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All I'm saying is, if you're trying to sell someone on starting the series, giving The Gunslinger a negative spin from the get-go for someone who is looking to you for advice, may not help. Simple as...

None of what I said presupposed that they don't know that it's your own opinion. Everything I said still applies as far as I see it. Most folk I've known when looking for an opinion will often say...

Hmmm telling them "it gets much better from there" seems to me to be 1. Automatically assuming they will agree with you that they won't like it. And 2. Giving an negative spin to The Gunslinger...

You just hate the Dark Tower series, Jean.

Thats not sappy at all, and I share those feelings. :harrier:

Ah. I almost did that, I started reading Drawing when I picked it up at the store and then saw that there was another one before it and that it was part of a series. Glad I caught it, because I think...

How did you end up reading Drawing first?

This is pretty common with a lot of folk when reading this book. There are several flashbacks on top of each other right at the beginning which is unusual. For me it enhanced the dream-like quality...

Same here. I almost commited the mistake of reading Drawing first. I'm glad I saw that there was a book before it.

No, Letti your taste is impeccable, believe me.

Lack of taste.

And what does that make me?!? I was born in 1944!! :excited:

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Ah yeah. I can see that..also the intertwining dimensions thing can confuse someone not used to that concept.



Damn, I was two years into college by that year.

What were you confused about?

Most folk I've known who have tried reading The Dark Tower series have a problem with The Gunslinger for some reason. I visit them once a year out in the woods where I've lovingly buried whats left...

Damn it Jean, stop being so logical!! :angry:

Worthy of death is what it comes down to. Or even better, being cast through the todash door under the Castle Discordia.

Bing!




Bing! Bing!

I picked The Gunslinger up at the bookstore in '87 when Drawing came out in the stores and read them back to back..The Gunslinger got me hooked through the proverbial...