Post your questions here. Can't guarantee they'll be answered. I'm curious to see what people would ask if they had the chance.
If you could ask King anything about the Dark Tower series...
Post your questions here. Can't guarantee they'll be answered. I'm curious to see what people would ask if they had the chance.
Is there any significance to the fact that, other than the word "The", four titles of the eight Dark Tower books have started with the letter "W"? None of his other books do, but maybe it's just a coincidence.
I'd ask,
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The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
I would ask "With your publishing an 8th Dark Tower novel are you re-considering re-writing other books in the series? If so, which ones and is this something you're going to be doing soon?"
"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
And when can we expect another Jack Sawyer book?
What a great thread.
'Which was the hardest part to write? Emotionally or technically.'
Roland would have understood.
Who was the "best" character to write and who was the most difficult (in the DT series)?
"Head Clear. Mouth shut. See Much. Say little." Roland Deschain
"Go your way, I'll take the long way 'round. Ill find my own way down, as I should." Ben Howard
mild DT7 spoiler
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Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can we expect the 8th Dark Tower novel to be the last direct tie to Roland and his ka-tet?
I want to ask about the Low Men in Yellow Coats and Devor-Toi (Blue Heaven) that appeared in DT7. Since the battle with Roland and his Ka-tet, are the Low Men beaten or Destroyed? Will anymore breakers be taken? Will anymore children be brought to Blue Heaven to have their brains sucked out? Are the Low Men still a threat? (I hope not!) Could the Low Men ever "make a comeback" and start kidnapping innocent children again? Could the Low Men show up in other levels of reality or the Dark Tower?
Is is considering writing another DTseries where according to DT7 things will be different for Roland since he has the horn of the Eld?
Would he ever consider writing a tie-in story about the other side of the Dark tower, or along the path of the other beams?
I'm curious about the lads from 'Through the eyes of the Dragon' who were referenced Drawing of the Three.Spoiler:*
Another question occurs (I know we're only supposed to have one) but I'm curious about the fact that Patrick was supposedly meant to save two men. Is this something that happened in his adventures before he ended up in Dandelo's bread and board, or did King originally intendSpoiler:
*To be fair I think I already know the answer to this, -Spoiler:- but I'd be interested in reading King's thoughts on this.
Regarding your question regarding Insomnia, I've always considered that book to be metaphorical rather than a literal Dark Tower book. There's a lot that the Crimson King does that doesn't make any sense in the context of what we later learn about him. According to DT7, it contains messages from King to himself--or to Roland--and is thus symbolic. That's my take, anyway.
I would love to ask Mr. King what his initial plans for Randall Flagg were after he finished up Wizard and Glass. Second, I would be curious to know if, after finishing Wizard and Glass, he originally intended for Book V to take place entirely in Thunderclap.
Would he ever consider writing about Gilead in its glory days or about the old ones(or great old ones)?
Fantastic idea for a thread by the way!
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they did.
Red Cloud
I know there's a separate thread for it, but what is the exact reason why Roland and Cuthbert scatter the bread crumbs at Hax's feet?! I feel like I almost grasp the symbolism to it, but can't feel certain about every explanation I come up with.
I really enjoyed the Revised edition of The Gunslinger and think its an improvement over the original. It also addressed the contradiction of Farson being refered to as both a town and a man. Another such contradiction occurs in the 3rd DT book (The Waste lands) in a scene where Roland and his Ka-tet are discussing his palavar with Walter. At one point, Roland mentions the Beast and Susannah muses that she's heard about Maerlyn but doesn't recognise this Beast. In future editions, would this ever be changed to bring it in line with the rest of the series? (Change references to The Beast to references of the Crimson King?)
I would be interested to know whether future Dark Tower mythos stories (short stories akin to Ur or stories akin to Black House) might still be written if inspiration strikes?
Considering TWTTKH has just been released I would say there's a good chance he visits TDT world again in the future in some way, shape or form.Originally Posted by Tik
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
I would ask King if he pays attention to or considers forums like these when writing any of his stories. I don't think this forum existed when DT7 was published, but it would be interesting to see if he has any idea of the vast amount of knowledge contained here. I know he said that he referred to the companion novel that was written about the series sometimes so that he could keep track of it all. Perhaps in the future he might or could use a forum such as this?
Orson Scott Card specifically asked members of one of his forums to help him when he was writing later books in the Enderverse becuase some of them took place at earlier times in the series, like TWTTKH and he couldnt be bothered to re-read all of his own novels. He also knew that his fans would have a lot better/fresher insight into the serires. This forum could be a great reference for King if he continues to write more DT books!
Are you talking about this book? --
But after all, comparatively, Orson Scott Card is a little corny sometimes.
Why, yes it is that book!Are you talking about this book? --
But after all, comparatively, Orson Scott Card is a little corny sometimes.
Yeah, I'm not saying OSC is on the same level as King, but that he did leverage forums to make his later novels in the series better. Good idea for King either way I think.
The companion book (Robin Furth's Concordance) was created specifically for him to refer to while he worked on the final three books. It wasn't originally intended for publication.
He couldn't have referred to my book since it was published at the same time as DT7 (although he had a copy of the manuscript before that -- but DT7 was already written in first draft by then).
I have your book as well as the Concordance on my Amazon wishlist, your avatar is so small that regrettably, I confused the two. Those are of course great references for King, but the forums tend to be more dynamic and King could ask specific questions or thoughts as OSC did, that's all I'm saying -- not to put down your work as I intend to add it to my own collection.
In fact, I'm buying your book now, Bev.
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