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Stephen King: Dark Tower Series

I've read the first four books of The Darktower. So far it is a great series that I hope to finish reading someday.
 
I'm finishing up the third book. I feel sometimes the story is going slowly, expecially when you want to know why all this is happening and why is he heading to the dark tower. I guess I would know as I continue with the books.I just need to be a bit patient. :rolleyes:
I would like to ask the people who finished it. Do you suggest to read all the books quickly after each other, or is it okay to go on a slow pace?
 
Merged DT threads

Libra6Poe said:
Cool, I thought there were too many. :p Which ones?
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Nevermind! :) I just checked it out for myself:

About The Dark Tower series... 11-24-05 (Bookie)
another Dark Tower thread 4-5-06 (Libre)
King's Dark Tower Series 4-20-06 (Real Great Idea)
 
If you could, would you...

I'm just finishing up book 4. I'm speechless. I shouldn't say I'm finishing it yet - the climax is still building. I do think, though, that this book is an example of SUPERB writing.
I have a question. Would you want to live in Roland's world. Even though it has "moved on"? Would you? The descriptions of Hambry blaze in my mind. The horses running free on The Drop. The village. Their holidays and festivals and traditions. The whole thing. The magic, the lawlessness, the traces of our own civilization. What do you think? If you found a door to Mid-World, would you go through it, even if it meant you could not return?
Please, no spoilers if you've read past book 4.
 
If you found a door to Mid-World, would you go through it, even if it meant you could not return?
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Perhaps... but as a woman, what is my role in this world? I mean, it would be nice to
live Susan's dream of owning horses and riding along the beach - wait, is that what she wants? I can't remember... but otherwise, the way she obtains that dream... :shudder:
, but sometimes, I crave to live a simpler world.

spoiler is for Wizard & Glass.
 
Libra6Poe said:
Perhaps... but as a woman, what is my role in this world? I mean, it would be nice to
live Susan's dream of owning horses and riding along the beach - wait, is that what she wants? I can't remember... but otherwise, the way she obtains that dream... :shudder:
, but sometimes, I crave to live a simpler world.

spoiler is for Wizard & Glass.
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Mid-World has much in common with our world, Libra6Poe. Life in Mid-World is what you make it - just like in our world. There are no guarantees. Some people rise above others. I do realize that most of the power is concentrated in the male gender, although there are some powerful women there.
I too often crave to live in a simpler world. And, I am living in New York City. Doesn't get much more hectic.
Even though I'm in New York, I live across the street from a horse ranch (really!). From my 5th story window, I always see horses running and playing. Not as vast as The Drop, and bounded by busy roads, still, there are always horses to be seen. I wonder how may people can the skyline of a major metropolitan city, and horses, at the very same time, from their window.
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Libre said:
Would you want to live in Roland's world. Even though it has "moved on"?
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I'm not sure I would want to live there. At least not in the mutated areas. ;)
 
I presume you are talking about Stephen King's series? There are seven books in the series and I highly reccomend it. The first three are especially good but leave you wanting to know what happens to the characters. It can be a little loopy at times but is a great read as a whole, especially if you are a fan of fantasy. There is an official website that has loads more info
The Dark Tower - Official Web Site
 
I enjoyed the references to other King novels througout. Plan to re-read once all is unpacked. Must delve more into those references. Also, liked Black House (as mentioned above--somewhere).
 
I read the Gunslinger years ago and wasn't crazy about it. I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about. I reread it a couple of years ago and then continued with the series. The Drawing of the Three and Wizard and Glass are my favorites, but the series as a whole is the best reading I have ever done. I've just started on the journey again!
 
Yeah, honestly the gunslinger wasn't a great book, but the others in the series are really good. If you can manage to get through the gunslinger I think pretty much everyone would enjoy the remainder of the books.
 
Lee77 said:
I read the Gunslinger years ago and wasn't crazy about it. I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about. I reread it a couple of years ago and then continued with the series. The Drawing of the Three and Wizard and Glass are my favorites, but the series as a whole is the best reading I have ever done. I've just started on the journey again!
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ditto, and ditto again!
 
You can preorder the DT midquel.

Now, with The Wind Through the Keyhole, King has returned to the rich landscape of Mid-World. This story within a story within a story finds Roland Deschain, Mid-World’s last gunslinger, in his early days during the guilt-ridden year following his mother’s death. Sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-shifter, a “skin-man,” Roland takes charge of Bill Streeter, a brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast’s most recent slaughter. Roland, himself only a teenager, calms the boy by reciting a story from the Book of Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime. “A person’s never too old for stories,” he says to Bill. “Man and boy, girl and woman, we live for them.”

Sure to captivate the avid fans of the Dark Tower epic, this is an enchanting introduction to Roland’s world and the power of Stephen King’s storytelling magic.
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Last I heard, this book was originally going to take place between Books 4 and 5 of the series.
 
Anyone reading this, what are your thoughts on Stephen King's Dark Tower series? I have read a handful of his books and really enjoy them, but these seem like it's a totally different type of story. If I like his other novels, will I find myself enjoying these as well?
 
amcartoon said:
I just finished the last book, and I thought about the ending all week. I can't tell if I like it or not. On one hand it gives me a reason to reread it a couple times, but on the other hand I was dissapointed.

I think the series started to stumble after Wolves, Song of Susannah was dissapointingly short and the last two just couldn't contend with 2, 3, 4, or 5.

However, the series is my favorite of all time, and I'm sure it will remain so for a very very long time.
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I actually felt like it picked up at Wolves of the Calla after Wizard and Glass dropped the ball, not that I didn't enjoy that one but it really took a lot of effort to get through that one. I liked the first two but thought the third one was the best of the whole series and liked the last three better than the first four as a whole.
 
Halo said:
Angerball, I completely agree. My favourites are The Drawing of the Three, The Wastelands and Wizard and Glass. I found Wolves of the Calla to be basically an unnecessary filler (though entertaining, I must say). I was very disappointed with the ending to the whole series, which I talked about in a different Dark Tower thread (and I can't remember which one now :mad: ).
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I loved the ending, thought it was perfect.
 
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