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You’ll write many stories, but every one will be to some greater or lesser degree about this story.

July 24, 2017 by borisanne 1 Comment

I am, in all honesty and with true sincerity, starting to question reality. Remember when I read The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower #2) and complained that King needs an editor because he shouldn’t be referring to his own work (the film version of The Shining) as content experienced by new characters in this totally different world? And then I read Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower #4) and I was like, “TUBE NECK HOW DARE YOU?!” but then totally turned around on it, and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: 9/11, ake ake, beam, bear, billy bumbler, black 13, black thirteen, Dark Tower, deschain, detta, dinh, dixie pig, donald callahan, eddie, fedick, Gilead, jake, john chambers, john collum, KA, ka-tet, King, low men, maine, manni, mia, north central positronics, odetta, oy, pere callahan, randall flagg, richard sayre, roland, sköldpadda, sombra corporation, Stephen King, susannah, tet corporation, the beam, Turtle, turtleback lane, vampire, walk-ins, world trade center

borisanne's CBR9 Review No:31 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: 9/11, ake ake, beam, bear, billy bumbler, black 13, black thirteen, Dark Tower, deschain, detta, dinh, dixie pig, donald callahan, eddie, fedick, Gilead, jake, john chambers, john collum, KA, ka-tet, King, low men, maine, manni, mia, north central positronics, odetta, oy, pere callahan, randall flagg, richard sayre, roland, sköldpadda, sombra corporation, Stephen King, susannah, tet corporation, the beam, Turtle, turtleback lane, vampire, walk-ins, world trade center ·
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This is what KA demands.

July 8, 2017 by borisanne Leave a Comment

I couldn’t tell you whether it’s because I have finally given in to this journey, or whether it’s that the telling gets stronger as King’s writing matures, but riding this wave has become comfortable, easy, and more and more thrilling. I probably should (but choose not to) brace myself for the next book, Wolves of Calla (Book 5), because this one, The Wind Through the Keyhole (Book 4.5) was written eight years after the final book of the “The Dark Tower” series. I had a choice to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: aslan, bigass snake, billy bumbler, Dark Tower, eddie, jake, King, king arthur, maerlyn, merlin, mid-world, mutie, muties, narnia, old people, oy, randall flagg, roland, skin man, starkblast, Stephen King, susannah, tiger, tyger

borisanne's CBR9 Review No:28 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: aslan, bigass snake, billy bumbler, Dark Tower, eddie, jake, King, king arthur, maerlyn, merlin, mid-world, mutie, muties, narnia, old people, oy, randall flagg, roland, skin man, starkblast, Stephen King, susannah, tiger, tyger ·
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Sorry. Wrong door. I thought it was the desert.

June 30, 2017 by borisanne Leave a Comment

Here it is, Book 3 of “The Dark Tower” series, which I may not finish the whole of in the next 5 weeks, but it won’t be for lack of trying! I love this series. I love these characters. The Waste Lands isn’t as fundamentally excellent as The Drawing of the Three was, but after the action and adventure that was The Drawing of the Three there’s some needed setting up of next steps in advance of Wizard and Glass. I assume. I don’t know. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: ake ake, bermuda triangle, billy bumbler, Dark Tower, eddie dean, jake chambers, King, Manhattan, nazi aircraft, not manhattan, nuclear wasteland, oy, roland, Stephen King, susannah dean, trains, village, wasteland

borisanne's CBR9 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: ake ake, bermuda triangle, billy bumbler, Dark Tower, eddie dean, jake chambers, King, Manhattan, nazi aircraft, not manhattan, nuclear wasteland, oy, roland, Stephen King, susannah dean, trains, village, wasteland ·
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