Dark Tower discussion

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I think the palaver between Roland and the MIB is the most powerful part of this book...well other than the opening sentence. I still remember the first time I read that at the age of 12. I'm 36 now and I take something different everytime I re-read it.

Funny, I found that part really boring! I must re-read it, I'm sure I'd enjoy it more the second time :)

Michelle wrote: "Funny, I found that part really boring! I must re-read it, I'm sure I'd enjoy it more the second time :)"

I agree! I just finished reading the series for the first time, and at the time this palaver didn't carry the same weight it does by the time the series is done. I will definitely be going back to re-read the series. I think there will be so much more meaning the second time around!

Different strokes for different folks...

I'm re-reading it at the moment and will be coming up to this part very shortly so will be interesting to see how it goes this time around!

The palaver with the man in black was probably one of the most powerful parts of book one! It was the only reason I was able to suffer through the drawing of the three.

Shell wrote: "I'm re-reading it at the moment and will be coming up to this part very shortly so will be interesting to see how it goes this time around!"

How did it go (last year)?

I think the palaver is the best bit of the Gunslinger and is pretty much the only reason I continued with the series. (The other reason being I had volumes 1-3 so would have eventually slogged on anyway. The unrevised Gunslinger was murder for me to read the first time as an early teenager.)

This is perhaps unrelated but, interesting and somewhat related as a starting point that SK may have had interest in when weaving his tale of The Dark Tower.

http://www.ancient-origins.net/artifa...

Recently finished the Dark Tower, and even though I've been so caught up in the events that took place in the final book, I was surprised to find some things left me with tears in my eyes on several occasions, not often a book can have that effect on me!

"Oy" sounds like a great name for my next billy-bumbler, although current plan is two from the same litter named "Ringo" & "Django".

Tim wrote: "Recently finished the Dark Tower, and even though I've been so caught up in the events that took place in the final book, I was surprised to find some things left me with tears in my eyes on severa..."

I cried at least three times during the final book.

Because the movie will be coming out early next year I have decided to read the entire series a third time. I am currently in the middle of Wastelands and just as enthralled I was the first time around and admire how rich the writing is. I am always picking up on parts that I guess I missed in previous reads. For me The Dark Tower is King's greatest work, even better than The Stand. I certainly hope the movie does it justice.

Monica wrote: "I think the palaver between Roland and the MIB is the most powerful part of this book...well other than the opening sentence. I still remember the first time I read that at the age of 12. I'm 36 no..."

Agreed! I first read this series at 12, too, and the first sentence has stuck with me over the last 12 years more strongly than anything I've read since. The first time I read TDT it was strictly about the adventure, the process of becoming. The current read through is full of this feeling of senescence-- aging, being hyper-aware of the passage of time despite the fact that time is breaking down in MidWorld.

We readers change the story as much as it changes us, I think.