![]() ![]() So much so, that as Roland entered the Dark Tower on page 802, I turned the page so hard I almost ripped it. And when I finally had the last book in my hands, I started reading as fast as my eyes could move. I’d read and reread those books so many times I knew parts by heart. I bought the last book when I was 32 years old. Books six and seven were both published in 2004. Book five was published in 2003, after we had moved to Indiana. I worried that if the books weren’t finished, or more to the point, if I weren’t able to finish them, that something would be lacking from my life.Įvidently, I wasn’t the only one who had such concerns. I remember being horrified at the tragedy, but I’d be lying if I said that the first thought that went through my mind wasn’t that I wouldn’t get to finish The Dark Tower. Then, in 1999, Stephen King was almost killed in a car accident. I still had no idea where we were going, but I couldn’t wait to get there. #THE JOURNEY BACK IN TME A BOOK SERIES#King thought the series would go seven books, so I was over the hump. I was 25, I’d just bought an engagement ring for my future fiance, and was in my last year of medical school. That one ended on a cliffhanger, so I found myself eagerly awaiting the next.īook four was released in 1997. I think I plowed thro ugh that book in a weeekend, stopping only to go out with friends, obviously. Book three came out a couple years later, in 1992. New characters were introduced, and the breadth of the story widened considerably. Book two came out a year later, when I was 16. It’s not terribly long, and it was a quick read, but the story was obviously going to be huge. I picked up the first book in the series in 1988, when I was 15 years old. If you haven’t read Stephen King’s magnum opus, then you might not understand. For too long I viewed books as things to be conquered, challenges to be overcome. ![]() This forces me to re-appreciate the author’s work, and pick up things I might have missed the first time. When each new book comes out, I usually will take time before the release date to reread earlier books. I can plow through a book quickly enough that my wife is sometimes skeptical I’m actually reading.īecause of this, I tend to lean towards series (and comic books, but that’s another matter). Because I read so much, though, I’ve gotten pretty good at it. I tend to lean towards science fiction and fantasy, but I love non-fiction as well. ![]()
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