> > I trust you read Out of the Silent Planet first?
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> But of course. I'd never rob myself by reading a series out of order.
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Oddly enough, i and everyone else i know who have read these books (except for my brother, but he's weird, anyway) have started with Perelandra. I did so because i was at that "Momma, buy me a book" age, and that was the one she let me get.

> > I read Lewis' space trilogy when I was in junior high I think. I really ought to read them again sometime soon.
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> My thoughts exactly. This is my second time through.
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I read the first two in junior high, but That Hideous Strength was too much, so i waited a couple years. When i reread the series two springs past, i was blown away by how little i actually got of the books' intent. But i did remember the plots.

> > I managed to get through That Hideous Strength, the third and final novel, but it was difficult. I just didn't "get" a lot of it; but I think if I read the series again, I might understand some of the philosophical passages in them better.
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> Yeah, I had that problem too. Maybe it'll be easier this time.
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> > Other thoughts?
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> If you like Lewis' stuff, don't forget to read Till We Have Faces. That's my favorite of his fiction novels.
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I read that for the first time last summer: an amazing book. If i can ever locate a hardback copy, i intend to just read it over repeatedly until i go blind.

If you've ever wanted to read a book that will grab you, jerk you into the story, then spew you back out abruptly without resolve, i would recommend Lewis' unfinished novel The Dark Tower. It delves into time travel (making some interesting scientific observation commonly overlooked in most modern time travel stories), and ends just where it shouldn't. The book was abandoned, but several themes and ideas would show up in his later writings, including both the Space Trilogy and Narnia Chronicles.

> > Gri"my apologies to the originator of