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Who here has read the Dark Tower series?
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Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I meant it with affection, you silly man!
My weeny husband is from Scotland so I know that over there you all have sort of a wry sense of humour.
I know you were. Was up at Oban in September, it was lovely. Probably the best weather they've ever had up there. Tried to upload photos last week, to no avail
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I hear they have good Scotch - a bit peaty but nice!
We did the distillery tour. Very informative, and tasty.
I am currently on my second trip to find the Dark Tower.
Just started the third book in the series.
Just started the third book in the series.
....it's a big black edifice in a field of roses....hope that helps.....
....it's a big black edifice in a field of roses....hope that helps.....
I've read DT1 more than once. Always intriguing. It's Stephen King at the height of his immense powers.
I haven't read the updated version of the Gunslinger. Is it very different or just augmented?
Done the series three times now,
From the beginning, it became my instant fav!
From the beginning, it became my instant fav!
Doc Creed -- basically it is revised to fit in some occurrences within the other books. To update the original- making it easier for the reader to prepare for the journey. Personally, I will always prefer the original as it was written. Ck your porfil page for a link that may help.
I've re-read other books before, but the DT series seems like a different type of re-read. It's almost as though I feel like I owe it to Roland and his Tet to read it again... and again.
Funny though, each time I do, it's a different journey.
Funny though, each time I do, it's a different journey.
Spidey is absolutely right on all counts. The main things I noticed were an overhaul of adverbs and adjectives (lol-young writer syndrome) and a very different take on one aspect of the battle of Tull. I far prefer the original, even with the surfeit of adverbs, because changing that scene changes Roland.
Thanks for the spoiler GNTLGNT...haha....it's a big black edifice in a field of roses....hope that helps.....
I've read the series once and loved it. When I got to the end I was like
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Planning on reading the books again, this time slower. To this day, the first sentence in The Gunslinger is my second favorite beginning.
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Planning on reading the books again, this time slower. To this day, the first sentence in The Gunslinger is my second favorite beginning.
free at last! free at last!
i've told this story a number of times, but it was the story of Roland and the tower that were reason why i wanted to read everything from king. it was back in the summer of aught-six, wife and i were out wyoming way, cody, the big huron mountains, heading east through gillette, devil's tower, sundance, into rapid city, a stop in deadwood. in rapid city at a mall, while the wife was doing her thing, i was in a book store sniffing books. it's not illegal...yet. the war on some drugs has not reached there...probably after nsa reads this post and gives the powers that be a head-s-up. anyway, i pick up a copy of the gunslinger...was in a gunslinger mood, our trip and all.
what did he do with this one? i asked myself...having only read it, on the recommendation of my brother (who unfortunately died in an accident much like...too much like, Nate's...he was 35)...so yeah. where was I? okay, i'd read it and dreamcatcher, enjoyed both stories, but thought maybe king was just a tad too mainstream, "popular" and so it goes. i read that first line, think, nice...maybe i had that image from the good, the bad and the ugly in mind, as well...those heat waves, that figure on horseback in the distance, galloping away. so. i make my purchase. didn't realize it at the time that the gunslinger was only volume one in a multiple volume set.
that threw me off my feed, truth be told...one of those harump! moments. what! i gotta buy more now to get, as paul harvey would say, the rest of the story? eeeek!
eventually i picked up the drawing of the three, started reading, and i was blown away, up there in the friendly skies. i finished the series by december of that year...first came to this message the following year in january. and have read the series several times i forget how many three four maybe five. and i've read the other stories, too, several times...all save finders keepers, end of watch, bazaar. i'm stocking up. eventually, i also read the original gunslinger...seemed like the thing to do, all things considered. i like the revised more so although the original does have its place and i'd recommend reading both of them, before, after, one way or another. cue blondie. i'm going to get you...one way! or another!
free at last! free at last!
