I have long been fascinated by C.S. Lewis’ fiction, especially his Space Trilogy. I came across an excellent and succinct review by Eric Costa, over on Monergism’s blog Reformation Theology. Read the review, and then read the books!
“It may seem strange that I am writing a review of The Space Trilogy, by C. S. Lewis. It’s a review of a trilogy instead of just one book. It’s fiction (scientifiction, even!) instead of heavy propositional theology. What does this have to do with the Reformation Theology blog? It will probably take me the whole review to be able to answer that one (if I can).
I grew up loving to read science fiction and fantasy like The Chronicles of Narnia. I read them over and over again, even though I wasn’t a Christian and had no idea about the great symbolism involved. But I hadn’t read The Space Trilogy. There may have been one time I tried, but it was beyond me. It’s definitely for adults with good vocabularies, preferably with some knowledge of latin, the classics, and ancient mythologies. And for those who know the Gospel well.
It may be difficult for me to boil down the content of the whole trilogy in a review and keep it of readable length, but here goes!”
