Unlike more popular works like the Chronicles of Narnia and , C. S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy is lesser-known and often perplexing. and take readers on adventures through the heavens; delves deep into topics much closer to home. In the process, these books allude to everything from H. G. Wells and the World Wars to Medieval cosmology and Arthurian Legend; therefore, there is much to be gained from an introduction to Lewis's broad and eclectic interests.