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Dune House Atreides / Suggested Books / dark tower series

ozzy0
User ID: 9865253 Feb 22nd 2:50 PM
hi all id like to recomend reading the the dark tower series by stephen king.if you enjoy reading brick sized novels of epic proportions like me you will definatly enjoy.be warned you might not like the ending though.

DuneNut
User ID: 9384353 Mar 23rd 12:55 PM
alright ozzy. I've read quite a few stephen king books and the first two towers novels. I enjoyed the read. The only problem I got with king is that he rambles on and on and the story sometimes becomes lost if ya know what I mean. Kings books tend to go Good bit, boring bit, good bit, boring bit etc. Roland as a character is great. I have read alot of kings books so I am not being pointlessly argumentitive with ya mate, I have just kinda got to the stage where He just can't keep me interested the whole way through his books. I'm kinda gutted really because the Dark tower was looming ya know. Is it worth the slog of reading the books to get there? Be honest now!

Robin H.
User ID: 0701364 Mar 23rd 3:32 PM
It most definitely is. I read all of the books and they are briliant. They are some of the very few books besides Dune that I consider rereading some time in the future. It gets addictive, the more you learn about the decaying world of Roland, the more you want to know. The ending of the last book is a matter of taste but I was not as disappointed as many others seem to be.
Anyways, I don´t usually like King´s books, but I loved the Dark Tower.

Wormboy Mar 24th 7:19 PM
I started reading those books quite a few years ago but gave up when King stopped writing them for a few years. Perhaps I'll also follow your advice and give them another go.

The series is based on a poem by Robert Browning called "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" (childe meaning knight). It's a really cool poem - here's the first part:

'My first thought was, he lied in every word,
That hoary cripple, with malicious eye
Askance to watch the working of his lie
On mine, and mouth scarce able to afford
Suppression of the glee, that pursed and scored
It's edge, at one more victim gained thereby.'

The poem gets a bit darker after that.

Incidently, Robert Browning also wrote a poem about the Atreides (the Atreidai) called "The Agamemnon of Aeschylus".

Freakzilla Mar 24th 10:49 PM
Reminds me of Coleridge's mariner a little.

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ozzy0 User ID: 9865253	Feb 22nd 2:50 PM hi all id like to recomend reading the the dark tower series by stephen king.if you enjoy reading brick sized novels of epic proportions like me you will definatly enjoy.be warned you might not like the ending though.
DuneNut User ID: 9384353	Mar 23rd 12:55 PM alright ozzy. I've read quite a few stephen king books and the first two towers novels. I enjoyed the read. The only problem I got with king is that he rambles on and on and the story sometimes becomes lost if ya know what I mean. Kings books tend to go Good bit, boring bit, good bit, boring bit etc. Roland as a character is great. I have read alot of kings books so I am not being pointlessly argumentitive with ya mate, I have just kinda got to the stage where He just can't keep me interested the whole way through his books. I'm kinda gutted really because the Dark tower was looming ya know. Is it worth the slog of reading the books to get there? Be honest now!
Robin H. User ID: 0701364	Mar 23rd 3:32 PM It most definitely is. I read all of the books and they are briliant. They are some of the very few books besides Dune that I consider rereading some time in the future. It gets addictive, the more you learn about the decaying world of Roland, the more you want to know. The ending of the last book is a matter of taste but I was not as disappointed as many others seem to be. Anyways, I don´t usually like King´s books, but I loved the Dark Tower.
Wormboy	Mar 24th 7:19 PM I started reading those books quite a few years ago but gave up when King stopped writing them for a few years. Perhaps I'll also follow your advice and give them another go. The series is based on a poem by Robert Browning called "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" (childe meaning knight). It's a really cool poem - here's the first part: 'My first thought was, he lied in every word, That hoary cripple, with malicious eye Askance to watch the working of his lie On mine, and mouth scarce able to afford Suppression of the glee, that pursed and scored It's edge, at one more victim gained thereby.' The poem gets a bit darker after that. Incidently, Robert Browning also wrote a poem about the Atreides (the Atreidai) called "The Agamemnon of Aeschylus".
Freakzilla	Mar 24th 10:49 PM Reminds me of Coleridge's mariner a little.