That Hideous Strength
Ransom Trilogy, Book 3
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That Hideous Strength
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Narrated by:
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Geoffrey Howard
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C. S. Lewis
This is the final book in C. S. Lewis’s acclaimed 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 Lewis’s 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. Ransom’s fight for moral wisdom in a brave new universe dominated by science is a quest filled with intrigue and suspense.
©1945 , 1946 by Clive Staples Lewis. © renewed 1973, 1974 by Arthur Owen Barfield and Alfred Cecil Harwood (P)2000 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Critic reviews
“Biting wit, superlatively nonsensical excitement, challenging implications.”
(New York Times)“Well-written, fast-paced satirical fantasy.”
(Time)“In his usual polished prose, the author creates an elaborate satiric picture of a war between morality and devilry.”
(New Yorker)“An extravagant mingling of dream and realism…Excellent and thrilling reading.”
(Daily Telegraph (London))“No one in the least susceptible to Mr. Lewis’ conjurations…can drop the book at all.”
(Saturday Review)With this book C S Lewis takes the bold step of focusing on brand new characters and reducing Ransom, the hero of the previous books, to a mentor figure. If that wasn?t enough, it focuses on a secret society on earth and mixes in elements of Arthurian legend. It?s certainly a departure from intergalactic adventures of the previous two books and it feels disappointingly out of step with them.
Taken on it?s own merits it is certainly a gripping and contemporary story of ?the nanny state? gone mad. But it?s far from flawless. Lewis? literary mates and harshest critics the Inkings slated it for being to long and self indulgent (as it is set in the academic world which Lewis lived in). I think time has proved the Inklings right, if only in this case.
If you?ve listened to the previous books there is no way you should miss out on this one, but do be prepared for a massive change of pace.
If you are new to Lewis or his ?space trilogy? then listen to ?Out of the Silent Planet? immediately. You will be glad you did!
flawed genius, but still genius
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