>Golding wasn't writing an sf novel and he wasn't writing a WWII novel.
>He tossed some background in there without too much care and without
>elaboration. The story is about the social responses of groups in
>isolation. The pilot was a necessary plot contrivance to stir the pot a
>bit.
>
> miketotty
I agree. Not Science Fiction. But 'a story about the social responses of
groups in (contrived) isolation' could perfectly qualify for *Speculative
Fiction*, non?
(I'm not willing to let mainstream get away with this one you know!)
Deniz
|