For me, it was Geralds Game
Ahhhhhhh yes, was actually thinking of that one too - that whole "is there someone in the corner or not" thing really goosed me for a few days at bedtime!
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03-14-2005 10:00
For me, it was Geralds Game Ahhhhhhh yes, was actually thinking of that one too - that whole "is there someone in the corner or not" thing really goosed me for a few days at bedtime! _____________________
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Anton Mason
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10-24-2005 13:35
Finally finished te series late last year. but had heard King was rumored to be writing an 8th book. Anyone else hear this.
Oh, and the Talisman was great, but Black house is a follow up to it, so read that too! Anthony |
blaze Spinnaker
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10-24-2005 13:42
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Torley Linden
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10-24-2005 13:45
Stephen King is a genius.
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10-24-2005 14:18
I've read all of them. Started on The Gunslinger when I was 12 or so. I'm just happy he finished the series before he (or I) died.
When the last book came out I took it into work and read the whole thing at my desk. My co-worker said my face turned white as a sheet during the last 3 or 4 pages...and that's all I'll say about that. I really wish I still had an original copy of The Gunslinger, not the revised version. _____________________
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Aliasi Stonebender
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10-24-2005 14:27
RISE FROM YOUR GWAVE, indeed!
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Angel Byrd
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10-24-2005 16:32
I have been a King fan for sometime, and I admit I was reluctant to read the Dark Tower, until last year when working in a book store and book 7 was released. The frenzy behind my co-workers and customers got me thinking, and I read the series. I find it amazing how all 7 books tie in with just about every book or story he has written in some form or fashion. It was a shocker. Now I find myself re-reading the other books to see what I had missed, and also you would be amazed at how some of the stories make so much more sense now.. Also I recently read "The Talisman" and "Black House". I can't say I have read a book I was dissappointed in.
Someone posted about the line from the movie Gunslinger, Yes the line came from that movie. Also He main objective behind writing this tale was just as JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. To give America a mythology just as Tolkien looked to give his homeland a mythology.. And I must say he did an amazing job! King has always been in awe of Tolkien and you can see that in the way the Dark Tower series unfolds. ![]() |
Bertha Horton
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10-24-2005 19:32
I have read the series ever since volume one came out in mass market paperback. It has been an exhilirating thrillride and a tremendous wait between volumes. I loved the surprise ending, which will upset almost everyone who had to read through thousands of pages to get there.
I loved the story so much that I re-bought all seven volumes in hardcover, plus hardcovers to 'Salem's Lot and Eyes of the Dragon which are required reading to more properly enjoy the story. To new readers of the work who are considering quitting because volume one was very dry reading, it definitely picks up in volume two. Definitely my second favorite series, after Terry Pratchett's Discworld. |
Caleb Moreau
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10-24-2005 19:51
I'm still on Wizard and Glass, myself. But I've read all the ones prior to that, and LOVED them..
I could never get "into" Tolkien's world.. But I've found it easier to slip into King's, because there are fragments of our own laying about, in a way. A particularly close bit came to me after Roland and the gang had their bumpy disembark from Blaine in--amazingly--Topeka, my town of birth and home. Heck, the small train mentioned to be near Gage Park was something i rode on many times as a child! And the tie-in with The Stand in that part--which I recently finished rereading--was just awesome. There's also something appealing to me about the idea of Roland's world having once been something we'd read about in a sci-fi book. As for my own personal favorite of King's.. I might have to say The Stand, because I'm big into the end-of-civilization thing--albeit usually involving zombies. |