The Dark Tower
The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, Book 7) Stephen King
Publisher: Donald M. Grant/Scribner
ISBN: 1880418622
Edition: Hardcover; 2004-09-21
Summary:
At one point in this final book of the Dark Tower series, the
character Stephen King (added to the plot in Song of Susannah) looks
back at the preceding pages and says "when this last book is
published, the readers are going to be just wild." And he's not
kidding. After a journey through seven books and over 20 years,
King's Constant Readers finally have the conclusion they've been both
eagerly awaiting and silently dreading. The tension in the Dark Tower
series has built steadily from the beginning and, like in the best of
King's novels, explodes into a violent, heart-tugging climax as
Roland and his ka-tet finally near their goal. The body count in The
Dark Tower is high. The gunslingers come out shooting and face a host
of enemies, including low men, mutants, vampires, Roland's hideous
quasi-offspring Mordred, and the fearsome Crimson King himself. King
pushes the gross-out factor at times--Roland's lesson on tanning (no,
not sun tanning) is brutal--but the magic of the series remains
strong and readers will feel the pull of the Tower as strongly as
ever as the story draws to a close. During this sentimental journey,
King ties up loose ends left hanging from the 15 non-series novels
and stories that are deeply entwined in the fabric of Mid-World
through characters like Randall Flagg (The Stand and others) or
Father Callahan (Salem's Lot). When it finally arrives, the long
awaited conclusion will leave King's myriad fans satisfied but
wishing there were still more to come. In King's memoir On Writing,
he tells of an old woman who wrote him after reading the early books
in the Dark Tower series. She was dying, she said, and didn't expect
to see the end of Roland's quest. Could King tell her? Does he reach
the Tower? Does he save it? Sadly, King said he did not know himself,
that the story was creating itself as it went along. Wherever that
woman is now (the clearing at the end of the path, perhaps?), let's
hope she has a copy of The Dark Tower. Surely she would agree it's
been worth the wait. --Benjamin Reese Visit the Dark Tower store Over
30 years in the making, spanning seven volumes, Stephen King's epic
quest for the Dark Tower has encompassed almost his entire body of
fiction. Find every volume of this fantastic adventure, an interview
with the master himself, and much more in our Dark Tower Store.
Authors on Stephen King Mystery writer Michael Connelly thinks
Stephen King's "one of the most generous writers I know of." Thriller
author Ridley Pearson says "King possesses an incredible sense of
story..." Read our Stephen King testimonials to find out what else
they and other authors had to say about the undisputed King of
Horror. The Path to the Dark Tower There are only seven volumes in
Stephen King's Dark Tower series but more than a dozen of his novels
and short stories are deeply entwined with the Mid-World universe.
Take a look at the non-series titles, from Salem's Lot to
Everything's Eventual. Can you find the connections? History of an
Alternate Universe Robin Furth, an expert on Stephen King's Dark
Tower universe if ever there was one, has created a timeline of
Mid-World, the slowly crumbling world of gunslinger Roland Deschain.
Read it and get up to speed on a world of adventure. Hail to the King
Fans applauded and critics howled when Stephen King was awarded the
National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Service to
American Letters. In typical fashion, King accepted the honor with
humility and urged recognition for other "popular" authors. Listen to
a clip of his acceptance speech, then order the entire speech on
audio CD.
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