Thanks for that. Maybe we didn't see it the first time it had been posted by Matt. I like reading it again though.
Thanks for that. Maybe we didn't see it the first time it had been posted by Matt. I like reading it again though.
Jeeze, I didn't see Matt had posted it already....*deleted*
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
oh wow... so, anywhere from just under a mile, to a little under 2 miles. wow this world is hard to keep up with.
Hey guys.
I'm new to the forum, but I was hoping someone could help me.
In book 7, I remember Roland having a pocketwatch, and am trying to find a description of it, but don't have access to my books.
I was wondering if any of you knew of a quotation in which a description of this is given.
Thanks Muchly,
The Half Boy
I cannot give you a description but here is a pic of it. I guess it won't be too much help but still:
Roland would have understood.
Within, resting on dark blue velvet (which diey might or might not have known was the color of the Royal Court of Gilead), was a watch within a coiled chain. Engraved upon its gold cover were three objects: a key, a rose, and—between and slightly above them—a tower with tiny windows marching around its circumference in an ascending spiral.
Carved on the inside of the lid was this:
IN THIS HAZE OF GREEN AND GOLD
To the Hand of ROLAND DESCHAIN
From Those of
MOSES ISAAC CARVER
MARIAN ODETTA CARVER
NANCY REBECCA DEEPNEAU
With Our Gratitude
White Over Red,Thus GOD Wills Ever
This watch is a Patek Philippe, Roland. It cost nineteen thousand dollars, and the makers guarantee a full refund of the price if it's ever fast or slow. It needs no winding, for it runs on a battery— not made by North Central Positronics or any subsidiary thereof, I can assure you—that will last a hundred years.
1/2 boy, welcome to the site...arent these folk the best?
The answer is within
all matter is energy, all energy is GOD
Welcome half Boy, I just found the page where Roland was given the watch but I see that Mr. Rabbit Trick already answered. Welcome to the Dark Tower
Thanks for the help, and for the welcome. It's fantastic! I think it's fair to say I'm a bit of a Tower Junkie, to the point where my fiancee has now accepted that I love it in equal amounts to how much I love her! To the point where it's even infiltrating the wedding. I have cufflinks with the sign of the White, and I'm trying to bring in other things, as well!
Note to everybody, this was a thread i created that got merged into this one for some odd reason.
this is to discuss the weapons in the Dark Tower, mainly Sneetches and Ray Guns, this includes robots.
lets start off with concepts;
The Ray Guns? Lasers? Phasers? Plasma? Or other raw energy?
Sneetches? How the hell do they fly? What causes such a fearsome explosion? Nuclear? Matter/Antimatter? Conventional Explosives?
Fire-swords? Really Fire? Lasers? Plasma? Super Heated Metal? Other?
Robots? Powered by? Made of? <--(in the case of the wolves masks) Other uses (battle, artillery, ect.)?
I think the sneetches were made to find a heat source and go blow up like a heat seeker does.
I'm pretty sure the robots run off batteries.
2:45 am- 11th February 2008- I Finished The Dark Tower
batteries yes, but what kind? i doubt their running of your basic alkaline source.
IIRC I believe the robots ran off nuclear power?
The fire swords and laser I imagine were based off Star Wars' lightsabres and blasters.
Now I may have missed this completely, but when did Roland and Susannah make sweet sweet love thus producing Mordrid?
Hey wildfire, there's a whole bunch of threads on the individual books here. Feel free to join in!
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Perhaps you may want to read the books first though. Threads in The Baronies can contain spoilers.
Have you read all the books? If you have we will answer with pleasure but we wouldn't like to give you spoilers.
Anyway this thread will be moved to Gilead soon.
Roland would have understood.
Well, then maybe it should be re-named "Question about the later books"? He was brought up lots before DT7.
Spoiler:
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah