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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:25 AM
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Hear me, I beg ye: The new Dark Tower book is great
I'm only a fourth of the way into it, but it's damn good. Damn good. All things follow the beam.
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Cat Atomic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:26 AM
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1. Sweet. I love that series.
Particularly the first book. Magic, cowboys, and feudalism make for a seriously strange world.
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ZenLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:27 AM
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2. Hear him. Hear him well.
But I'll not post any spoilers, do ya.
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:28 AM
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3. Thankee sai, well met.
n/t
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truthspeaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:38 AM
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4. Glad to hear it
since Wizard and Glass blew big chunks. Now I know what I want for Christmas.
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ZenLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 11:07 AM
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6. If you didn't like Wizard & Glass...
...you may not be as fond of Wolves of the Calla as some of us here. It's certainly not more-of-the-same (far from it), but it does continue along the same lines.
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 11:02 AM
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5. I am about half way through it
and it just keeps getting better. I love this series.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 11:54 AM
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7. Does King get past the major suckage of Wizard and Glass?
Lordy, what a case of writer's block! Just tell the darn story.
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maxanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 12:41 PM
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8. I won't spoil it
I have not forgotten the face of my father.

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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 07:53 PM
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9. How did that get released without me noticing?
Dammit, I just bought a bunch of new books. Now I have to buy one more.
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 01:24 AM
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15. Couple of weeks ago, do you ken?
Very recently, at any rate. Plus, there's an unrelated story about Roland in "Everything's Eventual" that's worth checking out.
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Nlighten1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 08:14 PM
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10. The first three are my favorite books...ever...
but the fourth sucked ass and made me lose interest. How does this one rate to the first three?
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 01:22 AM
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13. I haven't read the others in a while
so I can't rightly say. This is similar to Wizard and Glass, but different...but I liked the fourth one, chiefly because I like all that background character development stuff. Probably explains why I have blown so much money on nearly everything Tolkein-related ever published.

If you're not sure, grab it at a library and start reading it.
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ZenLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:42 PM
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11. Why does everyone think the 4th book sucked ass?
It wasn't as good as the first three (I liked #2 the best), but it wasn't that bad. Was it?
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maxanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 11:30 PM
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12. I didn't think so,
Zen Lefty. We needed to know about Roland's early years, say thankya.
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 01:23 AM
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14. Yer, bugger!
I thought the fourth book was quite good.
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