Originally Posted by Brice
Roland would have understood.
Totally got my son into SK...Thankfully,he likes reading and it is a change from all of the video games!and a couple of neighbors...a change from all of the vampire books and Japanese anime!
My mother, She was rambling on about getting some books for the ipad she just bought, so, I told her to get The Gunslinger, she did and is loving it.
Awesome! It feels good to pass the story onto someone else.
Well, as you may remember I gave the Gunslinger because she had asked for it to a student of mine. She got stuck somewhere in the middle. She is not over Tull yet. I am just about to lose hope. :sad:
Roland would have understood.
That sucks. I hate when you get so anxious and excited to share it with someone who doesn't get "into" it.
(Just like my previous posts about my friend who thought it was "okay".I recently asked her if she had been reading it, and she hasn't. What a loser. haha)
I don't have any friends in Waco that are into the same stuff I am. I'm not from here, and have only been here two years. I got so desperate to talk to someone in person about this that I have started reading the DT books out loud to my husband. My husband does no enjoy reading, but he is getting into the story. At times he will take a turn at reading, but its pretty much fallen on my shoulders... he giggles at the sex scenes.
Yeah, my husband doesn't read either. But, if I tried to read to him, he'd probably just ignore me...or leave the room.
How far into the reading are you?
Well, the first night I got to the point where he was about to tell Brown about what happened in Tull, my husband felt there was too much and he may of missed something so I had to reread most of it. He is having trouble following if I read too much in one night, so this could take a great number of years to accomplish. I have a feeling that he is hanging in there though because he knows how much it means to me.Yeah, my husband doesn't read either. But, if I tried to read to him, he'd probably just ignore me...or leave the room.
How far into the reading are you?
That's awesome. At least he's allowing you to read it to him.
When I first read the series, no one I knew had read it so it drove me crazy not being able to talk about it. My husband would, at least, listen to me as I talked about what I had read that night. He knew I was addicted and wanted to share it with someone.
I bet he was like, WTF kind of crazy book is she reading, the author must have written it on LSDThat's awesome. At least he's allowing you to read it to him.
When I first read the series, no one I knew had read it so it drove me crazy not being able to talk about it. My husband would, at least, listen to me as I talked about what I had read that night. He knew I was addicted and wanted to share it with someone.It's good that he let you talk to him about it though, it's so weird that I can't imagine someone describing it to me having never read it.
Haha. Well, he was pretty used to me talking about SK books before I read TDT, so he wasn't that shocked, I guess.
Oh I, too, have totally been rambling on and on to DH about TDT for as long as we've been married! And he never complained, because I got to know TDT before I met him, so it was kind of my 'thing'.
But lo and behold, I've finally converted him - he's just finished the 7th book. Liked it, too. Now I finally have someone to have intelligent conversation with
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I totally want one of these for my car. I wonder if I could convert anyone with it.
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That's great ... and I love the name of the user who created it : FlaggboyI totally want one of these for my car. I wonder if I could convert anyone with it.
http://www.zazzle.com/my_boss_is_a_g...89949290099498
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Well, I saw the last Dark Tower book in the library a couple of years ago, and saw it was by Stephen King--I was like "This doesn’t look like horror...I didn't realise Stephen King wrote fantasy epics..." It looked a bit too long for me to get into, but I thought I'd have a go at reading it. Then I saw that it was the final book out of seven of them. That put me off, lol.
Then last year I saw the hardback edition of Wolves of the Calla in a book sale, and decided to buy it. Then I looked on the net to find out a bit about what the hell the books were about--and read a bit about Blaine the mono, and saw the charlie choo choo pic on google. I was like “an insane talking train? Man that sounds cool!” So then I went hunting for the other books, but as is the case with libraries, they didn’t have the whole series. Neither did any of the bookstores.
I was getting kind of desperate, and looked on Ebay, where I found the box set of the first 4 books—the revised editions. So I bought it. Unfortunately I had a couple of other books (ALIEN expanded universe novels) to finish, so I read them first.
Funnily enough, the week after I bought the box set, I went back to my mates house (I’d used his computer to buy the books) and found out he had the exact same set, and had owned them for ages!!! But it was still sealed and he hadn’t read any of them. He still hasn’t either.
A few weeks later I found out one of my mates had the Gunslinger, but hadn’t read it. I told him he should, so he read some of it, but didn’t even get to the Tull massacre, cos he couldn’t get into it.
In July last year I lent the Gunslinger to someone else I know, and he STILL has it, and hasn’t read it, though he keeps telling me he means to.
I’ve tried like heck to get my brothers to read the books, but they have refused.
Basically, I have failed to convert anyone. A few friends have said the series sounds very interesting, when I tell them about it, but they don’t bother trying to read the books.
Its sooo annoying not knowing anyone with the same obsession with the Dark Tower series as me!
That’s why I’m HERE, at Palavar! Lol.
I have two friends who have asked to borrow my books which is cool.
My recommendation is always, "Get through the first book and then you'll be fine."
I so converted my brother just by throwing it at him when he wanted a book to read. He read the first sentence looked up and said "Awesome" he was sold just like that.
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I'm in the process of converting a co-worker. He has just finished The Gunslinger, and told me it was OK, although a bit unusual (he is used to 'normal' fantasy and sci-fi.)
But since he asked about the next book, I think it's a good sign
If you are going through hell - keep going
I have a friend who doesn't really like stephen king but I told her if she reads Gunslinger then i'll bake her a cake
I finally got my roommate to read them. He is on Song of Susannah at the moment.
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