Stephen King's The Dark Tower

[JenJen]

Well..........
what can i say?? i have never, ever, felt like this, before, during and after, reading a book in my whole 20 odd years.

having just finished the final book i actually feel like my life no longer has meaning!!!!!


please p99, tell me there are more dark tower readers out there??????????

[JayDee]

lol reading fictional novels

[Friday]

I read that series a while ago, JenJen. It was good at the beginning but it got worse imo towards the end.

Originally S.King was just going to end it before writing the final conclusion but his fans insisted that he finish the book.

The ending didn't do it justice imo. It was a good series but I encourage you to find another series.

I jumped into The Chronicles of the Black Company, and while that got kind of strange, I enjoyed it immensely more-so than The Dark Tower series.

[JenJen]

interesting.
i must say i found the entire series incredible. i am a huge King fan though, i read The Stand recently and considered it unbeatable but The Dark Tower is truly something else (imo)

[Friday]

It was a good series, I agree.

Actually, kind of on the same topic, I drove past Stephen king house two weeks ago (in Bangor, ME). Since he actually uses his home and himself in his book I thought I'd mention this.

He's a huge community activist in his city and he loves Maine. Here's my picture I took. Imagine Roland in/around this area.

His house (http://i.imgur.com/fNpb8.jpg)

[Lyssia]

Loved em. While in the military back in the 80's joined the Stephen King book club and read about everything he did under Stephen King and his Pen name Peter Strauss. Dark Towers were great!

[Knuckle]

Loved em. While in the military back in the 80's joined the Stephen King book club and read about everything he did under Stephen King and his Pen name Peter Strauss. Dark Towers were great!

morell thule?

[Mcbard]

Quite possibly my favorite series of all time! :)

[SearyxTZ]

I read up to the 5th book


Friends told me the series got worse, so I never did finish it.

I will say that the 4th book (Wizard and Glass?) was one of the best that I've ever read. Loved that one.

The fifth one just seemed so different. It never managed to hook me

[SearyxTZ]

also I don't care what people say about his writing, I love me some Stephen King horror

Have read almost all of his shit. The Stand is still my favorite

[Dirt McGirt]

gr8 series did drop acid to

btw how do u feel about p99s demise?

[SearyxTZ]

I see it has 686 players online currently bro


ARE YOU CERTAIN OF THIS DEMISE?

[Dirt McGirt]

I see it has 686 players online currently bro


ARE YOU CERTAIN OF THIS DEMISE?

actually going to stop being a cunt and log in, long live rogean.

[SearyxTZ]

glory to overlord rogean and lady angel nilbog

[stormlord]

Hmm. Lots of Stephen King at the local book pile. They're all weather worn by now and in a few years will crumble in your hands. But since I usually stick to sci-fi and tolkien high fantasy I pretty much avoid everything else. But I've never read Stephen King... ever. Makes me feel hollow. Your post made me think that maybe I'm missing out on something good.

(oh my, i put hallow instead of hollow the first time and that's almost funny)

And, btw, someone I trust once told me Stephen is a murderer. It has always seemed warped to me that he'd say that. It kind of added a lot of mystery to Stephen King. Makes me wonder too... Maybe too much.

[jarshale]

I tried reading it back in like 7th grade and never finished. I might pick it up again soon though, I've been looking for a good book.

[JenJen]

I read up to the 5th book


Friends told me the series got worse, so I never did finish it.

I will say that the 4th book (Wizard and Glass?) was one of the best that I've ever read. Loved that one.

The fifth one just seemed so different. It never managed to hook me

yeah, the 4th is my favourite book.
im surprised you didnt like the 5th so much, i loved it!!
im currently deciding whether to read it through again or not....its so big part of me thinks i should wait a few more years

[SearyxTZ]

Maybe I need to give it a reread. Timing wasn't good with that one. I read the 4th one over the summer, then started the 5th one at the beginning of my first college semester at a dorm where dorm parties took precedence over book reading.


