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<p>"How does Mr. MacPhee explain the Director's age?"</p>
<p>"You mean his looking-or being- so young--if you call it young?"</p>
<p>"Yes. That is what people are like who come back from the stars. Or at least from Perelandra. &nbsp;Paradise is still going on there; make him tell you about it sometime. &nbsp;He will never grow a year or a month older again." (194)</p>
<p>-alw</p>
<p>Perelandra is the second book in C.S. Lewis' trilogy, published in 1943. It also includes the character, Ransom or "The Fisher King" in this novel. But in this book, he arrives on the planet of Venus, and realizes that its a type of paraidse surrounded by water or oceans. Also what's different from That Hideous Strength, is the fact that <a href="http://www.conncoll.edu/visual/Durer-prints/smallpassion.all/web/box%2025-01.jpg">"the fall of man"</a>&nbsp;that refers to the transition of the first humans from a state of innocent obedience to guilty disobedience from God is apparent in this novel, where it is not in That Hideous Strength. TH</p>
<p>&nbsp;Perelandra is somewhat like Lewis' version of the&nbsp;biblical reference&nbsp;of Adam and Eve in which knowledge is acheived. However, Lewis&nbsp;uses&nbsp;a scientific and&nbsp;fictional twist.&nbsp; MM</p>
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<p>The 2nd novel in C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy (which also includes <em>Out of the Silent Planet</em> and <em>That Hideous Strength</em>), <em>Perelandra</em> is also published under the title <em>Voyage to Venus</em> by Pan Books. This novel details the story of Ransom (also referred to as the pendragon, Fisher-King, and Director in <em>That Hideous Strength</em>) as he travels to Venus to stop the evil Professor Weston from tempting the Queen of the planet, in a parallel to the biblical story of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_and_eve">Adam and Eve.</a> While fighting Professor Weston (who seems to be possessed by the devil), Ransom sustains a number of wounds, including a bite to his heel. This wound is the only one which will not heal, as we can see that he still suffers from it in <em>That Hideous Strength</em>. This wound parallels Arthurian Legend, in which the King has a wounded leg which causes his land to suffer in desolation until it is healed.</p>
<p><img title="Perelandra" src="http://chaplainchat.blogware.com/C.S.%20Lewis%20Book.JPG" alt="perelandra" width="274" height="398" /><img title="Perelandra" src="http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/0887-1/%7B3D8F0D46-7BAB-456F-BEB1-D50FA3C3B15D%7DImg100.jpg" alt="perelandra2" width="298" height="397" /></p>
<p>Covers of <em>Perelandra</em> which resemble images of Adam and Eve.</p>
<p>"Perelandra" is also present in the universe of music. It is a song by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_Dust">Circle of Dust</a>, an album by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_Hammer">Glass Hammer</a>, and (also) an album by Kevin Braheny.</p>
<p>Perelandra is also the name of the <a href="http://www.perelandra-ltd.com/">Center of Nature Research</a> in Virginia.</p>
<p>-KS(erzcore)</p>
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