Re: Trip to the bookstore
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I'm amazed that you haven't read the Dark Tower series. You say that you generally enjoy King. Have you read many other recent Stephen King novels? If so you'll enjoy the series more, 'cause about half of his books are related to the Dark Tower in some way. But they're by no means required reading. A warning. The first book is by far the worst of the lot, so I would advise you to not get discouraged at the get-go. The later books are some of the most amazing bits of story-telling I've yet encountered in my admittedly short life.
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I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with this. The first book is the best of the series by far (caveat: I have not read the rewritten version he did recently after he got lazy with the story). The first four books as a collective may be King's best work. The 5th and 6th books read like he's racing to get to the 7th, and the 7th book...well, I think "huge disappointment" is an understatement. Just one guy's opinion, and I don't want to get deep into it. There are, I'm sure, fans that will disagree.
The first one is great, tho...romantic, poetic, strange and beautiful. And lots of people get shot.
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My wife is a huge King fan and has read (and owns) everything he's written. I've probably read 10 or 12 of his books. I like them in a check the brain out of life sort of way. My favorite was the one's with Tak (sorry can't remember the names). Black House was good too. And I enjoyed Insomnia and Dreamcatcher quite a bit.
But I agree with the assessment of the Gunslinger series 100%. Only die-hard fans will enjoy all 7 installments and that's because they are die-hard fans. The first was the best by far.
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