I had completed the DT series prior to the release of Wind. I loved reading it afterward because it reminded me of things I loved in the series, such as the unique Mid-World language.
Dark Tower Series Question
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Posted at 9:19, appropriately/creepily enough...
The Tower still looms ahead. I was following the beam, but I am very slow. I started with "The Gunslinger" and moved to the "Tower of Three" and then I went through "The Wastelands." While the "Wizard and Glass" just begun, I stalled to get into "Mr. Mercedes" and now I will go to the "Revival" Hopefully my journey to the Tower will start again as I serve the Beam and have to get back to the Ka-tat.
The Nameless
M-O-O-N - That spells Nameless
Wow, many people seem to stop at wizard and glass. I did the same for a bit.
Neesy, notebookgirl, get back on the path - wizard and glass is a great book, there is so much meat on the Susan section to sink your teeth into.
As for wind through the keyhole, I haven't read it yet but I've read the forword, and king says it can be stand alone if you read it with a very brief introduction but if you wish to place it in order, read it as book 4.5. I don't think reading it last would take anything away from it though, if anything, it can be enjoyed as the little bit you put away for when the main stuff runs out - that last little fix when you were meant to be finished.
Neesy, notebookgirl, get back on the path - wizard and glass is a great book, there is so much meat on the Susan section to sink your teeth into.
As for wind through the keyhole, I haven't read it yet but I've read the forword, and king says it can be stand alone if you read it with a very brief introduction but if you wish to place it in order, read it as book 4.5. I don't think reading it last would take anything away from it though, if anything, it can be enjoyed as the little bit you put away for when the main stuff runs out - that last little fix when you were meant to be finished.
Thanks for chiming in guys and gals. I'm going to start The Gunslinger tonight and I think I'll go in order of release. Looking forward to the journey and learning the wild language you all refer to!
...try Wind in the Willows in place of Keyhole...that'll REALLY make it a special experience...
I found it interesting that King has said that he'd like to go back to the DT and do some " editing ". I wonder if it would be more for the flow of the story resulting from it being a multi-volume novel. I think some of his best writing is in that story. There is no way that the publishers could release a one volume paper book, but could they not put out a single e-book that would encompass a re-edited version. Just sayin
"First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire."-Roland Deschain, of Gilead.....
Man, how can you top that??? The Dark Tower journey is just incredible.
Man, how can you top that??? The Dark Tower journey is just incredible.
Robert Gray
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Ultimately it won't hurt you to read the book stuck in between the Dark Tower novels. That would, in fact, put it in chronological order. However, I would save it for later. You will be sad when Roland's adventure's come to a close and being able to step back and get a glimpse of the trail again later is a nice gift.
I stopped reading during Wizard and Glass purely because I didn't like Susan. Took me a while to go back to it, and I started the book from the beginning again. I'm glad I did complete it because one of my favourite characters is Rhea of the Coos...but I still don't like Susan!
Anyhoo, as a first time reader I'd read the series in the order King originally wrote/published them.
The Nameless
M-O-O-N - That spells Nameless
Which version do you have? A lot of people say that gunslinger is hard to read, I read the 2003 revised edition and found it easy reading. If you do find yourself struggling just stick with it, the general consensus is that the whole series really gets going from book 2. Enjoy your journey.
Little sisters of Elluria fits in there too. Need to go back to that one to see if the ants tie into Revival...
Why do so many people have such a hangup with The Gunslinger? The whole "blade of grass" conversation with the man in black, is awesome imo.
I absolutely love The Gunslinger...I really was hooked from that very first sentence.
About 50 pages into The Gunslinger and so far....
I like to think of The Gunslinger on a re-read as DT8. And on a 2nd re-read as DT15. And on a ........
You get the picture.
Couldn't agree more. This was the first King Book I read, picked it up at a lose end and thought "Hmmm he's a horror writer and I don't like Westerns
I don;t think I am going to get on with this......."How foolish could I have been.
The style of the original Gunslinger was/is very different from King's "normal" writing. This throws a lot of people off. Personally, I really enjoyed The Gunslinger when I first read it as a series of stories in F&SF; then I was able to get a copy of the first hardcover edition from Grant and enjoyed them all over again. I'm not a big fan of the revised Gunslinger, however. It lacks the weirdness of the original.
John