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Just finished reading the fifth book, Wolves of The Calla, just a few days ago and this series still blows my mind. Anyone else reading them? If not, I strongly recommend you do. I need to read the revised edition of the Gunslinger - I heard they added quite a bit, but did not subtract from the original. So, who's reading it? Favourite character (other than Roland)? Favourite book? Favourite moment? eh? eh? eh? Character: Eddie Dean Book: Drawing of the Three (though I really love them all) Moment: Defeating Blaine the Mono |
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There is in fact a large thread about the series which you have in fact posted in, but never mind... I was not impressed with the revised Gunslinger, and I consider it inferior to the original. Character: Roland Book: Wizard And Glass Moment: "Kill if you will but command me nothing!" |
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ah, really? that explains why no one is posting in this thread. :D damn me and my terrible memory. ah well. |
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yeah, i finished it last year. its hard to say who my favourite character is... its been such a long time span from which i finished wizard and glass to wolves. black 13. haha |
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I'm STILL on the last chapter of wolves and have been for ages gonna finish it tonight I think |
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black 13 creeps me out tough. cant wait to see how patrick form insomnia ties into the next book or the last one. |
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you could try to find the huge pussylips mockery thread |
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OH wow thats awesome Oddio-no wonder you're thinking of a new novel. Good reading! |
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oh yes, its all i've been reading for the last few months! I'm currently half way though Wizard and Glass'. Character: Bert Book: Possibly Wizard and Glass though i haven't finnished it yet. Drawing of the Three is my fave so far I think. Moment: There have been so many! *Spoilers* I always like the scenes with the Lobstrosities. The gunfighting in the first town in Gunslinger was pretty good. The scenes with the dumb police men at the end of drawing of the three. Suzanah getting it on with the Demon :) Blain the mono, when the walls of the train dissapear. *spoilers* |
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*spoiler?* "I can be descreet, sai," he said. "As for propriety? I'm amazed you even know the word" Roland, while he's dancing with Susan. |
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i just started wolves of calla its really good so far what an imagination stephen king has ive read the other three a few years ago |
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I'll have to read it sometime... but I'm currently in te middle of three different books now, and need to finish those first... and then I want to read The Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe... I'll read them sometime though I guess! |
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haven't read wolves of the calla yet but the others were really entertaining. don't know who my favorite character other than roland is though. probably alain. favorite quote: "Like the scorpion said to the maiden as she lay dying, 'You knowed I was poison when you picked me up.'" cool shit. |
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lol |
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THere is a revised Dark Tower 1? |
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err, i've been in the middle of the wastelands for MONTHS -- i really enjoyed the gunslinger, and drawing of the three was a real page turner, but for some reason i can't get myself to pick this one back up. last time i did, i got to the part where suzannah gets filled out by the demon, and i was astounded with how much i didn't like that part...thought it was soooooo dumb...but i WILL get through it, because i have a feeling it can only pick back up on track. |
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alfred: yes there is, 30 extra pages from what i hear, spread throughout the book. supposedly aludes to more things correctly than the first book did, and aludes to connections in other king books too. |
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what role do you think Hearts of Atlantis will have on the dark tower... heh, i was completely amazed when it alluded to the dark tower in the beginning |
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yeh, i just borrowed this thing last night from glasse. i was shocked when i opened it up and saw the title "low men in yellow coats", and flipped through it and saw a drawing of the crimson king's eye. i knew it tied in, but this seems like it ties in pretty tight. i have to read this & black house from what i hear. |
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PS: www.thedarktower.net has a "connections" section you all may want to check out if you're a dark tower fan. |
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Well, Ted. |
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some wisdom from the mouth of eddie dean: roland: "do you know what ka means, eddie?" eddie: "i know if you say it twice you get the baby word for shit." ah eddie and his utter hilarity. |
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its too bad black house sucks, and I loved Talisman |
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and I think its funny how Eddie is supposed to be the funny one but hes not really funny, but I guess you can't expect king to be the master of horror and comedy at the same time |
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jeez info on the next book is up at www.thedarktower.net, has the cover and some other stuff |
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Motherfucking shit crap, I haven't finished Wolves of Calla and I read about the plot of the next one at that site and now it ruined the book for me SHIT, he doesn't wrap much up in wolves does he |
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Well, following a link called "BOOK 6 PLOT DETAILS" was hardly the wisest thing to do was it??! :D 492 pages for the next one, then the last book about the same probably, although hopefully longer. King's works vary in quality as much as their length but my top 5 books by him all exceed 750 pages |
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alfred: actually, i always thought the point was that eddie wasn't funny to anyone but himself... |
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Ah don't worry - that did not ruin that much for you. btw, tibbar thanks for that link - i realized my mom owns everything's eventual, so i'll take a long at that and learn a bit about the crimson king. |
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"alfred: actually, i always thought the point was that eddie wasn't funny to anyone but himself..." heh, thats pretty cool, I like that idea, cheers |
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alfred: and i guess jake sorta identifies a little bit cuz he's a kid, but my impression was always that eddie's humor, like his life in the past, was a kind of bad joke. |
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good news, gang!!! the release dates got bumped forward!!!!! dt6 - june 08, 2004 dt7 - sept 21, 2004 |
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damn |
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looks like well be ballin that crap up a full 2 months ahead of schedule!!!!! yipee for consumer demand!!!!!! |
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*bump* |
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You know the part at the end with the thing with words that Callahan freaks out over(don't wanna post spoilers). I saw that shit coming when I read the prolouge on the internet way before the book came out. I'm so smart. |
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theres a few things i figured out before the flat out say it in these books. then again, theres suspicions ive had that were wrong too. |
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anyone heard of 'the road to the dark tower', its meant to be a critical analysis of the dark tower series. Not sure how thats possible as there are still 2 books to go. |
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*spoilers* i'm a little worried to see Rolands health deteriorate, i mean, arthiritis? First his fingers, now this... will he even be alble to do whats required at the dark tower? Hell, there isn't even a guarentee he'll get there. *spoilers* |
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i think in a long series like this you have to have continuing conflicts. Roland has always been the badass of the series - other characters have been leaning less and less on him, which i think will make for some interesting twists later in the series. |
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it certainly keeps you guessing doesn't it |
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I was amazed at the beginning of DT2, when he got his fingers bitten off, because I considered it practically sacriligeous - now with the introduction of the dry twist I think it's to show that Roland's long life is still realistic and grounded in reality, much like that character. - In the moving on of the world he inhabits he's quested after the dark tower for more than a thousand years, due to the softening of time and his travelling - it cannot be without consequence or he'd be infallible and the tower would be perhaps too realistic a target. I tend to keep an open mind with each book of this series, I have faith that King will pull out all the stops, and leave everyone satisfied. Or it'll be the biggest inside joke of all time... |
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i was shocked too, he turned from this invinsible two handed gunslinger to a one handed one at deaths door all through the book. |
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what are the best Stephen King books that have connections with the dark tower? |
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'Salem's Lot The Stand Insomnia Hearts In Atlantis Black House Everything's Eventual (the title story) From A Buick Eight (less essential) You can also connect Eyes Of The Dragon, Rose Madder, Desperation, The Regulators, Bag Of Bones and The Plant, but these connections have no bearing on the main story and yield no new information. |
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just 2 more days till the next one! |
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