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Thread: King's influences for the DT series *spoilers*

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    Thanks!

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    There is a poem by T.S. Elliot too, the title eludes me at the moment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pickle View Post
    There is a poem by T.S. Elliot too, the title eludes me at the moment.
    Rather than tell you what it's called (since you obviously DO know it), allow me to point out that "Eliot" has one L.

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    lol sorry im so bad at spelling.
    ... From the keyboard of Kevin

    "A gunslinger knows pride - that invisible bone that keeps the neck stiff."

    "Officer Benzyck! It's good to see you and there's some jam right there on your collar, praise God!"- Rev. Earl Harrigan

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    Quote Originally Posted by pickle View Post
    lol sorry im so bad at spelling.
    Nah, 'salright.

    It's a common mistake. Just remember, he's not the one who met E. T., he's the one responsible for "Cats."

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    Quote Originally Posted by glm View Post
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    there's Childe Roland to the dark Tower came, of Course.
    I'd also say a shitload of HP Lovecraft.
    Now there was also this story that tied into W&G, something about a rainbow and emeralds. Now what could that story be again?
    Maybe, just maybe, the Wizard of Oz?
    Not maybe at all.
    Sure.

    Roland would have understood.

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    Don't forget Simon and Garfunkle.

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    Salems lot lol
    ... From the keyboard of Kevin

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    Quote Originally Posted by LadyHitchhiker View Post
    Don't forget Simon and Garfunkle.
    Come again now? Simon and Garfunkel?

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    the amount of clever references to classic rock n roll that sai king works in there is della
    if the worlds gonna end then let's get it over with, i got shit to do

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    Quote Originally Posted by flaggwalkstheline View Post
    the amount of clever references to classic rock n roll that sai king works in there is della
    I'm not familiar with "della." Are they a good classic rock no roll band?

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    C.S. Lewis' Narnia stories (unfound doors opening up on new worlds).

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    Sergio Leone...did I spell his name right?...something about his interpretation of geography, Chicago being next door to Phoenix or something. Nietzsche, that long-dead German philosopher...his "eternal recurrence" and ubermensch...may as well throw in Sartre into the mix as well...racism in America and how that relates to "predestination"...John Calvin maybe and his train of thought...ZZ Top...the generation gap if ever there was a wiz there was in Lud...the frumious bandersnatch, jub jub birds...Ovaltine.

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    I have merged the thread that compares LoTR with DT, with some other threads comparing DT to various works. Please discuss them all in here

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    If you really want a challence read the silmarillion! Its considerably more difficult to read than the lord of the rings but once you get into it itll b worth it!

    oh and obscurejude della means "many" in the dark tower series lol
    if the worlds gonna end then let's get it over with, i got shit to do

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    Quote Originally Posted by flaggwalkstheline View Post
    If you really want a challence read the silmarillion! Its considerably more difficult to read than the lord of the rings but once you get into it itll b worth it!

    oh and obscurejude della means "many" in the dark tower series lol
    Isn't it delah?
    The Awesomest fled across the desert and The Awesomer followed.

    If you rescue me
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    Narnia is a big influence too.
    ... From the keyboard of Kevin

    "A gunslinger knows pride - that invisible bone that keeps the neck stiff."

    "Officer Benzyck! It's good to see you and there's some jam right there on your collar, praise God!"- Rev. Earl Harrigan

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brice View Post
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    oh and obscurejude della means "many" in the dark tower series lol
    Isn't it delah?

    I heard Della Reese was a huge influence on King, especially her performance on "Touched By An Angel".

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    it was a typo, yes it is spelled delah
    if the worlds gonna end then let's get it over with, i got shit to do

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    Quote Originally Posted by DettaDelgado View Post
    I don't know if this has been brought up yet, I'm new here and I did a search to see if it had. Anyway, William Blake wrote a short poem called The Sick Rose, here it is:

    "O Rose, thou art sick.
    The invisible worm,
    That flies in the night
    In the howling storm:

    Has found out thy bed
    Of crimson joy:
    And his dark secret love
    Does thy life destroy."

    And here is some text from chapter 17 of "Key and Rose" from The Wastelands

    "There was something wrong. He could feel a pulsing discord, like a deep and ugly scratch across some priceless work of art or a deadly fever smouldering beneath the chilly skin of an invalid's brow.
    It was something like a worm. An invading worm."

    Some clear connections already, also "the invisible worm, that flies in the night in the howling storm" sounds like The CK riding around in his portable tempest.
    I agree there is a strong connection between King's Dark Tower and The Sick Rose, which led me to

    A Rose for Stephen King

    O Rose you are healed
    and the worm put to flight.
    Hope has stood true
    through the terrible night.

    Quiet, triumphant,
    acquainted with death,
    you sing in the dawn's light,
    our courage, our breath.

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    Quote Originally Posted by flaggwalkstheline View Post
    it was a typo, yes it is spelled delah
    I was giving you shit because of the typo.

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