Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I was reading The Wind Through the Keyhole last night and it is pretty goodStay CALM & FOLLOW the BEAM!
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I was reading The Wind Through the Keyhole last night and it is pretty goodStay CALM & FOLLOW the BEAM!
I grew up on the East Coast and one time in California, I knew I was south of San Francisco on an excursion to Alice's Restaurant... So, after eating at Alice's, I put the ocean on my right and drove - knowing that would get me back to S.F. (to my east-coast mind, I was going North..) -- I ended up in Half Moon Bay before I figured out what my mind had done...
Stephen King has done the same type of location confusion thing in The Drawing of the Three... In the Prisoner, after reaching the Western Sea, Roland decides to walk North... and not a page later starts talking about the sea to his right and the mountains to his left... (ouch!!!)
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one afflicted by such an ingrained geospatial tattoo...
These are the references that need fixing -- left to right, right to left,,,
ISBN 0-452-26214-3
Pgs: 32, 177, 291
I grew up on the East Coast and one time in California, I knew I was south of San Francisco on an excursion to Alice's Restaurant... So, after eating at Alice's, I put the ocean on my right and drove - knowing that would get me back to S.F. (to my east-coast mind, I was going North..) -- I ended up in Half Moon Bay before I figured out what my mind had done...
Stephen King has done the same type of location confusion thing in The Drawing of the Three... In the Prisoner, after reaching the Western Sea, Roland decides to walk North... and not a page later starts talking about the sea to his right and the mountains to his left... (ouch!!!)
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one afflicted by such an ingrained geospatial tattoo...
These are the references that need fixing -- left to right, right to left,,,
ISBN 0-452-26214-3
Pgs: 32, 177, 291
Welcome!I've read the series twice. I
I read the series twice. The first time something tugged at my neurons but didn't wake me up to the east-west issue. Then I read it the second time and was like "did he really screw that up?" I actually read this part a third time, drew a map, and confirmed that , indeed, he got a bit confused. My first instinct is to not downplay the series, but to ask what the hell editors get paid to do??? Just seems impossible to miss, especially by a team of people. Hmmmm
....Mid-World has moved on...literally...it explains the screwy geography...I've read the series twice. I
I read the series twice. The first time something tugged at my neurons but didn't wake me up to the east-west issue. Then I read it the second time and was like "did he really screw that up?" I actually read this part a third time, drew a map, and confirmed that , indeed, he got a bit confused. My first instinct is to not downplay the series, but to ask what the hell editors get paid to do??? Just seems impossible to miss, especially by a team of people. Hmmmm
...it does mention in the Canon somewhere that geography had gotten "fuzzy" or something to that effect.....Probably an error.
I mean it might not be, but since SK falls more on the non-outlining side of writing I assume it is. Most fantasy writers are usually heavy world builders spending hours and hours crafting. Ya know? The heirs to Tolkien and all. Not all fantasy is High fantasy of course but that detailed world building. Some folks really just have a talent for it. A lot of them outline as well I've noticed.
Stephen King never struck me as a heavy rule-based world builder. Which isn't bad at all. I'm no great rule-based world builder in the writing. His most obvious gift and skills is more in small-town building, out of the box ideas and characters.
Mid-World is a kick ass world but it is not like the most structured developed world. It is more like a crazy out of the loop kinda place and very vague in some areas. Hmmm what's a good comparison? SK fantasies are more like Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, and old Fairy Tales with his own touches obviously. Very Americana. Compared with Westeros, Brandon Sanderson novels are much more detailed in how they function as a society. Both cool, but very different.
Mid-World has some of that but it is far vague in some respects. It is a wasteland by the time the story starts, though.
So, probably just an error or not. Either way doesn't matter. Drawing of the Three is a great book! We are bound to find errors in a couples books every now and again.
Any writers books.
Welcome None, there are other worlds than these.Magic doors to other worlds and lobstrosities that say "Dad-a-chum" in a world that's moved on are no problem. But east to the left as you go north is a problem. If Stephen King is reading this, he's laughing his ass off.
...he's a writer, not a cartographer-ayuh.....Magic doors to other worlds and lobstrosities that say "Dad-a-chum" in a world that's moved on are no problem. But east to the left as you go north is a problem. If Stephen King is reading this, he's laughing his ass off.
Hi and welcome. Anything is possible in the writing mind of SK.Magic doors to other worlds and lobstrosities that say "Dad-a-chum" in a world that's moved on are no problem. But east to the left as you go north is a problem. If Stephen King is reading this, he's laughing his ass off.