That Hideous Strength Author:C. S. Lewis "I have called this a fairy-tale in the hope tha no one who dislikes fantasy may be misled by the first two chapters into reading further, and then complain of his disappointment. If you ask why - intending to write about magicians, devils, pantomime animals, and planetary angels - I nevertheless begin with such hum-drum scenes and persons, I r... more »eply that I am following the traditional fairy-tale...This is a 'tall story' about devilry, though it has behind it a serious point which I have tried to make in my "Abolition of Man." - from Lewis' preface.« less