hi fellow tower-junkies, im new and this is my first post and ive tried 2 avoid blatant spoilers
anyway i want to know what u think of the prophecy about patrick danville and how he would save 2 men on the way 2 the tower, then the next time he shows upSpoiler:do u think SK will ever resolve these questions? perhaps with peter straubs' help in the 3rd talisman book? 10-15-2008 07:43 AMalindaWe can hope to have many questions answered. Yours is an interesting one too.
I have no speculations to share with you, say sorry.Welcome to the site , I am
sure your gonna have many other questions you have answered. Your sure to meet
some really fine folk, and endless hours of discussion, and fun!
http://www.witchyswikkedgraphix.com/...ome%20(28).jpg 10-15-2008 08:18 AMJeanYou don't have to try to "avoid spoilers" - only use spoiler tags (the radioactive sign).
This thread is soon going to be merged. 10-25-2008 08:03 PMguitargal81maybe sk will write a retroactive story about Patricks adventures but in the 7th book he clearly states that he doesnt know his future store...ya ken it? I think it would make a great short story 10-26-2008 08:47 AMlasersguruQuestionYour post rocks! 10-26-2008 08:50 AMjhanicMaybe it'll be covered in a graphic novel.
John 10-26-2008 04:30 PMguitargal81 11-03-2008 02:47 PMEmpath of the WhiteIt'd be good material for a short story in a future collection a la The Little Sisters of Eluria.
I think that the Insomnia prophecy...Spoiler: 11-03-2008 04:38 PMtheBeamisHomeoooooooooooo....... what if Patrick and Jake are really twinners... and Patrick actually ended up with Dandelo because of Roland.. :orely:
lol i'm silly. 12-28-2008 03:15 PMDarkthoughtsI think I've cracked it!!! For thise who don't remember, a guy with a green aura so bright that Ralph can't see the face, gives Ralph Lois's earrings before he goes to battle the CK/Ed. Well!...
...in another thread Path had postedand when I read it I had a revelation...I reckon the green man is King! I mean, Ralph uses the earrings to defeat Ed, so it's a total Deus Ex Machina him being handed the earrings at that point, and it called to mind King's other appearance in one of his own tales (DT of course) where he also hands out Deus Ex Machina get out clauses to his characters.Quote:
Not to make any accusation, but what if, in Stephen's deepest heart, "In This Haze of Green and Gold"
02-16-2009 03:43 PMtheyspunawebreally? King the greenman? maybe so.
I just finished this book but I don't like to think that so many possible charecters or elements in King's books could be King himself (people thought about him being in the tower, etc). I liked this book a lot, but another thing that I really is drawing attention away from the story for me is King's facination with the LOTR. I have been obsessed with those stories for a couple of my childish years, so I am a fan also. But I don't like how it's hobbit this, One ring to rule them all that, and then of course we know about his whole preface to the Dark Tower series. Also, I just picked up Duma Key, and within the first 30 or so pages there's a dog named Gandalf. Maybe I'm not giving him enough credit, or have just been picking up the books he keeps writing about LOTR in. ahh I just wish it would be over now, but I bet it won't!
Other than that, the greenman did confuse me. I did like this story a lot, I liked the elements of the 3 bald doctors, and how King managed to describe the different "levels" that were traveled and the confusion of the auras. It made sense and I bet it was hard to describe those levels, but he introduced them to us in a way that was relateable. I liked most of the charecters and of course it was in Derry so it was interesting. The Crimson King seemed an even bigger deal in this book than in the Dark Tower books, simply becauseSo I guess that was interesting to see.he 03-02-2009 01:24 PMOdettaInsomnia - Let's Discuss! *SPOILERS*New book of the month!
Let's talk about Insomnia.
