Comments on: The Gunslinger – Review

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:15:07 +0000

Thanks for confirming, Nicole. As I read the rest of the Dark Tower series, I’ll also keep any eye out for Flagg.

And I’ll be stopping by to catch your review of “The Graveyard Book” next week.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:38:31 +0000

Thanks, Stacy. If those two elements are up his alley, then odds are he’ll like this one. He should be prepared that there are a few thousands pages to follow, though.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:37:03 +0000

Hi Charlie, thanks for coming by, we’re definitely few and far between. Here’s another one, I just started following this week, from the Baltimore Sun – here.
I haven’t read the revised version of the Gunslinger, so I’ll stick with the original.

I’ve stopped by your blog to be #21, and I’ll catch up with your posts in Google Reader. Very biblical name for the blog, by the way.

Cheers,
Michael

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:24:40 +0000

Yep, King Roland is in that book. And the evil magician Flagg. He alludes to that character in other books, as well. In The Stand, I believe he hints that the evil character might be the same Flagg. And it’s been many years since I’ve read any of the Dark Tower series, but if memory serves, I believe Flagg might make an appearance in those books as well.
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By: stacy

stacy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:59:01 +0000

My husband likes Stephen King and ambigous endings that he can talk about at length! I’ll have to pick this one up for him. Great review.
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By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:51:31 +0000

I found your blog in the LT blogging group, and I was glad to see another male doing books because we seem to be a vast minority.

I too have read the entire Dark Tower series and I thought the ending was brilliant—which many readers will disagree with. Apparently, those “many readers” wanted the DT to be written to fantansy formula, but the series was much more than that.

I think the original Gunslinger was some of the finest writing King has ever done. He rewrote it to fill in some backstory, and it wasn’t nearly as good. William Faulkner made a ton of mistakes that he knew about, but he never went back and fixed them—he attributed the errors to normal human forgetfulness.

I like you blog and I’ve stuck my mug up on your followers gallery—just so you’ll know who the ugly guy is.
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By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:19:07 +0000

Thanks, Nicole, glad you came by. It is funny that you mention “Eyes of the Dragon” – yes, I did read it, a long time ago, and I was thinking about it again this week. Wasn’t the king in that story named Roland? That stuck in my head, and I was wondering if there was any connection between the two. Unfortunately, my copy of that novel has long since vanished.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:16:25 +0000

Hi Debi, thank you. I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the series. Do you read graphic novels? There is a series of graphic novels for the Dark Tower that was suggested to me. I will let you know what they are like as I read them as well.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:58:56 +0000

Great review, Michael! I have read a lot of King, and the Dark Tower books are some of my favorites. He may be considered a master of horror, but I personally believe fantasy is what he does best; this series is a delicious combination of the two.

Have you read “Eyes of the Dragon”? It’s not only my favorite King novel ever, but also one of my top 5 books of all time.
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By: Debi

Debi — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:44:17 +0000

What a fabulous review!!! I hate even saying this, but I read this about 25 years ago. And loved it! And loved the second in the series. And the third. But I never read the rest, mostly because they just came out so far apart. I did buy them all, and hope to start over from the beginning. And after reading your review, I suspect it may be more sooner than later.
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