09-02-2012, 01:47 PM | #1 |
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The Dark Tower
I just started reading The Gunslinger for the first time. The series has just become available as e-books in my country. I'm very courious to see who has read the series and what you think of it. And i'll tell you what I think of it along the way.
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09-02-2012, 10:32 PM | #2 | |
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It was written early in King's career. I thought I read somewhere, that he wasn't found of the first book. Obviously he liked the concepts since he continued it. I probably will continue the series as it is at the library. |
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09-03-2012, 01:55 AM | #3 |
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I have read the series except for the last book. The first book is very different from the others. If you didn't care for it so much as King's other good stuff, just keep going. I believe he wrote the first one long before it was actually published, then he put the series down for a while and continued it years later.
The fourth book, Wizard and Glass, was my favorite so far. Second favorite is Wolves of the Calla. |
09-03-2012, 09:21 AM | #4 |
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I really enjoyed the Gunslinger, and enjoyed the series up until The Wizard and Glass; after that point the series drove itself off a cliff. There's a point where King writes himself in as a character and I recommend getting off their to avoid wasting your time.
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One of the best mood/motif setting opening lines of all time.
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09-03-2012, 04:38 PM | #6 |
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I'm only at page 55 so far and I think I like it (still not sure), but hard to follow. I have a feeling that everything is not in chronological order. Am I right? For instance: first the Gunslinger's mule is dead and the next page it's alive again?!?
Maybe I shouldn"t try to read this after a twelve hour stressfull day at work haha. Last edited by Joy736; 09-03-2012 at 04:50 PM. |
09-03-2012, 05:36 PM | #7 |
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I've read the first five of the series, and although fantasy is not my thing, I tried them because it was Stephen King, and I ended up really enjoying them. It took a while to get into the first book, but it was worth it by the end. And despite the fact subsequent books get progressively longer and longer, I got hooked on them. Probably the only first edition hardback I've bought was no5 in the series, Wolves of the Calla. Sods law, I didn't enjoy it as much as the others and I didn't buy any more of them after that....
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09-03-2012, 07:49 PM | #8 |
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There are a few really good threads on "Dark Tower" on this forum. Just "Search" for them.
I've read the 7-volume Dark Tower Series twice, and it is a long winding adventure. Don't give up after the first volume - it does set the tone for the rest of the series and foreshadows what is to come; but the real character development that SK does so well is in subsequent volumes. You are correct, the volumes are not in chronological order. The volume that should have been first is Wizard and Glass (the 4th one) because that is the one on the Gunslinger's childhood. That one was my favorite and from that point onward I was hooked. Most Dark Tower readers have their favorite volumes. |
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I'm sorry i was not clear enough. I meant the chronological order in the gunslinger (volume one) alone. First he arrived in some town (talking about being in Tull right before) and his mule died. And in the next part he arrives in Tull and his mule is alive again (this is all about the first 55 pages). Very confused here. But again, maybe I shouldn't read this after such a long work-day.
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my advice to you is to read them until the waste lands... gets pretty dull after that.
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09-05-2012, 10:35 AM | #11 |
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I'm on the waiting list for The Gunslinger at my library; I'm going to attempt a re-read of the series incorporating the new book, "The Wind Through the Keyhole."
I read the first four books in high school (around 1997). The first three books are great and the fourth is a bit boring but otherwise not terrible. The fifth book is pretty bad and the sixth book was so awful I only read half of it. I've never read book seven but I've read the Wikipedia synopsis so I know how it ends. |
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I understand the story now (reading when well rested really helps haha) and i'm really enjoying the Gunslinger so far. I'm looking forward to the rest of the book and the rest of the series. Thanks to everyone so far for your oppinion/advice.
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09-09-2012, 03:16 PM | #14 |
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I just finished the Gunslinger and I'm a little sad it's over . I loved it that much. I loved the crazy world in witch the story takes place, were anything can happen. The elusiveness of everything makes me curious for the next volumes.
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09-10-2012, 05:22 AM | #15 |
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been re reading these and just finished book two
didn't enjoy them the first time I read them but I am enjoying them now on the second read onto book three soon |
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