The Tower (Wilson novel)

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The Tower is a novel by Colin Wilson published in 1987.

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Plot summary

The Tower is a novel in which humankind has been enslaved and driven to outlawry by giant spiders in the far future. [1]

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed The Tower for White Dwarf #88, and stated that "Tower opens with much ostentatious research work about deserts and creepy-crawlies, which in the great tradition of pulp SF ignores the sheer unworkability of giant insects." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Langford, Dave (April 1987). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf (88). Games Workshop: 8.