How would humans respond to other intelligent life if we found it on another planet? How might such life differ from us? How might we react to such differences? How might several such species coexist peacefully on a single planet? Could humans ever become part of such peaceful coexistence? Would such a discovery eliminate the possibility of an all-creating, self-revealing God? What fundamentally makes humans human? These are a few of the questions C.S. Lewis explores in Out of the Silent Planet, the first in the ‘Cosmic Trilogy’.
Short, a bit slow to start, but ultimately an intriguing reflection on humanity, science, revelation, worldview and God.