Perelandra by C.S. LewisMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
The second in Lewis' Space Trilogy, Perelandra tells the story of Dr. Ransom's journey to Venus and back again. This sci-fi adventure is a theological meditation on sin and temptation. In many ways it's a re-telling of the first three chapters of Genesis, with a twist. What would it be like if the world were unspoiled, if sin had never entered in, if the first parents had resisted the serpent's temptations? In Perelandra Ransom is sent to young world to help the first woman battle against the temptations of the Evil One.
I highly recommend this book. Easily the best in the trilogy, and I rank Perelandra among Lewis' best books (along with Mere Christianity, 'Till We Have Faces, The Screwtape Letters, and The Magician's Nephew).
Read it if you have a pulse. (And especially if you want to think more about the first few chapters of Genesis)
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