Thus, it reads as somewhat novel and naive in hindsight. Some of its predictions of humanity’s space discoveries would be categorically disproven just a few decades after its publishing. In this respect, it’s a fairly outdated book. Life exists on other planets, and Earth’s solar system is a complex, lush ecosystem with multiple occupied worlds. As we read, the space between planets is inhabited by living creatures, like an ocean. It draws an archaic and medieval vision of what space travel and the existence of extraterrestrial life could mean within the context of a Christian worldview. The Space Trilogy asks its readers complex questions about human nature and the nature of the universe. Though not as popular as his Narnia books or as critically acclaimed as Till We Have Faces, The Space Trilogy holds a particular place in the hearts of Lewis’s fans for its spin on the science fiction genre and unique approach to theology. Positive Content: Themes of humanity, human nature, corruption and peace. A character is kidnapped to implicitly be sacrificed. Violence: A few individuals are killed, but nothing extremely graphic. Christian themes and reflections on the nature of human life.  Spiritual Content: Significant and overt discussion of theology. Lewis’s book would go on to become the first novel in his famous Space Trilogy. Tolkien’s story The Lost Road was a time travel story that wouldn’t be published until decades after his death. Both of them agreed to write their own science fiction stories that were better than the current crop of pulp paperback books on the market. The pair was dissatisfied with the state of contemporary science fiction in the 1930’s. Lewis’s most influential and unique fiction stories began as a challenge between himself and J.R.R.

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When Cooper is not working, she enjoys playing piano, gardening, and traveling.  She has also written books for adults, as well as plays and Emmy-nominated screenplays, many in collaboration with the actor Hume Cronyn, whom she married in 1996. By that time, Susan Cooper had been living in America for 13 years, having moved to marry her first husband, an American professor, and was stepmother to three children and the mother of two.Ĭooper went on to write other well-received novels, including 'The Boggart' (and its sequel 'The Boggart and the Monster'), 'King of Shadows', and 'Victory,' as well as several picture books for young readers with illustrators such as Ashley Bryan and Warwick Hutton. After attending Oxford, where she became the first woman to ever edit that university's newspaper, Cooper worked as a reporter and feature writer for London's Sunday Times her first boss was James Bond creator Ian Fleming.Ĭooper wrote her first book for young readers in response to a publishing house competition 'Over Sea, Under Stone' would later form the basis for her critically acclaimed five-book fantasy sequence, 'The Dark Is Rising.' The fourth book in the series, 'The Grey King,' won the Newbery Medal in 1976. As a child, she loved to read, as did her younger brother, who also became a writer. Susan Cooper was born in 1935, and grew up in England's Buckinghamshire, an area that was green countryside then but has since become part of Greater London. Susan Cooper's latest book is the YA novel 'Ghost Hawk' (2013)

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