The Dark Tower
Stevem King one of the worlds greatedt authors (in my opinion). Wrote a series called the Dark Tower. This series is awsome although I a only at his fourth book Wizard and Glass. I have also read Insomnia recently. They are all great books. If you have read them then talk about them here.
You better bet I love this. I am an avid King reader anyway, and I adore how all his other books, and an appearance by him in one of the books (xD) all tie into this series.I've only finished the fourth book (which was more of a flashback then anything, but meh, I like back-stories), and I can't wait to get the other three.
I havent finished book four yet, btu that isnt quite my fault cause my dad is being lazy and wont go get the books Damn him.
The people who matter know my feelings on the Dark Tower.
I loved the series. I adored it. When I learn King was going to finish it, I squealed in delight. The fifth book came, and it was good, not as good as the others, but still good. Until the last ten pages. The sixth book came. My excitement dwindled. The seventh and last book came. I cried.
Stephen King ruined his greatest work by finishing it. He tried to finish it too damn quickly. He didn't take the time necessary to give his great epic story the ending it deserved. It seems to me the publishers said "Say, you know what would make alot of money? FInishing your story withing a six month period." And so he did. He crapped out three turds and everyone bought them.
He even admits that the end was <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif">.
Blech.
But the first four were amazing!
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I'm currently halfway through Book five. But now Spiff has ruined my enthusiam. That <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif">.
Good. Maybe you'll spare yourself the misery I went through.
Seriously. I was depressed for about a week.
The end of book five will give you a good idea why.
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I finished the series in March and I still love them. Even if the end of it all IS bad, do you really see it ending any other way?
I'm not going to say it was perfect, and I'm not going to make any claims that Song of Susannah was a great book, but overall I think the series is amazing.
Dan, if you stop reading I will come kick you.
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Haven't read this series yet but I looooove Stephen King. Just finished on writing and am about to start on 'the girl who loved tom gordon', then 'the running man, the 'the dead zone' and finally 'cell'. Very sad that he has put down the pen though
Stay Essential
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I'm not going to stop reading. Even if it turns out to be the worst two books in the world, I can't leave it without some sort of closure. :{
Yes. Written with some thought. Not crapped out in six months to make a quick buck. Written with less "wtf" moments. Not full of anti-climatic scenes. And on and on and on.Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon
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I share a similar opinion as Spiff. I discovered this series back in 1995, when there were only three books published. I think the wait was the best part. Waiting for book 4 to be released. Then the long wait to book 5. 5 was good, but as Spiff said, the last couple pages are going to floor you. It never looks up from there.
Reading Book 7 is something I did because I felt I had to, but it was tough. Really tough.
A couple months ago I finished a complete re-read of the series, all in a row. The last three books fare better on a second read through, because you no longer have any expectations.
I'm halfway through the second one... and it is much better than the Gunslinger, in my opinion.
SK is a great writter and his series has been good so far. I hope it stays that way til the series end. After I finish the DT series I am going to read his books connected to the DT series.
Well, the series is over.
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