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From the years I've read King's articles and various other things by him outside his novels and from folk I've known who have met him, he just isn't someone with a bloated ego.
I think why he...

This is what I would like to know from folk saying that.

I think there are plenty of elements in the series that are. King bringing himself into the series brings that home for a lot of folk.

That must make your movie watching experience very interesting.

No.

It made sense to me also. For me it was a surprise, which I liked. I actually was able to stay spoiler free.

with all due respect if you look at this members flag you'll notice he's not from the u. s....probably should cut this person some slack..[/quote]

Your suggestion is duly noted.

I'm so with ya on that JY. King having himself as character brought a whole nother level of intensity and reality to the Dark Tower Saga for me. I was NOT expecting it when I read SOS for the first...

Bold is good. Better than being a wimp. :)

It just sounds to me like you didn't like how the story went, with him including himself and so view it as arrogance on the part of King. I don't see any evidence that King was being arrogant in any...

I don't see his portrayl as arrogant in the slightest. In fact he portrays himself in some pretty negative ways. Originally Eddie and Roland think he is their creator but it turns out that he is not...

This is a very interesting strategy for dealing with something that you don't understand and/or dislike. The "ostrich-head-in-the-sand" strategy..in honor of our dear Obscurejude I present you all...

Abso-fucking-lutely! :harrier: In fact I loved that scene so much that I started a thread to discuss it. See you over there if you'd like to expound on your ideas, which you should.

Letti, you've always have haven't you? I love the moment too..he starts packing away the beers :lol:

Anyway, one of my favorite parts of SOS is when Roland mesmerizes King and the indepth information we get from that session. I think his relationship to the whole series as "kas-ka Gan" is...

Except you're coming from the presumption that there are certain "laws" or "rules" of the fantasy genre. To me there aren't any. Outside of most of whatever story that is being written is a fantasy....

I'm not sure what putting it in bold does but it doesn't make me think its not a series of fantasy novels.
Fantasy, AKA make-believe, you know? Now, its a mixture of fantasy genre's such as science...

If TDT isn't fantasy than I don't what you would call it. Autobiography?

For me it had the opposite effect. I don't agree with Tolkien on that...and it sure seems the Dark Tower series has proved him wrong.