Out of the Silent Planet is a science-fiction novel first published in 1938. Written by famous British author C.S. Lewis, the novel details the story of Dr. Ransom, who is on a planet that definitely is not Earth. The novel is a bit like H.G. Wells's Time Machine, in that is chronicles some odd beings interacting with a human. By the end of the novel, Lewis, the author, appears as a character, interviewing Dr. Ransom on if he can publish his adventure. No one else besides Lewis seems to believe that Ransom's adventure was real.
Born in 1898, C.S. Lewis was a British author and unprofessional Christian theologist. The Space Trilogy, of which Out of the Silent Planet is a part of, is one of his more popular series, but his most popular is The Chronicles of Narnia. Having attended both Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Lewis was well read and professional in his writing. He was also friends with J.R.R Tolkien, who wrote The Hobbit.
