dropdeded 0 #1 January 24, 2003 I just now finished the 4th book in the series"The Dark Tower" called "Wizard and Glass".Anyone else read this crap about Roland the Gunslinger? When is the next book due out???That freak Stephen King is stringin my ass along big time AND gettin rich in the meantime dropdeded------------------------------------------ The Dude Abides. - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygod7777 0 #2 January 24, 2003 hell no, i can't read those things. i get uniterested too easyily. there too long for me. my mom reads em though. later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #3 January 24, 2003 Now see, what I'm excited about is the new Harry Potter book coming out in June. I admit it, I'm a very advid reader, lots of history texts/biographies and stuff like that, but I love that kids book series...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pds 0 #4 January 24, 2003 i think 'the stand' was the last time i let him use my mflops.namaste, motherfucker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygod7777 0 #5 January 24, 2003 it's kinda funny though, not about the harry potter book , but i can read some of the books on skydiving shit, like the "skydiving with your pants on fire" or the sim, or whatever. i read that. but things like regular books, i just end up doing someting else, like going out to the dz and jumpin and it's kinda funny too when i pull out one of those in study hall, or a skydiving magazine, or parachitist, i sometimes get some funny looks, or really dumb "whaffo" questions. later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mujie96 0 #6 January 24, 2003 He's taken his sweet ass time between every book in the series. Just keep swimming...just keep swimming.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #7 January 24, 2003 I tried to read everything stephen king ever wrote....got hung up on a couple of his books that I just cannot get through. the gunslinger books are killing me though. i have read all four of them the moment they have come out....and he is taking his sweet time getting the rest of them out!!!! he really killed me when he left the group on the train....AAAHHH!!!! ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skip 0 #8 January 24, 2003 Quotehe really killed me when he left the group on the train....AAAHHH!!!! Amazing. It's been YEARS since I have picked up a Stephen King book, and that is one of the last things I remember. Talk about an abrupt ending to a great book. I guess that was the third book? I should go pick up the fourth. .:skip Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerry81 10 #9 January 24, 2003 I have practically everything he wrote collecting dust on a remote bookshelf somewhere... I was really into his crap in high school, but then I just kinda outgrew it. There are books that are just so more worthy of my timeThe Dark Tower series is a sort of a center point for his works- a lot of his other books relate to it in some way or another. And while he's capable of spewing out those books at a rate of two or three per year, he's REALLY taking his time with The Dark Tower. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #10 January 24, 2003 Stephen King books have been known to come before food in my house...I've been disappointed in some of his stuff, and his early stuff is very different from his stuff in the last 10 years or so. I do really enjoy his world building though - the Gunslinger series especially - seeing characters who played small roles in other books (or family members of characters from other books, in one or two cases) reappear as characters in his short stories and/or the 'Slinger series is fascinating. I do believe I have all of his books, with the exception of perhaps 2 (one of them shall be purchased soon, however). Did I enjoy all of them? Some more than others; all have had value at one time or another. As to his delay between books, don't forget his accident as well as his vision issues. I suspect he's had a delay or two in his production because of these things. OTOH, I've also heard that he uses someone to "ghost" his stuff, although I dunno if that's true or not. Either way, he is one of the very few authors I wait for... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dropdeded 0 #11 January 24, 2003 I have practically everything he wrote collecting dust on a remote bookshelf somewhere... I was really into his crap in high school, but then I just kinda outgrew it. There are books that are just so more worthy of my time __________________________________________________ Thats so true,none of his other stuff interests me really. My sister has a collection of everything he writes and she keeps it in perfect condition.She hates letting me read her books.I prefer to enjoy my books.They are all lookin pretty used,like they should. dropdeded------------------------------------------ The Dude Abides. - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygal3 0 #12 January 24, 2003 I have never finished a Stephen King book because he always goes off on describing something and it takes 3 pages to get back onto the subject...frustrated me easily. Stephen King had a house in the town I used to live in, he is an ass. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miller 0 #13 January 24, 2003 Dark Tower 5 is finished, all 900 pages of it. It's called "The Wolves of the Calla" I don't think there's a release set, but it will probably be within a year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #14 January 24, 2003 Used to be a huge fan. I think Delores Claiborne was the last book of his that I read. It was so pulpy and poorly written that I'd decided he'd become a total hack. Loved the Gunslinger series. But didn't even know the 4th book came out. He wrote the first one when he was still in college. Definitely taking his sweet old time with those books. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #15 January 24, 2003 I was disappointed with Delores Claiborne too. I think i read Gerald's Game after DC, and finally had enough. Two bad books in a row...just couldn't do it anymore. His earlier stuff was awesome. I loved Four Past Midnight and The Shining (the book NOT the movie). ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerry81 10 #16 January 24, 2003 Hey, Michele, were you ever a SKEMER? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #17 January 24, 2003 Hi, Jerry... QuoteSKEMER? Stephen King something something something? Haven't a clue what it is... I'd take a wild guess that no, I wasn't. Ceils- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerry81 10 #18 January 24, 2003 Stephen King EmailER. It was a group of Stephen King freaks with their own newsletter. I'm not really proud of it, but I was an active member a lifetime ago ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #19 January 24, 2003 Quote Stephen King EmailER Ah. No. No, I wasn't. Ceils- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #20 January 24, 2003 Both Dark Tower 5&6 are finished.Dark Tower 5 is supposedly due out this summer/fall from what I've heard. Also heard Dark Tower 6 might be released as soon as next year... "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luna 0 #21 January 24, 2003 Well, things are about to pick up. According to www.stephenking.com (the Official web site), as of Oct. 15 of 2002 these are the tentative publication dates for the rest of the series: Volume 5, Wolves of the Calla in September of 2003 Volume 6, Song of Susannah in November of 2003 Volume 7, The Dark Tower in March of 2004 You can also go here to read the Prologue for Volume 5. Yes, I admit it, I'm a hopeless addict of all things Stephen King. I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dropdeded 0 #22 January 24, 2003 Both Dark Tower 5&6 are finished.Dark Tower 5 is supposedly due out this summer/fall from what I've heard. Also heard Dark Tower 6 might be released as soon as next year... __________________________________________________ I sure hope so,that goofy fucker,(King),Keeps leavin ol Roland an company in some God awful places. I wanna get me one a them there billy bumblers. dropdeded------------------------------------------ The Dude Abides. - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #23 January 24, 2003 Quote I wanna get me one a them there billy bumblers. Me too! In my imagination Oy is so cute! "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
