![]() ![]() Shortly after landing on Malacandra, Weston and Devine attempt to drag Ransom to the servants of Oyarsa, but a particular incident distracts them, and Ransom escapes. Ransom grows suspicious of their activities, and Devine persuades Weston to abduct Ransom instead. It is then that they are surprised by a chance visit by Elwin Ransom, the main character of the novel, who is an old schoolmate of Devine. They plan to take him to Malacandra (Mars) as a human sacrifice to Oyarsa, its ruling angel. In Out of the Silent Planet, Weston first appears with his accomplice, Dick Devine (the future Lord Feverstone in That Hideous Strength), attempting to abduct a mentally impaired young man named Harry, whom Weston considers subhuman and disposable. Weston returns in the second book, in an attempt to wreak havoc on Venus ( Perelandra), the "new Eden." He is defeated by the novel's protagonist Elwin Ransom on Mars (known to its inhabitants as " Malacandra"). He is introduced in the trilogy's first book, Out of the Silent Planet (1938), as an eminent physicist who has invented space travel. Professor Weston (full name Edward Rolles Weston) is a Satanic character in C. JSTOR ( November 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message). ![]() ![]() Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification. ![]()
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