Author: William Golding

Cites

• Vizier Ptahhotep (2)
  • IN: The Pyramid (1967) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: If thou be among people make for thyself love, the beginning and end of the heart
    FROM: from the instructions of Ptah-hotep, (-2350), Religious Text, Egypt
• H. G. Wells (1)
  • IN: The Inheritors (1955) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: ...We know very little of the appearance of the Neanderthal man, but this... seems to suggest an extreme hairiness, an ugliness, or a repulsive strangeness in his appearance over and above his low forehead, his beetle brows, his ape neck, and his inferior stature...Says Sir Harry Johnston, in a survey of the rise of modern man in this Views and Reviews: 'The dim racial remembrance of such gorilla-like monsters, with cunning brains, shambling gait, hairy bodies, strong teeth, and possibly cannibalistic tendencies, may be the germ of the ogre in folklore...'
    FROM: Outline of History, (1920), Short story, UK

Cited by

• Stephen King (1)
  • IN: Hearts in Atlantis (1999) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Simon stayed where he was, a small brown image, concealed by the leaves. Even if he shut his eyes the sow's head still remained like an after-image. The half-shut eyes were dim with the infinite cynicism of adult life. They assured Simon that everything was a bad business.
    FROM: Lord of the Flies, (1954), Novel, UK
• D. Perry, S./ Perry, Steve (1)
  • IN: The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume 1 (2016) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill…"
    FROM: Lord of the Flies, (1954), Novel, UK