That Hideous Strength, C. S. Lewis
That Hideous Strength, C. S. Lewis
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That Hideous Strength
A Modern FairyTale for GrownUps

Author: C. S. Lewis

Narrator: Geoffrey Howard

Unabridged: 14 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2009

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

This is the final book of C. S. Lewiss acclaimed Cosmic (or Ransom) Trilogy, which includes Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra. A classic work of fantasy as much for the wonder of its storytelling as for its insights into the human condition, the trilogy stages an epic battle between forces of light and darkness across a canvas of other worlds.In That Hideous Strength, the brave philologist Dr. Ransom (modeled after Lewiss friend J.R.R. Tolkien) finds himself in a world of superior alien beings and scientific experiments run amok. There is a rumor that the powerful wizard Merlin has returned to the world of the living, and a sinister technocratic organization plans to use his power in their plot to recondition society. Ransoms fight for moral wisdom in a brave new universe dominated by science is a quest filled with intrigue and suspense.

About C. S. Lewis

It is a lofty goal, but many would be pleased if the work they accomplished would last well after their death, and be lauded with posthumous praise. Such is what happened to British author Clive Staples Lewis. He was born on November 29, 1898 and passed on November 22, 1963...... just prior to his 65th birthday. It was 2013 on the 50th Anniversary of Lewis' death, that he was honored by being given a memorial in Poet's Corner in West minister Abbey.

Lewis wore many professional hats......that of novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist. His best known work is The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters, and The Space Trilogy. He is the author of more than 30 books, translated into over 30 languages. As we are all aware, The Chronicles of Narnia had tremendous sales numbers and have been made popular on stage, TV, radio, and cinema.

Lewis married American author, Joy Davidman, in 1956, but sadly, she passed away only four years later from cancer at only 45 years old. Lewis then died in 1963 of renal failure.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Douglas on July 19, 2017

Stupendous. Just great, and also read in January of 1990. Also read in May of 2009. Also read in June of 1985. Also read in July of 1980. Finished it again on an Audible version in August of 2015. And yet again in Audible in September of 2016. And one more time on Audible in July of 2017.......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on December 22, 2021

Read this with my Patreon this time around and continue to love this book. I will keep reading it until I am grown up enough to understand it all. Then I will go to Heaven and talk to Lewis about it.......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on July 13, 2016

I finished it while 30,000 feet in the air. It was a night-time flight, and after I finished the last page i set it down, turned to look out the window and while my mind wandered and mulled on what i had just experienced with the book, I saw that we were skirting to the side of a storm. The lightnin......more

Goodreads review by ladydusk on April 07, 2025

I read this on Kindle. I really enjoyed this book. There was so much that Lewis had to say and show. The evil was really evil, and the layers were peeled back slowly, slowly to the final climax. The evil is so evil it doesn't seem possible to defeat. The good was really good. Waiting, abiding, sojourn......more

Goodreads review by John on July 18, 2020

I've read "That Hideous Strength" several times, and it always has been my favorite of C.S. Lewis' space trilogy. But this time through, it captivated me in a way that it never has before. Only C.S. Lewis, with his combination of brilliance, scholarly knowledge, writing ability, wit and Christian wo......more

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