Editing Lord of the Flies (section)

== Influences ==
===Literature===
Author [[Stephen King]] named his fictional town of [[Castle Rock (Stephen King)|Castle Rock]] after Jack's mountain camp in ''Lord of the Flies''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Beahm|first=George|title=The Stephen King story|year=1992|publisher=Andrews and McMeel|location=Kansas City|isbn=0-8362-8004-0|edition=Revised|page=[https://archive.org/details/stephenkingstory00beah_0/page/120 120]|quote=Castle Rock, which King in turn had got from Golding's Lord of the Flies.|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/stephenkingstory00beah_0/page/120}}</ref> The book itself appears prominently in King's novels ''[[Cujo]]'' (1981), ''[[Misery (novel)|Misery]]'' (1987), and ''[[Hearts in Atlantis]]'' (1999).<ref name="king" /> His novel ''[[It (novel)|It]]'' was influenced by Golding's novel: "I thought to myself I'd really like to write a story about what's gained and what's lost when you go from childhood to adulthood, and also, the things we experience in childhood that are like seeds that blossom later on."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Presley |first=Nicola |date=June 16, 2018 |title=Stephen King's It and Lord of the Flies |url=https://william-golding.co.uk/stephen-kings-it-and-lord-of-the-flies |website=william-golding.co.uk/}}</ref> In 2011, King wrote an introduction for a new edition of ''Lord of the Flies'' to mark the centenary of Golding's birth.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=April 11, 2011 |title=Stephen King joins William Golding centenary celebration |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/apr/11/stephen-king-william-golding-centenary}}</ref> King's town of Castle Rock inspired the name of [[Rob Reiner]]'s production company, [[Castle Rock Entertainment]].<ref name="King 2011">{{cite web|last=King|first=Stephen|title=Introduction by Stephen King|url=http://lordofthefliescover.com/about-book/stephen-king-foreword/|year=2011|publisher=Faber and Faber|access-date=12 October 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724150512/http://lordofthefliescover.com/about-book/stephen-king-foreword/|archive-date=24 July 2012}}</ref>

[[Alan Garner]] credits the book with making him want to become a writer.<ref>{{Cite book |title=[[The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature]] |year=1984 |page=325}}</ref>

=== Music ===
[[Iron Maiden]] wrote [[Lord of the Flies (song)|a song]] inspired by the book, included in their 1995 album [[The X Factor (album)|''The X Factor'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ilcala.blogspot.com/2013_08_01_archive.html|title=CALA (-) LAND|website=ilcala.blogspot.com|access-date=6 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013180320/http://ilcala.blogspot.com/2013_08_01_archive.html|archive-date=13 October 2016}}</ref>

[[The Camerawalls]] include a song entitled "Lord of the Flies" on their 2008 album ''Pocket Guide to the Otherworld''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pep.ph/guide/music/2202/indie-band-the-camerawalls-releases-debut-album |title=Indie band The Camerawalls releases debut album |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-date=10 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610194203/https://www.pep.ph/guide/music/2202/indie-band-the-camerawalls-releases-debut-album |url-status=live}}</ref>