lewis so excellent.
At first I
didn’t think we were going to meet Ransom in this book, and I was concerned
that I would never find out what happened to his foot. But all was well, he was
there but came in an unexpected way. Which was only one of the things that came
out of left field in this book.
On the
whole I loved the idea. I think it is very true to life and C. S. Lewis was
just as perceptive as George Orwell in terms of where society would be heading.
This book is different to the other two in that it is the only one focused on
what is happening on Earth. Earth is in the background of the other books but
now it is centre stage as a battle takes place between the bent eldila and the
gods of the heavens.
It’s subtle,
beautifully written and exciting. It cleverly puts into a semi-plausible
narrative what might happen at the end of time. The arrival of Merlin was an
interesting twist that I didn’t buy entirely but it is certainly an interesting
possibility.
Reading the
whole series is a must in my opinion.