It has been many years since I have read it, but I remember I enjoyed it... how about everyone else? 03-02-2009 02:01 PMmia/susannahI borrowed this book from my BF parents, I really enjoyed it after I finally got into it. Which was hard at first, at least for me 03-02-2009 04:18 PMJQ The GunslingerI loved this book. My favorite behind IT. 03-02-2009 10:40 PMJeanI loved the book except the last quarter or so (maybe one fifth) that I found boring - it's when all the fuss starts. Bears hate fuss in books. 03-03-2009 02:46 AMKaLikeAWheelThis is one of my favorite King books. I just love Ralph. He's so kick-ass for an old fella! I know a lot of people think this book drags and is a bit bloated, but I loved every single word.
Donna 03-03-2009 12:00 PMcandyhow bizarre, i picked this book up at the weekend to re read after looking at one of the vote off links. its been years since i read it - so its in those strange realms where you kinda know what going to happen but it still surprises you. i do remember that i enjoyed it though:pirate: 03-03-2009 01:58 PMtheyspunawebI just read this book before the current one I am reading. I really enjoyed this book. It was so different than anything else I've read (so far and so far from King), I really enjoyed the bald doctors, and the auras. I loved the charecter developement...
I personally have an issue with the way Stephen King descirbed epilepsy and seizures in this book and in the one I am currently reading though (Duma Key), not all of them are the same, that is true but I never find his decriptions of either to ring true to what I have experienced as a person with epilepsy and it dissapoints me. 03-04-2009 06:00 AMManOfWesternesseInsomnia is a great read. It's one of those I've re-read a great many times and never get tired of it. Good storyline. Great characters - Ralph is one of king's best. Lois. Love the 2 Doctors, Atropos was also brilliant, Old Dorrance! Poor old Rosie!
Yes spun, but King is notoriously poor on research detail at times, so I wouldn't put too much emphasis on it. This is a man who 'fans' the trigger of a revolver! (Any kid who ever read or watched a western would/should know better). 03-04-2009 06:10 AMjaysonI agree completely. I think the pace of this book is perfect. I love pretty much everything about Insomnia. The character development is thorough and well executed. Atropos is one of the best (if not the best) antagonists in the King universe. Also, as a lifelong sufferer of sleeping problems, I found Ralph's issues in the first portion of the book well done by King. I have experienced a lot of it myself. With very few exceptions, it's King's longer works that always become my favorites. This one is right up there. 03-04-2009 02:49 PMpixiedark76I enjoy reading Insomia. Dorrance is one of my all time favorite charaters in SK books! He is so strange! I love it when he keeps saying "I don't mess in long time business!" 03-04-2009 05:26 PMtheyspunawebDorrance was cool, he was all about poems...or kinda. King had a lot of "poems" or quotes in there. (Gosh I keep confusing this with some parts in duma, I know he referenced a song about digging for treasure, which I thought was a poem at first). He loves poems as the openings to things. Dorrance kept showing up at random and seemed to ramble but actually be as we well knew, insightful. 03-04-2009 05:42 PMjaysonThere is an elderly man in our complex who is always out taking walks. My wife and I have taken to referring to him as Dorrance. 03-05-2009 08:06 AMKaLikeAWheelI have had insomnia most of my adult life, and suspect that Sai King has experienced at least a bout or two of it. He just described the feeling of being bone tired and yet not at all sleepy (a concept my husband can just not understand) way too well. I escpecially loved the way he described that brittle, unreal fuzziness you get when chronically sleep deprived. And, yes, Atropos was a fabulous little villain, though King usually makes his bad guys more sympathetic. I don't remember feeling at all sympathetic towards Atropos.
Donna 03-05-2009 08:12 AMjaysonAbsolutely. I feel like that's my default state and that King got it exactly right with Ralph.
I agree that I didn't feel sympathetic per se for Atropos, but I did empathize a bit. He represents the Random as much as Clotho and Lachesis represent the Purpose. Sure, Atropos is particularly nasty in that he takes souvenirs and he seems to like his "job" but if the Random is necessary, his job is necessary and therefore I couldn't just write him off as a homicidal maniac. If you have a job to do, you might as well do it well. :evil: