This author suggested the name of the Gaia hypothe
This author suggested the name of the Gaia hypothesis to his close friend James Lovelock. A group of characters in a novel by this author are capable of telepathically sharing "pictures" and worship a huge ice block called Oa. Another of this author's characters obsessively repeats his address, "The Vicarage, Harcourt St. Anthony, Hants", as well as his name, Percival Wemys Madison. In one of this man's novels, Vivani adopts the New One after Fa's disappearance causes Lok to die in despair. In addition to that book about a dying (*) Neanderthal tribe, he wrote a novel whose protagonist weeps for "the end of innocence" in the final scene. The twins Sam and Eric are tortured by Roger, who drops a boulder that breaks the conch and kills Piggy, in this man's first novel. For 10 points, name this author of The Inheritors and The Lord of the Flies.
This author suggested the name of the Gaia hypothesis to his close friend James Lovelock.
William Golding [or William Gerald Golding]