DT6 spoiler

I've been reading King since around the time of The Stand, so all said and
done over twenty five years. Early on I have to say I really enjoyed all
the little references to, and recurring characters from, his previous
novels. I can't remember my first time.maybe it was Cujo and the 'Hell too
hot for you, Frank?' part. God knows.



While I was reading DT5 (which I have to say I enjoyed somewhat more than I
thought I would), I thought that harking back to Father/Pere Callahan was a
great thing.it certainly gave some back story and closure on an individual
that was otherwise MIA after he fled the Lot. I thought it a good twist
that the Calla version of Callahan discovers he may only be a character in a
novel and gave some consideration as to how King would explain this away
over the next two novels.



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Well anyway, I've just finished DT6. Not wanting to give too much away, it
ebbed and flowed like any novel. There are the 'fast' parts (Eddie and
Roland on Earth, the shootout), slow parts (for me elements of the
Susannah/Detta/Odetta/Mia quadrangle), but all in all a decent enough read.



That said, I feel I have to put on record that the low point for me was I
reached and read through the passage where Roland and Eddie meet King, who
at that juncture had only written the initial six parts that make up the
first Gunslinger novel and how Roland both hypnotises and seeds him with the
ideas for the next book(s). I know you have to allow the guy some poetic
licence but I really got to wondering where Stephen's head was when he was
writing that segment, whether he thought it was a hoot (probably), or was a
little embarrassed by the whole thing (probably not, he's just watching the
dollars come rolling in).



P

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"Bixx" <Bixx.RemoveThis@Bixx.com> wrote in message
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 > I've been reading King since around the time of The Stand, so all said and
 > done over twenty five years. Early on I have to say I really enjoyed all
 > the little references to, and recurring characters from, his previous
 > novels. I can't remember my first time.maybe it was Cujo and the 'Hell too
 > hot for you, Frank?' part. God knows.
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 > While I was reading DT5 (which I have to say I enjoyed somewhat more than
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 > thought I would), I thought that harking back to Father/Pere Callahan was
a
 > great thing.it certainly gave some back story and closure on an individual
 > that was otherwise MIA after he fled the Lot. I thought it a good twist
 > that the Calla version of Callahan discovers he may only be a character in
a
 > novel and gave some consideration as to how King would explain this away
 > over the next two novels.
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 > Well anyway, I've just finished DT6. Not wanting to give too much away,
it
 > ebbed and flowed like any novel. There are the 'fast' parts (Eddie and
 > Roland on Earth, the shootout), slow parts (for me elements of the
 > Susannah/Detta/Odetta/Mia quadrangle), but all in all a decent enough
read.
 >
 >
 >
 > That said, I feel I have to put on record that the low point for me was I
 > reached and read through the passage where Roland and Eddie meet King, who
 > at that juncture had only written the initial six parts that make up the
 > first Gunslinger novel and how Roland both hypnotises and seeds him with
the
 > ideas for the next book(s). I know you have to allow the guy some poetic
 > licence but I really got to wondering where Stephen's head was when he was
 > writing that segment, whether he thought it was a hoot (probably), or was
a
 > little embarrassed by the whole thing (probably not, he's just watching
the
 > dollars come rolling in).
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 > P



I suspect that King casting himself in the story will be a point of
contention for a lot of people. For me, it provided an interesting window
into what could have been going on with him during the writing of the
series. I found that part very interesting and illuminating. It also
underscores the extent to which the DT story has woven itself throughout so
many of King's stories over the years while the story itself percolated in
his unconscious mind <g>. In spite of that, I found it somewhat
self-indulgent while I was reading it. The ending of the book made up for
any misgivings I had about King casting himself

I am curious how King is going to wrap all this up where all the loose ends
he has created in past novels get addressed.

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