Which C.S. Lewis novel follows the space voyage of Elwin Ransom?

Out of the Silent Planet follows the space voyage of Elwin Ransom.

Published in 1938, the novel is the first volume of C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy. Ransom, a Cambridge philologist, is kidnapped and taken to Mars, which inhabitants call Malacandra. The journey exposes him to alien cultures, ethical questions, and a wider cosmic history.

The novel combines planetary adventure with Lewis’s interest in language, theology, and the dangers of colonial thinking. Its imagined Martian societies are not presented as simple monsters or technological enemies; instead, they challenge human assumptions about civilization and morality.

The remaining books of the trilogy are Perelandra and That Hideous Strength. The trilogy is separate from the Chronicles of Narnia, although both series use fantasy or speculative settings to explore moral and spiritual ideas.