Named for the mountain fort in the 1954 William Golding novel “Lord of the Flies,” it’s now the subject of its own Hulu series, “Castle Rock” — and a place where familiar King ...

60 years and a handful of days ago, on 17 September 1954, William Golding published his little moral novel, Lord of the Flies ... those schoolboys close to Castle Rock. It’s the trains in ...

9. Lord of the Flies is a personal favorite of another famous author. King’s books even include a nod to the text. King named the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine—the setting for a number ...

“The book that The Kid’s cellmate is reading [in episode 2] is ‘Lord of the Flies,’ which is one of Stephen’s favorite books and where the name ‘Castle Rock’ actually comes from ...