SPLANCHNICS: The Society for the Preservation of Literature, the Arts, Numinosity, Culture, Humor, Nerdiness, Inspiration, Creativity & Storytelling
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SPLANCHNICS: The Society for the Preservation of Literature, the Arts, Numinosity, Culture, Humor, Nerdiness, Inspiration, Creativity & Storytelling
Book Club: Perelandra
Clare and Hannah continue their journey through Deep Heaven with C.S. Lewis, to a pure and unfallen planet where everyone is naked without shame. Seriously. The only clothed person in this entire book is literally the Devil.
The planet is Perelandra—what we call Venus—a newly created Paradise, complete with a “human” King and Queen to be its stewards. But the Ancient Enemy, Satan, inflamed with Envy and bent on destruction, high-tails it there on a mission of corruption and evil. This time, Elwin Ransom (our hero from Out of the Silent Planet) is there to confront him, and stop him if he can…
For complete show notes, head to the episode page on Splanchnics.com.
If you’d like to pick up your own copies of Perelandra, Paradise Lost, and any other books we mentioned, do check out Clare’s Bookshop.org page. Scroll down to the Splanchnics Book Club section, the C. S. Lewis section, or the Science Fiction & Fantasy section.
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Theme music: “Splanchnics Riff” composed and performed by Clare T. Walker
Clare is an independent author who would love it if you checked out her books! If you like exciting thrillers featuring an “everyman” hero who rises to his or her full potential in the face of peril—-you might enjoy The Keys of Death. It’s a veterinary medical thriller about a small-town animal doctor who gets tangled up in a whistle-blowing scheme against a big biotech company. Or, if you prefer shorter fiction, try Startling Figures, a collection of three paranormal urban fantasy stories.