That Hideous Strength [1945]
A science-fiction novel by writer C.S. Lewis, the novel explores themes of Morality, Christianity, Faith, Obedience, Love, and the Human Condition.
The novel, follows an earlier character, Dr. Ransom, as he attempts to repel the forces of evil with help from a group of friends. The evil takes the form of beings known Asbad Eldils. These Eldils now control certain sspects of earth, including a technocratic organization known as The N.I.C.E. The aim of The N.I.C.E. is to re-educate man, with its end goal being to eradicate most of humankind and rid the world of all organic life.
A science-fiction novel by writer C.S. Lewis, the novel explores themes of Morality, Christianity, Faith, Obedience, Love, and the Human Condition.
The novel, follows an earlier character, Dr. Ransom, as he attempts to repel the forces of evil with help from a group of friends. The evil takes the form of beings known Asbad Eldils. These Eldils now control certain sspects of earth, including a technocratic organization known as The N.I.C.E. The aim of The N.I.C.E. is to re-educate man, with its end goal being to eradicate most of humankind and rid the world of all organic life.
“Plenty of people in our age do entertain the monstrous dreams of
power that Mr. Lewis attributes to his characters, and we are within sight
of the time when such dreams will be realizable”
[The Scientist Takes Over”,
Review of C. S. Lewis, That Hideous Strength (1945)
by George Orwell, Manchester Evening News, 16 August 1945]
power that Mr. Lewis attributes to his characters, and we are within sight
of the time when such dreams will be realizable”
[The Scientist Takes Over”,
Review of C. S. Lewis, That Hideous Strength (1945)
by George Orwell, Manchester Evening News, 16 August 1945]