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I liked the ending, but I think I am in the minority.
Other than 11/22/63, I haven't finished a Stephen King book in years. I liked most of his early stuff (Cujo, Christine, The Stand, Firestarter, Different Seasons, etc.) but at some point (mid 90's or so), I couldn't get through one of his books. Not sure if he ran out of interesting ideas or if my tastes changed. But I found myself being overly critical of his writing while I was reading his books.
When Dark Tower came out, I got about halfway through the first book when it came out but put it down for some reason. Tried to pick it up again but hate restarting a book so I never finished it. Anybody still reading this series? What's the general consensus? Good books? Or waste of time? I'm thinking of restarting the first book and reading the series to date.
I liked the ending, but I think I am in the minority.
Wait...what? I just got an email saying they were releasing another one, The Wind Through The Keyhole, on April 24. It's what made me start thinking about reading them.
He is going back and adding to the Mid World part, I think it is a story about Roland and Cuthbert.
I enjoyed the series, but it was actually an advantage to read these while he was in the process of writing them, so you weren't staring at 3-4000 pages before getting to the ultimate payoff.
I found the ending intriguing but there were many who were unhappy with it.
Info on Wind thru the Keyhole (already out in limited edition): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dar...gh_the_Keyhole
he's not J.K. Rowling or Stephanie Meyer
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Read the whole series this past year over the span of a couple months. I liked it mostly for the references to the other King books (IT is still my favorite King novel, so it was nice when references were made to that book). The Gunslinger is kind of slow, but it picks up after that.
As for the ending, I thought it worked.
Good series, but after the fourth book you will definitely notice the effects of his nearly fatal accident and it wasn't good.
There is a lot of good in the final 3 books, but a lot of bad , as well. I did not really enjoy the ending but I would like to go back and revisit the entire series so I can judge again.
I do think Wizard and Glass was his best of the series so I hope this next book is able to capture that.
I quit after the second book. It just seemed like he was making up as he went.
Havent got to the ending. Read the first 6 books in quick succession before the 7th was written. Havent read the 7th yet, for some damn reason. Its gets...goofy in the 6th novel, but it works.
While I liked the series, I agree (and it's more prominent as the series goes on).
That's interesting. I've never really looked to see any connection between his writing and the accident. Do you think it's from some kind of physical damage to his brain. Or is it because of the psychological effect of going through something like that?
Psychological effects and I promise you that if you get that far in the series you will not miss it. It is impossible.
I think it's kinda the other way around, everything else ties in to the Dark Tower as far as that goes. I was kinda disappointed Jack from the Talisman never popped up directly in the Dark Tower. Insomnia also had some cool Dark Tower stuff in it.
I'm probably going to give it a shot. I'm almost through with American Gods which I was sure I'd read but for some reason never did. But I'm kind of in fantasy mode now. My guess is that it'll be a letdown from AG though.
I guess that's true (although I read IT, Salem's Lot, Insomnia, Desperation and many other books before I cracked open the Tower series). That's why I view it that way.
American Gods was a better book, but its hard to compare one book to 7 books in a series. Wizard and Glass vs American Gods is close for me, but I probably go with American Gods.
Anything else along those lines you'd put ahead of tackling Dark Tower?
Just the Stand.
Was actually thinking it might be interesting to revisit. It's been over 20 years since I read it the first time. But something I'll probably never get around to.
Probably a dumb question, but have you read IT?
Oh yeah. I loved it. There were some parts early in the book that freaked me out. The paper boat going into the drain. Or when he was describing walking down the stairs into the basement. Subconsciously I still think about it when I'm reaching for a lightswitch in the dark. I thought the ending was a little wild. But still one of my favorite King books. Really wished they hadn't made the TV movie.
I liked the Talisman quite a lot.
Manny, I used to think it was just the accident too, but he may have pinched that kind of thing from Peter Straub, they are really good friends and Straub likes to put himself in his books. Just a thought after reading a lot of Straub recently, or seeing Straub do it planted a seed in his mind. The Blue Rose "trilogy" is pretty damn good.
http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/wri...ll-be-r-rated/A few weeks ago we reported that Warner Brothers was going to remake Stephen King's It, or better put, re-adapt it for the big screen. The news garnered quite a response in the comments, most of which supported the idea, some of which didn't. Although the original 1990 version of It was creepy as , it was still a made-for-TV film, and therefore edited for content. But if one thing is for certain, this time around, It will be as R-rated as "it" can get (pun intended). The horror site Dread Central got a note from screenwriter David Kajganich, briefly explaining his plans to adapt the 1104-page novel into one feature film.
Sigh...three years since that article and no mention of a remake.
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