The Tower (Wilson novel)
The Tower is a novel by Colin Wilson published in 1987. Plot summary. "The Tower" is a novel in which humankind has been reduced to slavery and outlawry by giant spiders in the far future. Reception. Dave Langford reviewed "The Tower" for "White Dwarf" #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."