The Dark Tower Series.

[Mel Carriere]

I think the series was great, whether or not we are going to pigeonhole Stephen King into being an exclusive writer of horror or not. It's not my all time fave, but it's at least in the top five. I thought the scene toward the end where Roland cries out the names of all of his friends who have accompanied him in his quest, then goes into the Tower and the door slams behind him would have been a perfect ending, but then King feels obligated to throw in a useless chapter about what happens to Roland next. Nevertheless, I will re-read this again someday, just as I am getting ready to give The Lord of the Rings another whirl after a ten year hiatus.

[Timpane]

I considered it was intriguing, and I believe if you're a follower of King's composing you'll like the series. I have learned he's designing on managing a new publication for the sequence that arrives in between the fourth and fifth books. I'll have to reread them to recall what occurs before the publication arrives out.

[Col]

A couple of years ago I read the entire saga. The first four books are fantastic, up there with the best he's ever written.
Books 5,6 and 7 are a different matter, they just go completely off the rails and the ending is that bad that upon finishing it I actually threw the book across the room in frustration.
I got the feeling that after book 4 King had no idea where to take the saga or even how to end it.

[LoniJo]

Its a decent series and never less than readable but King is not a sci fi author no matter how hard he tries. A case of having too many fingers in pies with this series. Horror is his forte..

So true! I read the series in High School, I think. They were good but not what I wanted from King. When compared to It, Pet Sematary (loved the end on that one!!), and several others it just wasn't the same.

[scrapcode13]

Sorry I didn't know there was already a Dark Tower discussion.

I read the whole series and the ending can be good or bad depending on your choice. I decided not to heed King's warning so I remember well the bad ending. The story is good for me. Even if the concept is really "too many fingers in pies" as StephenKingman said, King made the connections to all those pies (although some are vague). Plus it was really cool to read about Stephen King in the story.

I do not aim with my hand;
He who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.

I do not shoot with my hand;
He who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.

I do not kill with my gun;
He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.

[bizworldusa12]

I was read the first series . It is good and i looking for the next serieses

Thank you