Perelandra
by C. S. Lewis
Avon
1950
Possible 1^stedition
     When viewing this cover, one must ask why the tall figures are tanned on their face and shoulders, but are corpse white on the rest of their bodies, when they are parading around naked. That point notwithstanding, the back cover blurb for this less-successful sequel to Out of the Silent Planet portrays the novel as "Two Adams and one Eve on a new-born world." The focal point of the book is The Green Lady, who is described as "a mysterious naked beauty, virginally innocent" and perhaps "the only inhabitant of that new world."
     In truth, Perelandra is a rather mundane science fiction adventure that is a mixture of low key adventure and Christian thought. C. S. Lewis was one of the outstanding theologians of the 20th century, but, unfortunately, he got lost in this book and the others in the trilogy (the 3^rd book was titled That Hideous Strength). Better to read the "Nanaria" series to get a feel for Lewis and his ideas.