Lewis attempts is to claim outer space for Christianity, which is pretty interesting since most Christians focus heavily on Earth and ignore cosmology. Now, this isn’t to say the story isn’t a ripping good yarn, nor does it imply a lack of old fashion sense of wonder about alien life on Mars, like most SF fans love from science fiction from the 1920s and 1930s. Essentially Lewis does this for religious reasons, and not scientific, and the story feels like medieval philosophy. The reason why I claim Out of the Silent Planet is anti-science fiction is because the story wants to convince its readers that outer space is the supernatural heavens of religious myths and is full of spiritual beings, even beings who live in the void between planets. What I have to say is a reply to the philosophical implications of the novel and that indirectly gives away plot elements.
Please do not read any further if you haven’t read the book and want to avoid spoilers.
Strangely enough, it reminds me of the recent film Avatar.
Weinbaum and other pulp writers of the 1930s, and was inspired by the 1920 fantasy novel, A Voyage to Arcturus. I would go so far and say Out of the Silent Planet is an anti-science fiction novel, although it reads much like Stanley G. Lewis should not be considered a science fiction novel, it follows more in the footsteps of The Devine Comedy and Paradise Lost than it does with H.
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