The first thing most readers say about That Hideous Strength, Book 3 of the Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis
, is that it is very different from the first two. I agree, the book is, indeed, very different.
First of all, it is not science fiction.
Instead of taking us on another space traveling
adventure and showing us yet another unknown, beautiful world, Lewis sets this last book on the Earth, and what we see is far from beautiful.
Dr.
Ransom from the first two books is no longer the central character, he is not even there at first but shows up much later.
The story ...