I don't remember a lot about the fifth one except that it felt really disconnected from the previous books. Like I went from this epic western/romance/action to some weird town in the middle of nowhere that had werewolves attacking it. I didn't get that far into it tho.

Also the black lady character is kind of annoying. The one thing that felt a little ehh was the romance between her and the one guy.

BABY I JUST LOVE YOUR MISSING LEGS AND RANDOM UNPREDICTABLE BOUTS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA THAT TURN YOU INTO A PSYCHOTIC HONEY BADGER

[Hobby]

I have read through the series about 4 times now. Although at times it does drag, I fell completely in love with it.



The book makes you feel something...it is impossible to put to words, although 'epic' is pretty damn close.



Another book from him is Under the Dome....900+pages of non-stop action. That book made me want to kill some of the characters lol.

[Hagglebaron]

also I don't care what people say about his writing, I love me some Stephen King horror

Have read almost all of his shit. The Stand is still my favorite

What do people say about his writing? He's an all-star author isn't he

[IceJ]

Loved em. While in the military back in the 80's joined the Stephen King book club and read about everything he did under Stephen King and his Pen name Peter Strauss. Dark Towers were great!

His pen name was Richard Bachman. Peter Strauss actually just wrote along with him to make The Talisman, and Black House. I believe they are actually making a 3rd now.
I loved the Dark Tower series, but The talisman was probabaly one of the best books ever written and if anyone hasnt noticed that is a Stephen King fan, nearly all his books tie into each other concerning the Dark Tower.

Mike

[Hobby]

The talisman compared to Black House....I'll have to go with BH. Talisman was great, but BH (which i literally just finished reading the other day for the 3rd time), to me, had so much more going for it. The fact it directly tied to DT (multiple mentions of roland) was a huge bonus as well....If they decide to make a 3rd one (which AFAIK is only rumor) then I promise you I will pick it up immediately and read it non-stop.

Stephen King is really the only author I care to meet. He is a fantastic person and a writer.

[sacrilegium]

I like The Dark Tower as well. I'm healing in a group, though, so I won't go into it.

[Barkingturtle]

having just finished the final book i actually feel like my life no longer has meaning!!!!!

I felt the same way after reading The Little Engine That Could.

Seriously though, I idolized King as a child but his writing is often gratuitously self-indulgent, and the Dark Tower books are probably the most egregious example of it. As a huge horror fan, though, he's the King. The Stand changed my life when I read it as a young boy. I've been waiting for most of you to die ever since.

[Droxx]

My fav series, eva!
Wheres the like button?!

[hdawg06]

I cannot wait for the new Dark Tower novel to come out. But it may be another 2 or so years.

[Lyssia]

Crap i stand corrected. That was his pen name. Man been ALONG time since i had thought about his alt name.

[lordyamish]

definitely my favorite book series ever..awesome character development

regular ending = completely satisfied
the middle thing at the end (codec?) = whatever
the conclusion after the book after the codec = "lol in your face gunslinger!"

[judeau]

Curious how the TV show/Movies combo will go. Seems like an interesting way to bring a series to life.

[mimixownzall]

ASoFaI > all.

[deathgirl]

ASoFaI > all.

(ASoIaF)* but yes, this^

[Ennoia]

Demons & Wizards' album 'The Crimson King' is based on this books series. It's actually the only book I've ever read (back in 8th grade for an assigned reading assignment). Still have it somewhere under my bed.

[JenJen]

what the hell is assofofiiaiai?

[JenJen]

just googled it....massive meh from me.

tho the tv show was good, mainly thanks to Sean Bean, a fellow Brit from my region and also sexxayyy

[Sirken]

The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole

new book in the DT series. it takes place between books 4 and 5 i believe. google for more infos.

[OngorDrakan]

Have not read them..............But I can appreciate, appreciating work like this being a TWD fan.

[Kevlar]

I read the dark tower series as a youngster. I remember it starting out very entertaining, but lost a lot of steam when they got to the city of lud? And then the stupid train thing...

A lot of Kings work is derivative, and this was him trying to emulate Tolkien. I think he failed.