![]() ![]() There is something big going on at N.I.C.E. has an air about it that makes the reader nervous (Lewis is a really good writer!!). ![]() He is getting more and more 'in' as the book goes on. That his wife, Jane, and he get estranged is not a big concern to him - he will have time to fix that later, when he is a big man. And it is a key, he is sure, to some real recognition and power that he feels he deserves. A professor of course! He is just being brought into the 'in' crowd. It is at once exciting, unfathomable and scary.īut to the story. And 'Hideous' was a word well chosen.The National Institute of Co-ordinated Experiments is abbreviated N.I.C.E. Anne's - which is just a large home - and is named (here we go again with Lewis) after the Grandmother of our Lord. It is set in the small towns and College lounges of early 20th century England. ![]() In fact it takes place in one of the most cozy, domestic settings you can think of. Despite the fact that That Hideous Strength is the third book in the Space Trilogy none of it takes place in space. ![]()
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