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The final book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which includesOut of the Silent PlanetandPerelandra, That Hideous Strengthconcludes the adventures of the matchless Dr. Ransom. The dark forces that were repulsed inOut of the Silent PlanetandPerelandraare massed for an assault on the planet Earth itself. Word is on the wind that the mighty wizard Merlin has come back to the land of the living after many centuries, holding the key to ultimate power for that force which 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 squelch 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 close.Product Identifiers
PublisherScribner
ISBN-100743234928
ISBN-139780743234924
eBay Product ID (ePID)2437036
Product Key Features
Book TitleThat Hideous Strength
TopicScience Fiction / Action & Adventure, Literary, Science Fiction / General, Fantasy / Epic
Publication Year2003
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorC.S. Lewis
Book SeriesThe Space Trilogy Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1in
Item Length8in
Item Width5.2in
Item Weight10.9 Oz
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Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsThe New Yorker If wit and wisdom, style and scholarship are requisites to passage through the pearly gates, Mr. Lewis will be among the angels., Los Angeles Times Lewis, perhaps more than any other twentieth-century writer, forced those who listened to him and read his works to come to terms with their own philosophical presuppositions., The New YorkerIn his usual polished prose, the author creates an elaborate satiric picture of a war between morality and devilry., The New Yorker In his usual polished prose, the author creates an elaborate satiric picture of a war between morality and devilry., The New YorkerIf wit and wisdom, style and scholarship are requisites to passage through the pearly gates, Mr. Lewis will be among the angels.
Dewey Edition20
Series Volume Number3
Dewey Decimal823/.912
Number of Pages384 Pages