13. The book you were most excited to read.
13. The book you were most excited to read.
WolvesOriginally Posted by Lisey Landon
it had been such a long time between books that when he released this i was just
The Wastelands. DOTT was my favorite book, and I couldn't get enough of the story at that point. I was also excited to get more Jake, who was my favorite character at the time.
12. If you were dissatisfied with Flagg's demise, how would you have liked him to go out?
I wasn't dissatisfied. In fact, I preferred it this way, when a character who gets built up across many books finds a rather despicable demise.
13. The book you were most excited to read.
It's a tie between The Gunslinger (original) and The Waste Lands - they both also happen to be my two favorite books of the series.
The Gunslinger - I got it as a much needed break from a steady diet of Jane Austen books, so I was definitely excited to read it.
TWL is so packed with varying locations and adventures that I remember how hard it was to put it aside to get some sleep or do anything productive at work
If you are going through hell - keep going
13. The book you were most excited to read.
Drawing of the Three. The end of The Gunslinger had me so excited and I knew that I was in for a hell of a ride with the series. So, I jumped right into reading DotT, knowing that it would be nothing but pure awesome.
Book I was most excited to read:
The Waste Lands. DOTT was just so awesome that I couldn't wait to start on TWL. I needed my Eddie fix.
As the scorpion said to the maiden as she lay dying, "You knowed I was poison when you picked me up." Jonas, WaG
We're all mad here!--The Cheshire Cat
7. Best fight scene.
How about the battle with Shardik? That sure wasn't bad.
8. Favourite romance or romantic encounter.
Pass.
11. Favourite crossover (from other King stories) character, place or event.
It was exciting when The Waste Lands evoked both It with the Turtle and The Stand with Flagg.
This is an interesting question because none of the connections to other books really worked solidly on a plot level, if you think about it. Like the still-hanging threads from Black House and the inelegant patch-in of Insomnia. (Or the tenuous parallel of DT to "The Mist.") They really contribute more in a thematic sense.
In all ways, though, I guess that at this point I'll pick Hearts in Atlantis for my favorite.
12. If you were dissatisfied with Flagg's demise, how would you have liked him to go out?
Okay. Sheemie doesn't die, either; he travels on with Roland and Susannah. They run into TMIB instead of Dandelo. Sheemie uses his power to teleport in Carol Gerber, Lucy Swann, and Thomas of Delain. They all join in on beating him with 2x4s.
13. The book you were most excited to read.
I was most excited to read the last one, right after I finished the first one. lol
Would you rather hear about how worked up I got when WaG was first released?
I don't know. Possibly DTVII. About a week before it was released I talked my friends who worked at a local Waldenbooks into illegally letting me read it in the back room of the store. For several hours for two days straight I sat in their stock room on a little footstool reading it nonstop. Then I began rereading.
Most excited to read-
The Gunslinger.I had been waiting to read this series for over ten years.First of all I wanted the story to be finished before I started it and second I wanted to get more of sai Kings work read before I tackled the masterpiece.So at the start I was most excited to read the Gunslinger but I loved this series so much that it changed at the end of every book and I was most excited for the next one.
Suppose that all worlds, all universes, met at a single nexus, a single pylon, a Tower.
You are a diehard and I can respect that!I don't know. Possibly DTVII. About a week before it was released I talked my friends who worked at a local Waldenbooks into illegally letting me read it in the back room of the store. For several hours for two days straight I sat in their stock room on a little footstool reading it nonstop. Then I began rereading.Your friends must have been curious what kind of story could make someone that rabid to read it.Did any of the friends go on to read TDT?
Suppose that all worlds, all universes, met at a single nexus, a single pylon, a Tower.
All of them, really.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
14. A character you thought or hoped would be in the series, but wasn't.
No one, to be honest. Towards the end, I was just so into the story and all involved, I had no specific thought towards who may or may not make it into the storyline.
But, now I'm done, I'm glad Sai King left it as he did. It's just about perfect.
13. The book you were most excited to read.
The last one. I mean, who wasn't so excited to pick that up and find out of the Ka-Tet made it to the tower?!?
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November, The Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot.
Well, they all knew how obsessed I am. I'd had them hold about $400 in books for me a time and I'd actually just hang out in the bookstore from opening to closing when I wasn't working. My current roommates worked there and my closest friend did also. My roommate had already read the first four books. He still hasn't read the rest.You are a diehard and I can respect that!I don't know. Possibly DTVII. About a week before it was released I talked my friends who worked at a local Waldenbooks into illegally letting me read it in the back room of the store. For several hours for two days straight I sat in their stock room on a little footstool reading it nonstop. Then I began rereading.The manager there at the time read the series on my pushing him towards it and a couple others read parts if not all of it.
That is pretty cool.At least you had a couple of people to talk to about the story.I can't imagine starting this series and not finishing it.That probably would drive me bonkers.Well, they all knew how obsessed I am. I'd had them hold about $400 in books for me a time and I'd actually just hang out in the bookstore from opening to closing when I wasn't working. My current roommates worked there and my closest friend did also. My roommate had already read the first four books. He still hasn't read the rest.You are a diehard and I can respect that!I don't know. Possibly DTVII. About a week before it was released I talked my friends who worked at a local Waldenbooks into illegally letting me read it in the back room of the store. For several hours for two days straight I sat in their stock room on a little footstool reading it nonstop. Then I began rereading.
Suppose that all worlds, all universes, met at a single nexus, a single pylon, a Tower.
I was really hoping the boys from EOTD would turn up, as they left to find Flagg. And I had a slight hankering to see Jack Sawyer too.
I'm still looking forward to Jack Sawyer's next appearance.
An EotD sequel and a HiA sequel would also be great.
I'm all for more TDT books.
14. A character you thought or hoped would be in the series, but wasn't.
none, i just enjoyed the ride, there were one of two i would have prefered NOT to see, but no one that i was waiting for
14. A character you thought or hoped would be in the series, but wasn't.
I did not think of anyone, because I always treated TDT as a sort of "stand-alone" book(s) despite its connections to other SK works.
If you are going through hell - keep going
This.I was really hoping the boys from EOTD would turn up, as they left to find Flagg. And I had a slight hankering to see Jack Sawyer too.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
15. Favourite artist from the series.
Jae Lee.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
15. Favourite artist from the series.
Michael Whelan
...and Jae Lee
If you are going through hell - keep going
15. Favourite artist from the series.
Michael Whelan. His work just crushes me with it's brilliance.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
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