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grindmonkehI had some grammatical corrections and things to add in response to SuicideKing's following comment on The Dark Tower, so I thought I might as well post this publicly since others may wish to share their views.
"I did and was massively disappointed, especially with the manner in which the Crimson King was dispatched. All these books with him as the villian and the fucker was killed with an eraser. Heh."
Exactly.
My major bitch about the book is the treatment of the antagonists. Flagg...eaten by Mordred. Which might make you believe that Mordred had a fate that was of consequence to the Tower and existence. Nope...he was shot during amateur hour in an oh so intense battle with a billy-bumbler. And yes...the much hyped Crimson King...of whom Stephen King lead us over the course of a couple of decades to believe was an extremely powerful entity, gave us a scope of any sinister situation by name-dropping him in any novel at a whim, and then killed (with an igmo via pencil and eraser) while saying, "EEEEEEEE!" a lot and throwing sneetches. Did I mention that he said, "EEEEEEEEEEEEE!" a lot? ...and threw...sneetches.
*scratch scratch*
Yeah. He went out like a real legend.
As far as the protagonists went...I found the ending to be suiting (hell...perfect even) for Roland, and as far as Eddie, Jake, and Susannah (and Oy) it was the cop-out happy ending. Which worked somewhat....except that I thought since Jake died in the keystone world that he was done like last night's dinner? I guess not.
King's writing style changed a lot in the final piece. Some of his asides were kind of annoying as he told us what we should be thinking or feeling about a certain part of the story instead of writing it into us.
And as Charlie Kaufman said, "don't ever write yourself into your own story." (That's not an exact quote.) I thought it was a bad idea back when our ka-tet began talking about the book Salem's Lot in the Calla, and then it only got worse. Sometimes embarrassing. The kind of embarrassing where you want to martyr yourself with plastic cutlery to make it stop. Yeah.
The 6th and 7th novels of the series weren't exactly what we wanted, which makes the ending that much more bittersweet. In general the series is still a masterpiece due to the sentimentality that I can't shake. At/Near the top of my list of literary faves. I'll read it again. I've a queue of older Stephen King novels to reread now to refresh some connections to the Tower and remember some old friends along the way.
"I did and was massively disappointed, especially with the manner in which the Crimson King was dispatched. All these books with him as the villian and the fucker was killed with an eraser. Heh."
Exactly.
My major bitch about the book is the treatment of the antagonists. Flagg...eaten by Mordred. Which might make you believe that Mordred had a fate that was of consequence to the Tower and existence. Nope...he was shot during amateur hour in an oh so intense battle with a billy-bumbler. And yes...the much hyped Crimson King...of whom Stephen King lead us over the course of a couple of decades to believe was an extremely powerful entity, gave us a scope of any sinister situation by name-dropping him in any novel at a whim, and then killed (with an igmo via pencil and eraser) while saying, "EEEEEEEE!" a lot and throwing sneetches. Did I mention that he said, "EEEEEEEEEEEEE!" a lot? ...and threw...sneetches.
*scratch scratch*
Yeah. He went out like a real legend.
As far as the protagonists went...I found the ending to be suiting (hell...perfect even) for Roland, and as far as Eddie, Jake, and Susannah (and Oy) it was the cop-out happy ending. Which worked somewhat....except that I thought since Jake died in the keystone world that he was done like last night's dinner? I guess not.
King's writing style changed a lot in the final piece. Some of his asides were kind of annoying as he told us what we should be thinking or feeling about a certain part of the story instead of writing it into us.
And as Charlie Kaufman said, "don't ever write yourself into your own story." (That's not an exact quote.) I thought it was a bad idea back when our ka-tet began talking about the book Salem's Lot in the Calla, and then it only got worse. Sometimes embarrassing. The kind of embarrassing where you want to martyr yourself with plastic cutlery to make it stop. Yeah.
The 6th and 7th novels of the series weren't exactly what we wanted, which makes the ending that much more bittersweet. In general the series is still a masterpiece due to the sentimentality that I can't shake. At/Near the top of my list of literary faves. I'll read it again. I've a queue of older Stephen King novels to reread now to refresh some connections to the Tower and remember some old friends along the way.
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Date: 2004-11-02 03:48 pm (UTC)second..
NERDS!!1
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Date: 2004-11-02 05:05 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-11-02 09:25 pm (UTC)Nerds? Who are you trying to kid? ...I've read your journal. It's okay to step away from the computer and read books. The other kids sitting in front of their computers won't think that you're a geek.
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Date: 2004-11-03 06:11 am (UTC)Hey. Just wondering... which books do you recommend reading?
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Date: 2004-11-03 10:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-11-04 07:12 am (UTC)Something to keep my mind occupied.
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Date: 2004-11-11 12:52 pm (UTC)horror/fantasy
Stephen King - almost anything
Cliver Barker - almost anything
William Peter Blatty - Legion
Neil Gaiman - American Gods
others
william golding - lord of the flies
chuck palahniuk - almost anything (fight club, etc.)
charles bukowski - almost anything (a beatnik sort)
I was just thinking to myself today that I need to rid myself of a lot of books that I won't read again. e-mail me at grindbastard@yahoo.com with your current addy and I'll hook a neegah up.
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Date: 2004-11-03 06:43 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-11-03 09:20 pm (UTC)I've really no need to be defensive do I?
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Date: 2004-11-04 09:43 am (UTC)