Chrissy Jaeger- Space Trilogy

In the first book Out of the Silent Plant in the Space Trilogy I found that the book moved quite slow. Although it was interesting because of the topic and the plot, I found myself dragging through the chapters. I think this was largely due to the fact that in order to follow the book one had to really pay attention. With C.S. Lewis making up his own language, it was hard to follow what was happening when. Lewis is a huge advocate for creating a feeling and atmosphere for the reader of the location in the book, but with the new language it was hard to picture and understand which part of the land they were talking about. It was also hard to follow when the situation was truly dangerous or not. This may have been on purpose because I think part of the idea was that the Soran were considered bad at first and then Ransom comes to find out that they are very nice to him.
I did love the part in the book about the sun. They were in the space ship and one part of the ship was engulfed in this light that was from the sun. Ransom would describe it as a feeling and experience that was more joyful and complete than anything he had felt before. In fact, space became not a place to be afraid of and a place that was lacking and empty, it was more full and more powerful than earth had been to him. I love the way Lewis really draws the reader into this idea, and redevelops the myth that space is so scary and unknown (and perhaps not worth knowing).