The Once and Future King

White, T. H. The Once and Future King. 1939, 1940, 1958. New York: Berkley, 1966, 1967.

Heroic fantasy. Relevant: ch. 13 of "The Sword in the Stone" Category. Wart (the young Arthur) among the ants learns about totalitarianism of the explicitly militaristic variety, with the Nazis the main satiric target; see for a literal mechanized hive and for good comments on "ant" language.

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