StrypeyWhat intrigues me though is that The Halfmen of O was published in 1982. Which means that Maurice Gee was writing it during Muldoonism, which Jones is the contemporary echo of. It may not be intended as allegory, but fantasy is always as least partly about the times it's written in, whether the author intends it or not.
That was kind of the point of my little satire there, even though I only notice it myself on reflection ...