Dark Tower
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Topic: Dark Tower
Posted By: Jeshua
Subject: Dark Tower
Date Posted: April 09 2005 at 11:21
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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.
------------- Fast car, on the highway, on the biway, Mr. Robotron -Mr . Devil |
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Posted By: arkitek
Date Posted: April 09 2005 at 11:45
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!
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Posted By: Jeshua
Date Posted: April 09 2005 at 13:57
yeah thatsthe right series, i haven't read any others, ill have to get into them! ------------- Fast car, on the highway, on the biway, Mr. Robotron -Mr . Devil |
arkitek wrote:Posted By: Eddy
Date Posted: April 09 2005 at 16:17
| ive red ythat! for a school project HA! its a good book |
Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: April 09 2005 at 20:25
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. 
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Posted By: arkitek
Date Posted: April 10 2005 at 03:13
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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!Posted By: Jeshua
Date Posted: April 10 2005 at 10:59
Yeah we read romeo and juliet in school, we are about to start a tale of two cities :( ------------- Fast car, on the highway, on the biway, Mr. Robotron -Mr . Devil |
Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: April 10 2005 at 11:38
| 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. |
Posted By: Olin
Date Posted: April 10 2005 at 22:34
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Thats the right series. Its a good book !
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: April 10 2005 at 22:46
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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. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: April 10 2005 at 22:51
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good book! romeo and juliet is the worst of shakespeares works i find, and his genius can only be appreciated in his sonnets. but just because you dont understand it or it doesnt have King on the cover or doesnt have good writing doesnt make it a bad book |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 11 2005 at 03:16
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! ------------- 
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Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: April 11 2005 at 04:32
Heh, I sorta wondered if that might be coming with some of the events at the end of Book V  . I love the way he is weaving so many of his past books into the Dark Tower story. It is really a great way to close out a phenomenal career.
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Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: April 11 2005 at 05:03
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. 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 11 2005 at 07:32
The Long Walk is one of my favorite Bachman books - such a simple concept, yet so chilling; and don't talk to me about 'The Running Man' movie  .
Tuxon: if you liked 'The Talisman', have you read the sequel, 'Black House'? King & Straub make an excellent team... -------------
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: April 11 2005 at 12:58
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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 ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Jeshua
Date Posted: April 12 2005 at 21:03
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did the boy die, i read it but it was so abrupt i had to read it like five time over, so did he?
------------- Fast car, on the highway, on the biway, Mr. Robotron -Mr . Devil |
Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: April 12 2005 at 23:41
Well I think you are supposed to be confused. Read on and find out. 
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Posted By: Jeshua
Date Posted: April 13 2005 at 22:17
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lol i will tonight.
------------- Fast car, on the highway, on the biway, Mr. Robotron -Mr . Devil |