Dichotomy...

Happy and sad... I finished off The Dark Tower V today before my nap. It is such a good story and it's actually interesting that it weaves in so many of Stephen King's other novels here and there, apparenty setting himself up for a cameo in a later edition. There was even a Harry Potter reference in this one! I just hope this doesn't get too Dickens-esque or it will get annoying. But now comes the hard wait until volume VI comes out. According to King's afterward, the final two books are already written and as of the publishing of Wolves of the Calla, both were at least in rough draft status. According to Amazon.com, Song of Susannah will be released June 8, so at least I don't want to wait too long for that one. And The Dark Tower is set for publication at the end September. Finishing all 7 books (I'm surprised it's not 19 or 99 books) is going to be quite sad, but I'm certain I could re-read them all over again, and knowing the eventual outcome, pick up a lot more clues in the story than I have this first time through.

Posted by Rev. Adam on Monday, May 31, 2004 at 4:09 PM | Permalink