Re: Sci-Fi Book Title

Justaguy_OK wrote:
>    I've been looking for this one for quite a while, someone post if
> you recognize it.  Here's what I remember.  Large spider like aliens
> rule humanity.  They have a form of mind control where they can
> basically paralyze people.  One particular guy has a sort of
> resistance to their control.  He finds a place, a tower maybe, where
> a machine? educates him. He is given a necklace or medallion which I
> believe is in the shape of a triangle but its kind of curved.
> Depending on which way this medallion is facing it gives him the
> ability quickly memorize and understand intricate things like maps,
> or allows him to inwardly focus to solve problems in his head.
>
>     I really hope someone can help.  Thanks in advance.


The Spiderworld series by Colin Wilson. Recently republished by Hampton
Road, and a new fourth volume has just been released in Trade Paperback.

Copies of the original books are very difficulat to locate, and are
complicated by the US versions being split up into tinier volumes.