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Hile Gunslingers. I was looking into spending my Audible credit this month when the thought crossed my mind, "why no Dark Tower(comic) audiobook?"
I'm a fan of Neil Gaiman and the audio rendition of Sandman, in my opinon, is phenomenal. I researched a little and couldn't come up with anything. Is this something there's an appetite for among the fanbase? Who do I bombard with letters, emails, and phone calls to get this started?
I’m reading the series for the first time and currently on Book 3. When I’m reading I usually put in white noise, rain, or a film score. If you do the same, what’s your favorite score when you’re reading the series? Maybe the obvious answer is the 2017 TDT one, but I’m still curious.
This is try number 3 and I think I like it
Did (is) anyone else have trouble understanding some of the dialogue in Wolves, especially when it came to the folks of the Calla, particularly the grand-pere character? I found myself rereading some paragraphs 2-3 times trying to understand wtf they were trying to say, especially when the mention new names or ones mentioned in passing before. I’m currently in the middle of Wolves so no spoilers please but did anyone else have this issue? I feel I’m missing things by sheer lack of understanding.
I just finished Black House so now I’m going to start Wolves and go straight to books 6 and 7 right afterwards. I started this trip a little less than a year ago and it’s finally about to end. I’m a bit nervous but still excited. I’ve got basically every major connection down: It Salem’s Lot The Stand The Eyes of the Dragon The Talisman Insomnia Hearts in Atlantis(all of it) Everything’s Eventual(Little Sisters and Everything’s Eventual) And Black House.
Unfortunately I haven’t been free from the wrath of spoilers, not at all, but eh whatever what I can do now. I just hope it doesn’t significantly impact my enjoyment of the story. Long days and pleasant nights.
Wtf was this?? Am i the only one that thought that movie was horrid? How was that actually put out for the public? Crazy
Couldn't help but think of the bullets used by gunslingers💀
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Researchers Name Ancient Species of Giant Turtle After a Universe-Vomiting Stephen King Character
Carl the robot from Meet the Robinsons
It took me almost 2 years (I am not the most effective reader 🙂) but yes, I finished it and it was amazing. But what the hell the movie is? It probably one of the worst adaptation I've ever seen.
For me I would say Kellen Goff as Andy the messenger robot. He’s known for his numerous voice acting roles in the Five Nights at Freddy’s video game series, but he has an amazing range of voices that would fit the character so well.
Listening to Wastelands on my third walk to the tower. Always have thought that Lud was New York but thought the geography was strange. Just made it to the point where Jake meets Tick Tock Man and thought “wow never noticed how similar tick tocks throne room is like Flaggs throne room in The Stand”. Then tick tock kills a woman as does Flagg in the stand and it occurred to me that this is where we are reintroduced to Flagg at the end of wastelands. It also mentions neon lights illuminating her dead body. Then I remembered that there was a bunch of nuclear testing that took place outside of Las Vegas some time ago. Is it possible that Lud is actually Las Vegas? The geography matches pretty well in my mind. ESPECIALLY if the old worry about California breaking off of the US happened in Roland’s world. That’d be a western sea, a desert, a mountain range, and then a city on the edge of nuclear fallout.
I swear my copy of The Gunslinger does not contain this phrase. I just finished The Waste Lands of this same set and haven’t come across it. Was this added in later editions?
spoilers for Wizard & Glass and beyond, and for Dreamcatcher in my post
I replied to a post on r/stephenking about which character/death from which story hit the hardest replying with Beaver and Duddits from Dreamcatcher as my top answer, if only because others had replied with DT characters/members of the ka-tet quite frequently in the thread.
Mentioning those two characters in juxtaposition to the DT ka-tet in my mind got me thinking. Everything serves the Beam. The way the guys in Dreamcatcher find and save Duddits from bullies, how Beaver’s singing gave him a bit of a special connection to him, and how goofy Beaver is made me think of Cuthbert and Sheemie. Which led to some parallels between Henry and Roland, Jonesy and Alain. Jaime and Pete are kind of the forgotten two, I suppose.
Who else sees any echoes of the ka-tet in other books?
I want to fight Roland in DnD. Give me your idea on what would Roland class/subclass, Abilities and stats be as a DnD boss.
Is it just me, or is the book The Gunslinger the only one that foreshadows or indicates a repeat??
...who remembers the pre-Sony-fuckery when it was talked about alternating 3 movies and 3 mini series to connect them, to represent the whole series? Would have been much better.