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That Hideous Strength
by C.S. Lewis
A dystopia set in an English university: a scientific institute's bid for control, a marriage in trouble, Merlin awakened. The Abolition of Man as a novel.
Read it if…
you want Lewis on power, bureaucracy and the inner ring.
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Skip it if…
you want a tidy plot.
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Three things you will actually use
- The inner ring corrupts.
- Small compromises accumulate.
- Marriage is a battleground for the soul.
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Read the chapters on Mark's seduction into the N.I.C.E.
Our verdict
Lewis's dystopia.
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