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DARK TOWER 7 is out!

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Woot! I just got my copy of the last of Stephen King's DT books and I just wanted to share. Who else is looking forward to reading it?
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*Raises hand*
That would be me.
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Gaahhhhh! *pulls hair out* i still haven't even gotten around to reading book 5 yet, let alone book 7! :cry:
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Darth_Zod wrote:Gaahhhhh! *pulls hair out* i still haven't even gotten around to reading book 5 yet, let alone book 7! :cry:
Reading book 6 in-between is propably a good idea, too
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I got it...finishing up the rest before I get to it.

But dammit this sweet...ah the Dark Tower is mine.
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I'll just say now that I think another thread should be created if we want to discuss spoilers since it seems like there are a number of people who want to read it but have not yet had a chance. Does this work?

Oh and the art is by Michael Whelan. Sweet.
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It's out already? Sweet. But I'll bet the bookstore at my college doesn't have it yet. Damn.
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Aww crap! I just finished book 1, "The Gunslinger". Looks like I have some major reading to catch up on.
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I'm waiting for the smaller paperback versions of 5,6, and 7 to come out before I buy them. I utterly despise the clunky huge ones that are out right now, and I hate the artwork in all of the first four with a passion.
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Next of Kin wrote:Aww crap! I just finished book 1, "The Gunslinger". Looks like I have some major reading to catch up on.
They get better with number 2 and 3... but you'll have to read Insomnia, Hearts in Atlantis and/or Black House to follow events past 4 without a lot of confusion. Of course, these books all kick ass, so it's a good thing.

Oh, and 7's cover art is fangasmic! Roland. The Dark Tower. A field of crimson roses. Nice.

I don't know if it is a part of the story necessarily or just a montage style of picture like the cover to DT 1, but it was done by the same guy. Although Roland looked a lot more like Stephen King on the cover to DT1...
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Post by Cthulhu-chan »

What? What WHAT?! It's already out?! Sweet zombie jesus on a pogo-stick!!

*Bolts out the door for the nearest Barnes & Nobles*
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YESSS!!!! My copy is in the mail!!! BUWAHAHAHAA!
Sorry for the semi-threadomancy. The Mods may now yell at me to their heart's content.
Just as long as no Hadokening me back into the Silver Age is involved...
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Batman wrote:YESSS!!!! My copy is in the mail!!! BUWAHAHAHAA!
Sorry for the semi-threadomancy. The Mods may now yell at me to their heart's content.
Just as long as no Hadokening me back into the Silver Age is involved...
LMAO...no hadokening...it's only been three days.

And sorry...that would be a fate crueler then death.
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Ghost Rider wrote: And sorry...that would be a fate crueler then death.
OF COURSE it is!!!
Why do you think I keep wailing like that?
:P
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Post by Bob the Gunslinger »

I'm still not done with the book, but it's really got a lot of powerful scenes in it so far.

( I've noticed a couple of inconsistencies, but nothing that ruins a major plot point or anything like that. Sort of like the typos in DT2 where they walk north along the beach and look right to see the West...)

You may want to read Everything's Eventual before DT7, too.

And when I'm done I think I might have Roland and his ka-tet show up in a few gratuitous vs matches. :twisted:
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