Well, it seems that a lot of people really, really liked the miniseries. Given the massive advertising push SciFi gave it, I'm not surprised it attracted so many viewers ( Read more... )

Three separate words that form a coherent phrase and yet are independently meaningful.

To wit:

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I had a wonderful weekend--probably the best I've had in ages--but before I get to that, I want to talk about "The Dark Tower." Having finished the final volume in a marathon three-day press, I find I have a lot to say about it.

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So last night I finally finished "Song of Susannah," the sixth and penultimate volume of the "Dark Tower" series.

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I forgot to mention that I finished "Wizard and Glass," fourth in the "Dark Tower" series, the other night.

It's an even more extreme example of Stephen King smooshing two distinct stories together, in this case the tragic tale of young Roland and Susan, and the present-day(?) travels of Roland and his new ka-tet. While a lot of the Roland/Susan ( Read more... )

I finished "The Dark Tower: The Waste Lands" in a marathon late-night reading fest last evening. Very good stuff, but I feel like King was trying to smush two books into one. The arrival of Jake into Mid-World and the exploration of Lud could probably have each taken up a book completely on their own, and compressing two very different stories into ( Read more... )

This was one of the better weekends in recent memory. Let's recap:

* Friday I treated myself to a haircut, much needed after six months. It looks much better now--I've dubbed it the "Sawyer." On my way home, I stopped for a wonderful banana smoothie at a local Dupont Circle coffeeshop and enjoyed the beautiful sunset. Then I ran into
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I recently finished "The Drawing of the Three", second installment in the "Dark Tower" series. It started out slow for me, personally--I can't believe it took 100 pages to get Eddie from that damn plane into Mid-World, but it picks up considerable steam thereafter. It seems like King devoted equal space to introducing both Eddie and Odetta/Detta/ ( Read more... )

While browsing the bookstore on Thursday before game, I came across the Stephen King section, and sure enough, there was the majority of the "Dark Tower" series. Figuring now was the time to man up if there ever was one, I bought "The Gunslinger" and read the entire thing in a mad 48-hour dash. I also picked up the first issue of the Marvel " ( Read more... )