CS Lewis is so beloved for his writings on faith and spirituality, as well as the Narnia books, that his adult fiction is sometimes overlooked. In the first book of his Space Trilogy, Out of the Silent Planet, three men go to Mars and their subsequent adventures show Lewis’ viewpoint on the difference between authentic science and the pride of scientism. Joseph Pearce has more.

Further Reading

C.S. Lewis Goes to Mars

Joseph’s website

Guest Info

Joseph Pearce is the author of numerous literary works including Literary Converts, The Quest for Shakespeare and Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know. He’s Senior Contributor at The Imaginative Conservative, St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair of Catholic Studies at Thomas More College in Merrimack, NH, editor of the St. Austin Review, and series editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions. Visit his website at jpearce.co.

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