Comments on: Perelandra http://www.somesmart.com/2010/perelandra/ Book blogging (mostly) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:46:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott http://www.somesmart.com/2010/perelandra/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Scott Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:16:48 +0000 http://www.somesmart.com/?p=731#comment-460 Thanks! That's an interesting observation with the mermaids. I wonder if they were like some of the other creatures on Malacandra and not hnau, or sentient, beings? I never made the connection between Ransom's thoughts on goodness and Aslan, but I agree! One of my favorite things about Lewis is his versatility. One day you can be reading <i>A Preface to Paradise Lost</i> and the next day <i>The Chronicles of Narnia</i>. Thanks! That’s an interesting observation with the mermaids. I wonder if they were like some of the other creatures on Malacandra and not hnau, or sentient, beings?

I never made the connection between Ransom’s thoughts on goodness and Aslan, but I agree!

One of my favorite things about Lewis is his versatility. One day you can be reading A Preface to Paradise Lost and the next day The Chronicles of Narnia.

]]> By: Mome Rath http://www.somesmart.com/2010/perelandra/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Mome Rath Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:59:21 +0000 http://www.somesmart.com/?p=731#comment-458 Good database notes -- this book was an intriguing case study on temptation. Much talk was made about how the world of Perelandra was new, but I wonder what was up with the mermaids and other underwater creatures; did they play any role in the past? This seemed to be the first real bout with temptation that Perelandra had faced. I did like Ransom's thoughts on goodness; they reminded me of how Lewis described Aslan, saying that he wasn't safe, but he was good. I've read a fair amount of Lewis' non-fiction, but I'm finally getting around to this Space Trilogy. Thanks for the heads up about the slow start to the third book. Good database notes — this book was an intriguing case study on temptation. Much talk was made about how the world of Perelandra was new, but I wonder what was up with the mermaids and other underwater creatures; did they play any role in the past? This seemed to be the first real bout with temptation that Perelandra had faced.
I did like Ransom’s thoughts on goodness; they reminded me of how Lewis described Aslan, saying that he wasn’t safe, but he was good.
I’ve read a fair amount of Lewis’ non-fiction, but I’m finally getting around to this Space Trilogy. Thanks for the heads up about the slow start to the third book.

]]> By: Scott http://www.somesmart.com/2010/perelandra/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Scott Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:10:30 +0000 http://www.somesmart.com/?p=731#comment-451 Interesting, I'll have to check if the collection of essays I have by Lewis (<i>Of Other Worlds</i>) has that in it. If you haven't yet, I encourage you to take a look at the database entry on this one - I tried to use quotes from <i>Perelandra</i> to exemplify some of the ideas common to Lewis's writing in general (based on what I learned listening to the lectures). You may find it interesting. I'll warn you, as well, that the third book in the trilogy is very different. It starts of slow and takes a long time to get going. It's been years since I read it, but I do remember ultimately enjoying it. It just took a while to get there. Interesting, I’ll have to check if the collection of essays I have by Lewis (Of Other Worlds) has that in it.

If you haven’t yet, I encourage you to take a look at the database entry on this one – I tried to use quotes from Perelandra to exemplify some of the ideas common to Lewis’s writing in general (based on what I learned listening to the lectures). You may find it interesting.

I’ll warn you, as well, that the third book in the trilogy is very different. It starts of slow and takes a long time to get going. It’s been years since I read it, but I do remember ultimately enjoying it. It just took a while to get there.

]]> By: Mome Rath http://www.somesmart.com/2010/perelandra/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Mome Rath Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:37:18 +0000 http://www.somesmart.com/?p=731#comment-450 I just finished reading this book earlier in the week. I'm liking Lewis' Space Trilogy so far; very compelling ideas considering space wasn't explored yet in Lewis' time. Outside of the story slowing down for me in the last chapter, I enjoyed the book overall. Lewis wrote an essay once on whether extraterrestial life would be subject to the same need for reconciliation as mankind, and I'm curious now whether the trilogy or the essay came first. I just finished reading this book earlier in the week. I’m liking Lewis’ Space Trilogy so far; very compelling ideas considering space wasn’t explored yet in Lewis’ time. Outside of the story slowing down for me in the last chapter, I enjoyed the book overall.
Lewis wrote an essay once on whether extraterrestial life would be subject to the same need for reconciliation as mankind, and I’m curious now whether the trilogy or the essay came first.

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