[net.books] *The Inheritors*, *The Spire*

bukys@rochester.UUCP (10/10/83)

These are the other William Golding books that I have read.

*The Inheritors* is one of the best "science fiction" books around.  It
describes life from the point of view of a member of a dying breed
(Neanderthal or something), and his clan's encounter with the
up-and-coming breed (Homo Sapiens).  Short but very dense.
Recommended!

*The Spire*:  Monomaniacal priest works to get an enormous church spire
constructed.  Slow and unrewarding, as I remember.  I only finished it
because I'm stubborn.  It's probably out of print.  I got my copy at a
used book sale.  Unless some Golding scholar tells me otherwise, I will
assume this book is not worth cracking again.

Liudvikas Bukys
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