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by C. S. Lewis

In the final chapter in the cherished Space Trilogy, a sinister technocratic organization is gaining force throughout Europe with a plan to "recondition" society, and it is up to Ransom and his friends to squelch this threat by applying age-old wisdom to a brave new universe dominated by science.

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That Hideous Strength is the third novel in Lewis's science fiction trilogy. Set on Earth, it tells of a terrifying conspiracy against humanity. The story surrounds Mark and Jane Studdock, a newly married couple. Mark is a sociologist who is enticed to join an organization called N.I.C.E., which aims to control all human life. Jane, meanwhile, has bizarre prophetic dreams about a decapitated scientist, Alcasan. As Mark is drawn inextricably into the sinister organization, he discovers the truth of his wife's dreams when he meets the literal head of Alcasan, which is being kept alive by infusions of blood. Jane seeks help concerning her dreams at a community called St. Anne's, where she meets their leader—Dr. Ransom. The story ends in a final spectacular scene at the N.I.C.E. headquarters where Merlin appears to confront the powers of Hell. -C.S. Lewis Official Website.

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The final book in C.S. Lewis's acclaimed science fiction Space Trilogy, which follows Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, concludes the adventures of the matchless Dr. Ransom. Now, the dark forces that have been repulsed in Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra are massed for an assault on planet Earth. Word is that the mighty wizard Merlin has come back to the land of the living after many centuries, holding the key to ultimate power for the force that can find him and bend him to its will. A sinister technocratic organization is gaining power throughout Europe, with a plan to "recondition" society, and it is up to Ransom and his friends to stop this threat by applying age-old wisdom to a new universe dominated by science. The two groups struggle to a climactic resolution that brings the Space Trilogy to a magnificent, crashing conclusion. Written during the dark hours immediately before and during World War II, C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy stands alongside such works as Albert Camus's The Plague and George Orwell's 1984 as a timeless classic, beloved by succeeding generations as much for the sheer wonder of its storytelling as for the significance of its moral concerns.

First line

"MATRIMONY was ordained, thirdly," said Jane Studdock to herself, "for the mutual society, help, and comfort that the one ought to have of the other."

First Edition Identification

John Lane, The Bodley Head published a First UK Edition in London, 1943. The hardcover is bound in black cloth boards, with gilt lettering to the spine.

The Macmillan Company published a First US Edition thus in New York, 1968.

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Title That Hideous Strength: A Modern Fairy-Tale for Grown-Ups
Author C. S. Lewis
Binding Paperback
Edition SECOND PRINTING
Pages 384
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Scribner Book Company, U.S.A.
Date 2003-05-13
ISBN 9780743234924 / 0743234928
Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
Dimensions 7.6 x 5 x 0.9 in (19.30 x 12.70 x 2.29 cm)
Themes
- Religious Orientation: Christian
Library of Congress subjects College teachers, Science fiction
Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

Christianity Today, 08/01/2010, Page 38

About the author

C.S. Lewis was a professor of medieval and Renaissance literature at Oxford and Cambridge universities who wrote more than thirty books in his lifetime, including The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Mere Christianity. He died in 1963

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