By the way, those that are a fan of The Dark Tower series may find this site informative.
http://www.stephenking.com/darktower/ There is even a list of his other books that crossover into The Dark Tower series and vice versa. ---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah. It's difficult for me to say I was disappointed with the ending as I > don't really think I was. I was like, "awwww...okay...hmmmm.....". > I don't think I will bother with The Wind Through the Keyhole. Even though > I absolutely love The Dark Tower series, this book just doesn't sound > interesting to me. As I understand it, it is just a book with some short > stories about the early years of Roland. > I read Peter David's graphic novel The Gunslinger Born. It was okay. Peter > David seemed to grasp the whole King language from the High Speech pretty > well and the story was pretty good but overall it seemed to be a little bit > of a let down. Maybe because I had just finished The Dark Tower series and > had such high expectations and made a mistake in comparing it to King's > writing. > > ---------------------------------------- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosby > http://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Jennifer Walker < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't think he's a hack, by any means, but as to the Dark Tower series >> in particular, I was not all that thrilled about how it ultimately ended. I >> believe my exact reaction was 'Wait, what? Oh, you've got to be kidding >> me!' I get it, but I don't have to like it, lol. And by that I mean the end >> of Book 7, haven't picked up the 8th-but-really-4.5th book. >> >> I was enjoying the Dark Tower graphic novels, at least the first >> few--need to figure out where I left off and pick it back up--as it filled >> in some of the backstory that was started in flashbacks but never fully >> fleshed out. >> >> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Patrick Pence <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Ed- >>> >>> I'm in the middle of 11/22/63 right now. Can't. Put. It. Down. I >>> haven't been this voracious of a reader for any book in a long time. >>> >>> King has an exceptional talent for Time Travel lore. He really nailed >>> this one. >>> >>> I await the counter-arguments from the 'King is a Hack' crowd. :-P >>> >>> P >>> >>> ______________________________ >>> [email protected] >>> *"You can be the captain, * >>> * and I will draw the chart..."* >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 11:03:08 -0400 >>> Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] Re: What Are You Reading - 2012 >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> Finished Stephen King's 11/22/63. AMAZING book. Very exciting and >>> intriguing. I highly recommend. Basically, it's about a man who discovers a >>> bubble/portal to 1958 and uses it to make some changes in history including >>> the assassination of JFK. King writes some interesting twist to the >>> resulting timeline after some of the historical changes. Anyone who is a >>> fan of time travel would find this book a good read, even if you are not a >>> fan of King. >>> And, just finished King's Insomnia. Another good book by King. I'm a >>> huge fan of King's The Dark Tower series (probably my all time favorite) >>> and some of the crossover in Insomnia from The Dark Tower was pretty cool. >>> Also, it was very fitting to reading Insomnia since I have been suffering >>> the illness lately due to my recent surgery. Needless to say, I've done a >>> lot of reading lately due to the lack of sleep. >>> Just started reading Song of Susannah from The Dark Tower series again. >>> I had been listening to the audio books of the series and had just finished >>> listening to Wolves of the Calla before my surgery. Since I haven't been >>> able to drive, and probably will not be driving for a while, I decided to >>> pick up the book to start reading because I couldn't wait until I started >>> driving again to resume listening. >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> Have a Better One, >>> Edward Crosby >>> http://about.me/edwardcrosby >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>> Just finished Star Wars: Tales From Jabba's Palace, as editted by Kevin >>> J. Anderson. All in all I liked this book because the majority of the >>> short stories were well-written. A few of them were subpar, but not enough >>> to bring the whole book down. The fact that the stars of the stories are >>> the wild and weird aliens from my favorite Star Wars movies helps in this >>> regard. >>> >>> Some standouts include Anderson's tale of the Rancor Keeper; Deborah >>> Wheeler writes about Ree Yees; Kenneth C. Flint has a hard boiled tale >>> starring Ephant Mon; and Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens score with a tale >>> about EV-9D9. The story of the Max Rebo Band also had me grinning pretty >>> much the entire way. >>> >>> An interesting aspect is that most of the stories take place at the same >>> time, so they all have some sort of connective tissue to other stories. So >>> when we see a character run into another in one story, that meeting will at >>> least be mentioned in the other character's story. This can get a little >>> redundant but the different POVs help. >>> >>> Main complaint is the inclusion of a story with Dannik Jeriko, who as >>> far as I can remember doesn't actually appear in Jabba's Palace but instead >>> is from the Cantina in Mos Eisley. Similarly, Timothy Zahn writes a story >>> with Mara Jade (big shock), but she is never seen on screen in Jabba's >>> Palace. Why couldn't we have gotten a story about Yak Face or one of the >>> Nikto instead of these two? >>> >>> Overall I enjoyed the book. But it's a book about Jabba's Palace so >>> this is not really a surprise. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/i573b5ioXyUJ. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jennifer "Scraps" Walker >> >> The Helper Monkey Network >> http://www.jenniferwalkeronline.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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