

Most importantly, he discovers the Eldila, non-corporeal beings which Ransom can hear, but not see. He also learns of other Malacandrian species, the Pfifltriggi, Malacandrian engineers, and the Sorn or Seroni, the intelligentsia.

Ransom makes a beginning of learning Hrossan speech (which is the lingua franca of Malacandra). The Hrossa are the poets of Malacandrian society and are its fishermen and boatmen as well. "After escaping, Ransom discovers the Hrossa. Upon arrival, Ransom manages to escape, fleeing in panic from approaching Sorns. It's a second trip for Weston & Devine they kidnap Ransom for what they believe is a human sacrifice required by the alien species called Sorns for their mythical god. Elwin Ransom, a philologist and Cambridge college don, is on a walking tour of rural England when he is kidnapped by Devine, an old school acquaintance, and Weston, a physicist, and taken to Malacandra via a spacecraft of Weston's invention. "In this, the first book of the trilogy, Dr. Not as well known, but just as deserving of a place on a discerning reader's bookshelf are his only works of science fiction, sometimes known collectively as the Space Trilogy. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia are rightly beloved by millions as a modern masterpiece of fantasy and as a gentle introduction to Christian theology as well.
