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Great idea ! I'm a bit ahead as I'm halfway through The Wastelands.
There are a couple of other books mentioned in passing in that btw - The Bridge of San Luis Rey and You Can't Go Home Again - could add these to the schedule to extend it to cover the whole year ? Sure there will be others mentioned in passing in the later books too - an added benefit of SK books is that he makes reference to other author's books that he recommends !
Howdy... Stephen invited me. I'm a huge fan of the Dark Tower series.I am curious why you're including Wizard of Oz, but not any of King's own tie-in books, like The Stand, Salem's Lot, Hearts in Atlantis, IT, UR, Insomnia, etc. Everything's Eventual actually has two tie-in stories: Little Sisters of Eluria, and the title story, Everything's Eventual, which includes a character from DT book 7. These books would seem to me to add much more to the experience than T.S. Eliot's poem, which has nothing at all to do with DT other than similarity of title. (Just my opinion.)
The majority of King's books tie in to this universe in some way, but some are major players (those I listed are direct ties with characters that appear in the DT series), and I definitely think that if you're reading ancillary works, King's own tie-in books should be included. :)
Thus concludes my rude newbie "You're Doing It Wrong" post. Sorry for the interruption!
hey emily, im wondering, if we're reading the original version or the revised version of the gunslinger?
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I am curious why you're including Wizard of Oz, but not any of King's own tie-in books, like The Stand, Salem's Lot, Hearts in..."
Hi Becky! For this project I'm interested in the texts that have influenced King in the DT series. I've (selfishly) included those works which I haven't read and are relatively short. (For example, Lord of the Rings is an influence, but I'm already familiar with that work and it's a huge time commitment to reread.) I'm not so much interested in seeing how King ties DT characters into his other works with this project.
You are, of course, free to read as much or as little as you like while following along with the series! :)
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I'm a bit ahead as I'm halfway through The Wastelands.
There are a couple of other books mentioned in passing in that btw - The Bridge of San Luis Rey and [book:You Can'..."
I tried to keep this project to the 8 months I have off before I go back to graduate school. I know once I go back I won't have time to read for fun. The extra texts I've chosen are just ones that interest me. You are, of course, free to extend your reading for this project if you have the time. :)
Emily Cait wrote: "Stephen wrote: "Great idea ! I'm a bit ahead as I'm halfway through The Wastelands.
There are a couple of other books mentioned in passing in that btw - The Bridge of San Luis Rey an..."
Okay that's fine - your schedule fits very well with the movie release date anyway !
Is there any advantage to reading "The Little Sisters of Eluria" BEFORE "The Gunslinger"?
Getting started on The Gunslinger tonight. I re-read the whole series every year and I mourn every time I get to the end that it's over.
A few of my DT books are bound by Minion duct tape they are so worn, which amuses my Mom to no end. She introduced me to Sai King's works many years ago.
This reading schedule/group is a great idea!
For the remaining bigger books can we have discussion threads by groups of chapters instead of general, please? We could open a discussion for every 3-5 chapters, depending on how big they are for each of the books, so people who read slower don't have to constantly filter spoilers..
I just finished Drawing of the Three a few days ago. I guess I was following the schedule before I even found this group. Looking forward to reading the series for the first time and hearing what other people think of it. Thanks for setting this up!
Maybe, Goodreads needs a like/love option so we can show our levels of agreement for comments?
Dark Tower Project 2017
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January 2017 – “Little Sisters of Eluria” Everything’s Eventual
January 2017 -- The Gunslinger (1982)
January 2017 – Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came by Robert Browning (1894)
February 2017 – The Drawing of Three (1987)
March 2017 – The Wastelands (1991)
March 2017 -- The Wasteland by TS Eliot (1922)
April 2017 – Wizard and Glass (1997)
April 2017 – The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900)
May 2017 – Wolves of the Calla (2003)
June 2017 – Song of Susannah (2004)
July 2017 – Casting of the Film: Thoughts
July 2017 – The Dark Tower – Film (2017)
July 2017 – The Dark Tower (2004)
July 2017 -- Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came (1984)
August 2017 – The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)
September 2017 – Reflections
I am interested in reading the DT series itself and a few of the texts that influence it. Obviously, you are free to read as much or as little of this list -- and related King texts -- as you please. Happy reading!