Lord of the Flies to a fictional town that has appeared in a number of his novels. The book itself appears prominently in his novels "Hearts in Atlantis" (1999), "Misery" (1987), and "Cujo" (1981). Stephen King wrote an introduction for a new edition of "Lord of the Flies" (2011) to mark the centenary of William Golding's birth in 2011. The novel "Garden Lakes" by Jaime Clarke is an homage to "Lord of the Flies". The final song on U2's debut album "Boy" (1980) takes its title, "Shadows and Tall Trees", from Chapter 7 in the book. Iron Maiden wrote a song inspired by the
The Lord of Opium problems that remained at the end of "Scorpion". Farmer began working on the novel in 2008 and the working title was "God's Ashtray". Farmer wrote 80 pages of the book before having to stop due to an illness. When her health was better, Farmer tried to resume writing, but was exhausted after moving from California to Arizona. She was at last revived by listening to music and was able to finish the novel. Critical reception of "The Lord of Opium" has been favorable, with starred reviews in "Publishers' Weekly," which hailed it as a "superb novel . . .well worth