i've told this story a number of times, but it was the story of Roland and the tower that were reason why i wanted to read everything from king. it was back in the summer of aught-six, wife and i were out wyoming way, cody, the big huron mountains, heading east through gillette, devil's tower, sundance, into rapid city, a stop in deadwood. in rapid city at a mall, while the wife was doing her thing, i was in a book store sniffing books. it's not illegal...yet. the war on some drugs has not reached there...probably after nsa reads this post and gives the powers that be a head-s-up. anyway, i pick up a copy of the gunslinger...was in a gunslinger mood, our trip and all.
what did he do with this one? i asked myself...having only read it, on the recommendation of my brother (who unfortunately died in an accident much like...too much like, Nate's...he was 35)...so yeah. where was I? okay, i'd read it and dreamcatcher, enjoyed both stories, but thought maybe king was just a tad too mainstream, "popular" and so it goes. i read that first line, think, nice...maybe i had that image from the good, the bad and the ugly in mind, as well...those heat waves, that figure on horseback in the distance, galloping away. so. i make my purchase. didn't realize it at the time that the gunslinger was only volume one in a multiple volume set.
that threw me off my feed, truth be told...one of those harump! moments. what! i gotta buy more now to get, as paul harvey would say, the rest of the story? eeeek!
eventually i picked up the drawing of the three, started reading, and i was blown away, up there in the friendly skies. i finished the series by december of that year...first came to this message the following year in january. and have read the series several times i forget how many three four maybe five. and i've read the other stories, too, several times...all save finders keepers, end of watch, bazaar. i'm stocking up. eventually, i also read the original gunslinger...seemed like the thing to do, all things considered. i like the revised more so although the original does have its place and i'd recommend reading both of them, before, after, one way or another. cue blondie. i'm going to get you...one way! or another!
'Tis a journey of a lifetime and I guarantee you found something new with each re- read. I take mine each December.
First, let me say I'm sorry to hear about your brother. Thanks for sharing such a detailed account of your Dark Tower discovery, I love reading these type of "first time" reading Stephen King experiences. The Paul Harvey reference is perfect, lol. Btw, when did you first read a SK book? Which one?free at last! free at last!
i've told this story a number of times, but it was the story of Roland and the tower that were reason why i wanted to read everything from king. it was back in the summer of aught-six, wife and i were out wyoming way, cody, the big huron mountains, heading east through gillette, devil's tower, sundance, into rapid city, a stop in deadwood. in rapid city at a mall, while the wife was doing her thing, i was in a book store sniffing books. it's not illegal...yet. the war on some drugs has not reached there...probably after nsa reads this post and gives the powers that be a head-s-up. anyway, i pick up a copy of the gunslinger...was in a gunslinger mood, our trip and all.
what did he do with this one? i asked myself...having only read it, on the recommendation of my brother (who unfortunately died in an accident much like...too much like, Nate's...he was 35)...so yeah. where was I? okay, i'd read it and dreamcatcher, enjoyed both stories, but thought maybe king was just a tad too mainstream, "popular" and so it goes. i read that first line, think, nice...maybe i had that image from the good, the bad and the ugly in mind, as well...those heat waves, that figure on horseback in the distance, galloping away. so. i make my purchase. didn't realize it at the time that the gunslinger was only volume one in a multiple volume set.
that threw me off my feed, truth be told...one of those harump! moments. what! i gotta buy more now to get, as paul harvey would say, the rest of the story? eeeek!
eventually i picked up the drawing of the three, started reading, and i was blown away, up there in the friendly skies. i finished the series by december of that year...first came to this message the following year in january. and have read the series several times i forget how many three four maybe five. and i've read the other stories, too, several times...all save finders keepers, end of watch, bazaar. i'm stocking up. eventually, i also read the original gunslinger...seemed like the thing to do, all things considered. i like the revised more so although the original does have its place and i'd recommend reading both of them, before, after, one way or another. cue blondie. i'm going to get you...one way! or another!