Dark Tower series

[Fathom Zero]

I've read every book up until the last few hundred pages because I don't want to get to the ending.

I didn't like IV too much because it was all about backstory and crap that it really made no difference to know.

I guess this is King's magnum opus. A LOT of things are tied up in the book that relate to King's other books, I was suprised at how attention was paid to even the smallest connections between the books and Hearts in Atlantis, especially.

Besides, I think it's in comic book form now, anyway. I haven't read them, but I need to.

I think you should read them, though my opinion might not count for much.

[sspadowsky]

Originally Posted by Fathom Zero

I didn't like IV too much because it was all about backstory and crap that it really made no difference to know.

I hear people say that all the time. I do recognize that it's a free country, and you are entitled to your completely wrong opinion. I think Wizard and Glass was one of the most important books in the series, because it explains how Roland's quest began, and how he came to be the way he is. Roland would have seemed a lot more hollow a character had this book not been part of the story. He wasn't born a Gunslinger, he was made one through indoctrination and loss of innocence. To not have included his childhood and adolescence would have left a big hole in the tale.