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CS Lewis Space Trilogy Question
Posted on 3/26/25 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 3/26/25 at 7:05 pm
I can’t believe I’m 45 years old, a huge fan of The Chronicles of Narnia, and have loved rereading them with both of my kids—yet I’m only now discovering that C.S. Lewis also wrote a Space Trilogy!
I’m curious: are these books as accessible for kids as the Narnia series? My 8-year-old son just finished Narnia, and we were thinking of starting the Space Trilogy next. Would that be a good fit for his age, or is it more geared toward older readers?
I’m curious: are these books as accessible for kids as the Narnia series? My 8-year-old son just finished Narnia, and we were thinking of starting the Space Trilogy next. Would that be a good fit for his age, or is it more geared toward older readers?
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Posted on 3/26/25 at 7:24 pm to Hayekian serf
These are books intended for adults, I didn't discover them till I was 62.
How old are the kids you are referring to?
How old are the kids you are referring to?
Posted on 3/26/25 at 8:22 pm to ecb
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This post was edited on 3/27/25 at 5:21 am
Posted on 3/26/25 at 10:29 pm to Hayekian serf
Posted on 4/1/25 at 9:25 am to Hayekian serf
quote:No, they are deeply philosophical. I understand what he was doing but I struggled to get through the second book. I had to be honest with myself. It's not my cup of tea. I'd rather just read Miracles.
I’m curious: are these books as accessible for kids as the Narnia series? My 8-year-old son just finished Narnia, and we were thinking of starting the Space Trilogy next. Would that be a good fit for his age, or is it more geared toward older readers?
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:45 pm to Hayekian serf
Excellent series but I think they are beyond an 8 year old reader
Posted on 4/3/25 at 5:45 pm to Hayekian serf
The first book, Out of the Silent Planet, is much more accessible than the two sequels, but I'm still pretty sure that an 8-year-old would struggle. Wait four more years or so on that one.
It's great, though. And the next book, Perelandra, is my 2nd favorite novel (after Lord of the Rings). The 3rd book in the series, That Hideous Strength, is set on earth and speaks shockingly well to many of the cultural debates we face today.
So, yeah, they are amazing novels, but they are adult fiction, not children's fiction.
It's great, though. And the next book, Perelandra, is my 2nd favorite novel (after Lord of the Rings). The 3rd book in the series, That Hideous Strength, is set on earth and speaks shockingly well to many of the cultural debates we face today.
So, yeah, they are amazing novels, but they are adult fiction, not children's fiction.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 9:11 pm to Hayekian serf
A great many allusions to Lewis’ work as a medieval scholar. I was an adult when I enjoyed the series.
Posted on 4/6/25 at 6:50 pm to GOP_Tiger
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The 3rd book in the series, That Hideous Strength, is set on earth and speaks shockingly well to many of the cultural debates we face today.
Written in 1945, it was an adult fantasy/science fiction/fairy tale warning of the logical consequences of ideas and philosophies then current. The novel was the fictionalized version of ideas Lewis put forth in his 1943 book The Abolition of Man where he argued his case for a universal natural law and values that are objective rather than subjective.
Time has made his novel extraordinarily timeless as you suggest and Lewis remarkably prophetic.
“Plenty of people in our age do entertain the monstrous dreams of power that Mr Lewis attributes to his characters, and we are within sight of the time when such dreams will be realizable."
-George Orwell
(written in a review of That Hideous Strength two years prior to writing 1984 )
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