Dark Tower

i have read the gunslinger!! (i think it's the right series!) but that was really awesome but i prefer stephen king's horrer film books (the shining) and other film books (the green mile) they are superb!

ive red ythat! for a school project HA! its a good book

Eddy wrote: ive red ythat! for a school project HA! its a good book

lucky you, we read  like Romeo and Juliet and inspector calls which i don't see why we have to they are old and it takes us half the time just to understand what they are saying and then we have to write a peice of coursework on it!

I read Gunslinger and thought it was quite good, but like Arkitek I prefer his horror stuff. I'm reading IT at the moment which is bloody amazing.

I didn't like it very much, it was ok, but nothing really spectacular did happen. I read the first three books, and I am curious how the storie develops, but that's all.

Kings books generally appeal to me. I like the stories he wrote under Pseudonym Richard Bachman. The Running Man, The Long Walk and Rage are great short stories (he wrote them before his breakthrough with Carrie, but they were released years after).

Best King Books are It, together with The Stand, Insomnia, The Talisman (with Straub) and the best of the bunch Salem's Lot.

Ben2112 wrote: Jeshua wrote: I thought this wasn't about music? Anyway have any of you read or in the middle of reading the Dark Tower series by stephen king?I'm almost done with the first one and its already amazing, i was wondering if the books get better or if its worth the time. One of my favorite book series' of all time. I just finished Part V and will be picking up Part VI soon. And yes, they do get better as they go along, though Part IV is very different than the others as it all takes place in a flashback sequence and it is very much a love story. Still excellent though.

Stick with it guys - I'm about halfway through the seventh and final book in the series. Ben, go for book VI as soon as you can - Mr King has managed to write himself into this one (and the final book) Marvellous stuff!

tuxon wrote: I didn't like it very much, it was ok, but nothing really spectacular did happen. I read the first three books, and I am curious how the storie develops, but that's all. Kings books generally appeal to me. I like the stories he wrote under Pseudonym Richard Bachman. The Running Man, The Long Walk and Rage are great short stories (he wrote them before his breakthrough with Carrie, but they were released years after). Best King Books are It, together with The Stand, Insomnia, The Talisman (with Straub) and the best of the bunch Salem's Lot.

Yeah his Bachman stories ARE amazing...and very very dark. Man, The Long Walk is just so creepy and cruel, it's frickin terrifying (in a great way ).

Were you like me and really disappointed the first time you saw the movie "The Running Man"? I think it would have been so much cooler if it had been a sprawling manhunt like the book instead of the stupid game show thing.

Re. Jim Garten:

I haven't read Black House yet, I know about it, but the last ten years I haven't been reading so much, It is one of the books I have on my wish-list, so I'll probably read it in the next year or two

The movie The running man wasn't a big dissapointment to me, It had nothing to do with the book (apart from the title and some references) and I didn't expect more similarities in the storie. It was just a great action movie.

best oneliners.

Arnie: Hey lightbulb. Christmastree

Arnie : I'll be back
reply Killian: Only in a re-run (probably not intended, but the association with the title made it more brilliant)

Well I think you are supposed to be confused. Read on and find out.