That Hideous Strength Author:C. S. Lewis The conclusion of a celebrated space trilogy which begins in "Out of the Silent Planet" and continues in "Perelandra". — That Hideous Strength describes an attempt to build a modern Tower of Babel in England during the 1940s. A ?scientific? institute called N.I.C.E. (?National Institute of Coordinated Experiments?) -- headed by the friends of Dr.... more » Weston, familiar to readers of the first two books -- tries to establish complete human control over nature, including the face of the Earth and the human body itself.« less