SK's Dark Tower Series

Are there any fans of the books here?

I absolutely loved that series. Well...as well as I could love anything written by King. He has this thing in all his books that sort of bugs me: Excellent lead-in which grabs you on page one, great character development, wonderfully fluid middle parts that build suspense, but then he usually lays an egg in the ending. Dark Tower fits that profile to a Tee.

Anyway, I read recently that the book series was more like a cartoon come to life. I did not get that sense at all. I read it as a cross between a Spaghetti Western and a dystopian future like WestWorld. In my head, Roland was a little more Yul Brenner than Clint Easwood, and not at all cartoonish. The closest I could come to when thinking "cartoon" would be the train gone insane. But, I didn't mind. I loved that character.

Now there is a movie coming. Certainly not a cartoon. Idris Alba--one of my favorite actors--plays the Gunslinger. And, Mathew McConaughey--another favorite actor--plays the Dark Man. Talk about a film that calls me out by name. :lol:

I think I'll go see it. I hope it doesn't disappoint.

I absolutely LOVE the early King ...... From the short stories in the mens mags , then CARRIE and next five or six which followed. Then he came out with IT and the Gunslinger series and I said - okay - thats it for me. I just did not like it in the least.

haymarket said:

I absolutely LOVE the early King ...... From the short stories in the mens mags , then CARRIE and next five or six which followed. Then he came out with IT and the Gunslinger series and I said - okay - thats it for me. I just did not like it in the least.

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Carrie had a good ending. It and DT did not. Good points.

Loved it...daddachum... Read it first as a kid then again as an adult when he finished it, and thought it was awesome. Then he did some weird after the fact short stories, and I couldn't get through them... SK writes some amazing stuff, but sometimes he just phones it in, too... hehe (I've read almost everything, except the short stories, which I can't get into. I miss the old SK)

I enjoyed the Talisman as well. I read some of Dark Tower ages ago, and enjoyed it, but I didn't keep up with it.
I'll definitely be seeing the movie, and I hope it's good art, and not audience pandering ****e.

I read the first four when I was much younger. Are they worth finishing as an adult?

I see there are now eight installments. Is it actually over in the eighth book or are people still waiting for more? I'd rather not be in a Game of Thrones situation - liking something but worrying that the author is going to die before it's finished.



Another question: are there other SK books which, like Hearts in Atlantis, tie into The Dark Tower?