hehe, sorry... I'm really glad people are posting! This is a little more free flowing than the message board on Stephen King's official website (it takes too long since the moderator has to approve the messages before they're posted).
I have "volumes" to discuss about the DT, but I'm waiting until I have a little more time to really sit and think about what I want to say first..
I have some stuff I want to talk about that I've drawn from Bev Vincent's
companion book "The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus"... he has a lot of good points (but personally I don't think he did such a good job on the book. This is the one and only time I've ever felt this way: I believe I could have done a much better job than he did. I don't think I've ever felt that way about any other book until Bev Vincent's hehe but he was really horrible. But I have to admit, there are some good points and references...)
So, did any of you guys try to make death predictions? I found the list my friend and I made... We said Callaghan, then Eddie, then Susannah, then Roland (ha ha! - I don't know what we were thinking; perhaps too much wine that night), then possibly Jake/Oy...
AquaBlue! Welcome! so... you're in the middle of the DT? that's good! Is this your first? second? time reading the series? If it's the first, I hope this thread doesn't spoil it for you...
What book did you guys like best? Mine was DTIII (I really like it when Jake was reintroduced... and well. hehe, I looove Oy too much (I don't find him pointless...
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Favourite Characters? Roland's mine... then Jake/Oy (they count as one to me)
Did any of you guys get Robin Furth's Concordances? I only got one, but it really wasn't needed so I didn't get the 2nd (last). The first one covers books I-IV and all it is really is just like characters from A-Z, Places from A-Z, etc... She's one of King's assistants and she was hired when he decided to start working on Wolves of the Calla and needed help organizing notes (references and whatnot... as you can tell, King has a bit of a problem when it comes down to continuity)... So really, her concordance wasn't supposed to be something to publish, just something to help the man himself.. But since it turned out to be helpful to readers themselves (those that hadn't read the books in awhile and decided to jump back into DT) they published the second "concordance" covering the last three books.
While I'm on the subject of companion books, yes, Bev Vincent's book is a companion book with an "in-depth analysis" of the Dark Tower. It's a nice thing to have when you've finished on the books and are suffering DT withdrawals.
"Wonderful...opens doors to Roland's world that not even I knew existed. If you like the Dark Tower books, you'll like this one. Enthusiastically recommended" - Stephen King
And its content was pretty good, but Bev Vincent pissed me off a lot because he kept making points that contradicted his previous points. (I'll give examples later)... he also misspells things.. (I doubt it's a typo too)
Anyway, Long days and Pleasant nights everyone! I'll talk to you all soon! But for now, I'm off for the weekend!!!
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