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

Plot summary

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

Reception

Dave Langford David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter ''Ansible'', and holds the all-time record for most ...

reviewed ''The Tower'' for ''

White Dwarf A white dwarf is a stellar core remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. A white dwarf is very dense: its mass is comparable to the Sun's, while its volume is comparable to the Earth's. A white dwarf's faint luminosity comes fro ...

'' #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."

References

1987 novels Novels by Colin Wilson {{1980s-specf-novel-stub