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Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, #1 (Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance #1)
by
Robin Furth
The Dark Tower is the backbone of Stephen King's legendary career. Inspired more than thirty years ago by works as diverse as J.R.R. Tolkien's epics, Robert Browning's poetry, and Sergio Leone's Westerns, this is the tale that Stephen King has never abandoned. When he typed the first sentence in 1970, King feared the telling might take several lifetimes, but two thousand p...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
July 29th 2003
by Scribner Book Company
(first published 2003)
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Here is a stellar example of exactly what kind of obsessive biblio-nerd I really am. I picked up Concordance because I thought it would be a handy reference to have while I endeavor to re-read all seven novels in Stephen King's Dark Tower cycle back-to-back, which I decided was something I needed to do when I heard that an unexpected eighth volume in the series was coming out this month, which of course I will be reading as well. The thing is, as someone who reads everything Stephen King publish...more
Brilliant fun! The Concordance is absolutely indispensable for those who want to get the most enjoyment out of the Dark Tower series. It offers a highly accessible, yet highly entertaining, review of important (and not so important) characters, places, themes, etc. It was written with an engaging wit in encyclopedic fashion. I recommend it to all those who have already read the first four volumes of The Dark Tower series and are going back through it again. As it contains spoilers for those who...more
As a huge fan of the Dark Tower saga, I figured that the concordance would help me tie together some of the more nebulous connections; I loved the book, but came away more confused than ever. Mr. King sometimes changes the name of a character, making it difficult to follow in the next novel. In my father's expression, I'm 'picking fly shit out of pepper', nitpicking.....overall, the concordance really was helpful if you're going to commit to the entire series.
Useful information, great for reference, maybe a little cold for reading - like a dictionary or encyclopedia. I did read the entire book from cover-to-cover during a waiting period for one of the newer Dark Tower books to be released. At some point, when the series is not so fresh in my mind, I will read the second concordance in the series, or possibly buy the complete concordance.
Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, Vol. 1 by Robin Furth (2003)
Nov 12, 2012
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Actually not a bad idea, given the sprawling, hydrocephalic nature of the Dark Tower series, but it's pretty repetitive and not all that interesting on its own merits. The hilarious thing is that King hired the author to write this for him because he couldn't keep track of all this shit either, and then we end up paying fifteen bucks for it, proving who the real sucker is in this scenario.
Compact summary of a great series.
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