That Hideous Strength by C.S. LewisMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
One of my favorite books of all time. I was amazed upon this reading at how much of the story I had forgotten. The contents of the objective room and Arthur and Camille's attitude towards weather were actually my firmest memories. I also realized how much of Lewis's non-fiction writing was inter-woven throughout as I encountered themes that he wrote about throughout his career. That should come as no surprise considering how integrated was both his philosophy and his theology.
Also, I love this book because at moments the story is very strange. I'll have to locate my own copy of the book and read it again sometime in the next several years.
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3 comments:
Thanks for taking the time to write what you could remember. It seems that we're both in the same boat, but in different camps. It's been a while since I read the book, too, and I can't even remember as much as you did about the story. All I remember is that it was strange and I didn't like it.
I read A Man Who Was Thursday for 2 reasons. First, it was Chesterton, and I liked the idea of liking him. His Catholicism, large size, enjoyment of earnest debate with the likes of H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw, tendency toward absentmindedness--all that stuff made me want to like his writing. Second, the title sounded intriguing. But, I ended up not liking the story, because it just didn't make any sense.
For whatever it may be worth, I've never been able to finish Orthodoxy either, but not because it didn't make sense. It does. But, I got to about Chapter 4 and ran out of patience.
Grr...blogger is double posting my comments. I can't stand looking at the repetition, so I'm deleting the duplicates. That's why you are seeing the "This comment has been removed by the author" messages.
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