Which ka-tet is closer to your heart?

[Storyslinger]

I agree that they might not fit in, but hell, I like one as a pet and friend

[Wuducynn]

With the vast increases in genetic engineering it very much possible that customized and created species could be a thing for the near future..so we could have billy-bumblers for real.

[Storyslinger]

ah, true true

[Letti]

With the vast increases in genetic engineering it very much possible that customized and created species could be a thing for the near future..so we could have billy-bumblers for real.

If a speaking and dancing duck is a billy-bumbler.. yes we will.

[Storyslinger]

?????

[Wuducynn]

With the vast increases in genetic engineering it very much possible that customized and created species could be a thing for the near future..so we could have billy-bumblers for real.

If a speaking and dancing duck is a billy-bumbler.. yes we will.

Actually I wasn't kidding Letti. Its a technological possibility for the very near future.

[Letti]

With the vast increases in genetic engineering it very much possible that customized and created species could be a thing for the near future..so we could have billy-bumblers for real.

If a speaking and dancing duck is a billy-bumbler.. yes we will.

Actually I wasn't kidding Letti. Its a technological possibility for the very near future.

I wasn't, either.
But we will see how far people are allowed to go and if we might play God.
I don't say these things are good or bad... no, not at all, don't misunderstand me but there might be closed doors researchers haven't met yet.

[Rjeso]

The second one, just because we get to know them on a much more personal basis, if you will. Perhaps if we had spent more time with Cuthbert and Alain, I'd like them more, because I did feel a connection with those boys, regardless of the fact that we spent only one book's worth of time with them.

[Spencer]

second. Beyond compare. The whole book was about the second ka-tet. They are the people we've been traveling with, sharing their joys and sorrows all along, living their lives down to the smallest detail

Spoiler:

and dying their deaths.

I'd agree with all of that.

[LadyHitchhiker]

Definitely second... but I'm waiting for a third!

[susie]

the second. the first just kind of naturally formed, the members were trained since childhood, etc... whereas the second, some of the members were dragged into it kicking and screaming, there was more interesting character interaction, etc.
plus they had oy...

[sai blaine]

The First!

[jayson]

I think the second because (a) Jake Chambers may be my all time fav fictional character, and (b) we spent so much more time with them. Now, perhaps when the the comic series takes us up through Jericho Hill I will feel as if I know the first tet as well. I did enjoy their interaction in W&G, especially given what they were able to accomplish at such a young age, but I feel I "know" the seconf tet much better.

[Jean]

The First!

It makes you one of very few, David; can you elaborate a little?

[Letti]

The First!

It makes you one of very few, David; can you elaborate a little?

Yes, your answer was way too interesting and short at the same time.

[TerribleT]

Excluding the fact that the second Ka-Tet is what the story is really about, I've always been left wanting a lot more about the first. There are so many untold stories of Rolands first Ka-Tet. Roland, Cuthbert, and Alain, have been my favorite. They seem so naturally drawn to each other, and they stick together by choice. The second Ka-Tet grows into that same kind of feeling, but it's not naturally developed. It was forced by the drawing, and these characters are not people Roland necessarily chooses. They are thrust upon him.

[sai blaine]

The First!

It makes you one of very few, David; can you elaborate a little?

Yes, your answer was way too interesting and short at the same time.

Jean remebers me!

Of course i will... There are a few reasons to me why i picked the first, one being simply i prefered the younger roland to his older self, i felt that he was far more likable with more depth to him whereas just when i started to like the older roland he did something to make me hate him again. To me the second ka-tet, while you learn more about them then the first you see there failings as a ka-tet... *thinks of the best way to put it*

[Letti]

So... do you hate the older Roland? Or you don't like him?

[Truth]

Excluding the fact that the second Ka-Tet is what the story is really about, I've always been left wanting a lot more about the first. There are so many untold stories of Rolands first Ka-Tet. Roland, Cuthbert, and Alain, have been my favorite. They seem so naturally drawn to each other, and they stick together by choice. The second Ka-Tet grows into that same kind of feeling, but it's not naturally developed. It was forced by the drawing, and these characters are not people Roland necessarily chooses. They are thrust upon him.

Exaclty why I had to choose the first Ka-tet compared to the second

[obscurejude]

The second Ka Tet is closer to my heart, with the exception of Susannah.

[blackrose22]

The second Ka-tet for me as well. They were the ones that got me hooked on the story and there's not enough information or back story about the first Ka-tet. Also the story isn't about the first Ka-tet either its about the second one and what happens to them when they decide to stay with Roland on his quest to find The Dark Tower and see it for themselves.

[Girlystevedave]

The second Ka Tet is closer to my heart, with the exception of Susannah.

Dayum!

[obscurejude]

I know its harsh Girly, don't hate me.

I think Cozener put it best when he complained that if she was crazy or crippled it would have been much smoother, but having her both, significantly slowed and unnecessarily complicated the plot at times.

I know its a minority opinion.

[Girlystevedave]

Oh...I'm no saying I completely disagree. I've said many times that, if it wasn't for Eddie's love of her, I may not have grown to like her as much.

[LadyHitchhiker]

The L-Tet is my favorite...