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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:41 pm Post subject: The Dark Tower Series
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I finished reading "the Gunslinger", which wasn't to bad by me. Has anyone else read the whole series?
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:44 pm Post subject: Re: The Dark Tower Series
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| Simon wrote: | | I finished reading "the Gunslinger", which wasn't to bad by me. Has anyone else read the whole series? |
I read the first three, but lost interest after that. The first one was phenomenal, though.
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:48 pm Post subject:
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That's what I was afraid of. 
I was reading some reviews here and it sounds like it gets pretty far out there....
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:54 pm Post subject:
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One thing I really got into was the gunslinger looking like Clint Eastwood in the Dollars Trilogy. I really dug that. Also the opening was really griping, just excellent.
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| Simon wrote: | | One thing I really got into was the gunslinger looking like Clint Eastwood in the Dollars Trilogy. I really dug that. Also the opening was really griping, just excellent. |
I enjoyed when he went into the town and was getting all "friendly" with his lady-friend (forgive the broad strokes here as it's been some time since I read it) and then the entire town comes after him, including her. Yowza!
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject:
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Maybe I read wrong but I was under the impression that he killed her on reflex. The guy who's wrist he broke was holding her hostage and someone flinched, after that he just reacted on trained impulse. I'll have to reread that section.
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject:
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I lost interest shortly into the fourth. I found book 2 to be the high point of the three I read in full.
I know people who say the 4th is the best book of the series, so I will probably get back to re-reading the first three, and onwards. Or at least, give it another try at some point.
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:29 am Post subject:
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There are seven books total, I hope they hold up.... 
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:41 pm Post subject: On THE GUNSLINGER
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Yeah, I like the dollars triligy too. Tell me- did the Gunslinger end on a cliffhanger? (I only ask becuase If I read a boook or see a movie with that kind of ending I feel I'm obligated to read the next one)
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I've only read the first one and I got the feeling that the end was one of those things where it could have stopped had it been a one shot deal/not sold well but King had left room for expansion, intentionally or not. There are a few things I want answers to that he left unexplained.
Also, from what I've read on Wiki, the copy I have is an older one and has things which King later changed. I.E: Roland is reading a magazine in Tull when he first arrives and accourding to Wiki King had that bit removed due to it being an inconsitancy with a later fact that paper is a scarce item in that world.
I'm hoping to get my new computer this weekend and probably won't have the money to buy any more books, so I'll have to wait to find out those answers:(
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never read any of em but I've put it on my list of ones to look into after I'm done w/ the Pandora series
looks interesting
I read "IT" when I was like 8
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:54 am Post subject:
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Keep reading the series, your right the first 3 are the best, but the series finishes out quite nicely. His best work I think along with The Green Mile and The Stand.
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:55 pm Post subject:
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I read all of them, but the only ones I enjoyed were The Gunslinger and The Wastelands. I disliked the others. I guess I just kept hoping they would improve.
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| MargeD10191 wrote: | | I read all of them, but the only ones I enjoyed were The Gunslinger and The Wastelands. I disliked the others. I guess I just kept hoping they would improve. |
that I can understand.
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