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It's never actually stated but that's the impression I get. I guess it could be one guy crossing back and forth between worlds. Or what's true in Roland's world is a legend in ours, as in the story...

He was a real person in Roland's world. Roland is a direct descendant in fact via one of Arthur Eld's gillies. And his guns are made from the melted down blade of Excalibur. The Crimson King is...

I think that's it. I think he does take something from his previous loops but it's subconscious. Not so much a memory as a memory of a memory if you like. In effect I think that means he undergoes...

That's an interesting thought provoking take on it theplayer01!

Death certainly isn't the 'all finisher' that it seems to be in our world, considering Jake and Callahan, unless it happens in the...

I seem to remember it being stated at the end of The Dark Tower, that he is always returned to the same point. I do like your idea though.

I don't think so, because he has saved the Tower before he reaches the top.

Of course he get's sent back to when it is in jeopardy again. If it ever truly is since it seems to be his ka to save...

In King's world (the Keystone Earth) yes. I've a theory that every cycle Roland goes through intersects with a later time period of the keystone world. That might explain those things never , er,...

You mean, because Jake died in the Keystone world? I think that just means that our Jake isn't coming back, that death won't be doorway to another world for him, but I don't think it precludes other...

Hmm. That's food for thought.

Black House spoilers:
I have often wondered if the two versions of the Crimson King described by Parkus in Black House was actually incarnations of the King at...

*Fair enough. That was one of the things I thought too.

Another possibility I had in mind was that maybe those characters that appear in the Keystone world and other worlds like Moses Carver,...

I meant the Keystone Earth. (I was thinking of Roland's 'Tower Keystone' world and made the finger equivalent of a slip of the toungue. ;) )


Heh, you lost me there...



But that's a good...

I wondered if Roland's world was supposed to be our future to begin with. I think it's still a possibility that the events there are a possibility for the various worlds* but I think it's clear it...

I think those who read the Revised might get the spoiler. Granted it's easy to say that in hindsight though. Maybe just describe it more generally. "Is the desert of special significance for Roland?"...

Smart move.[/QUOTE]

Yeah. I mostly avoided the spoiler threads on DT.net, (the site I visited in the old days.) However, I spent quite a bit of time on the speculation threads, and I read about...

That's possible, but yes I was assuming that he always starts in the same place. The end of The Dark Tower, just before he goes through the door, strongly suggests this is the case to me. I.e. he is...

That wasn't the loop, I don't think. First of all, that event in Tull happened before the loop. Secondly, if it was a memory from the last cycle, it would have only been a relatively short period of...

I don't think the length of time mentioned includes the loop. I.e. We have the 20 year journey that happened before the loop. The later books confuse things a bit more by stating that Roland has been...

I think things in the past can change too, but I think Roland always loops back to the desert. The end of the book strongly suggested this was always the case.

Have you read the last book?

There is strong indication there that it is not. Oh, and not all the doors are machines.

EDIT- Sorry Letti, I posted this before reading your post.

Still it's a...

In the books, I don't think there was any mention of an 'old Tower' (that'd contradict the ending for sure.) There is mention of beam portals as substitute cyborg guardians (i.e. Shardik, Maturin et...