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Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower #5)
Roland Deschain and his "ka-tet" are bearing southeast through the forests of Mid-World, the almost timeless landscape that seems to stretch from the wreckage of civility that defined Roland's youth to the crimson chaos that seems the future's only promise. Readers of Stephen King's epic series know Roland well, or as well as this enigmatic hero can be known. They also kno...more
Hardcover, 736 pages
Published
November 4th 2003
by Donald M. Grant Publishers
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If someone would have told me back in the ‘90s that the way to get Stephen King to finish up the Dark Tower series quickly was to hit him with a minivan, I would have been on my way to Maine to rent a Dodge Caravan before you could say ’Bango Skank was here.’
Now don’t just read that, chuckle and think, “Oh, that silly Kemper is bitching about how long it took for King to write the Dark Tower series again.” No.
Hear me on this. Hear me very well.
I am not kidding. I would have mown him down with...more
Now don’t just read that, chuckle and think, “Oh, that silly Kemper is bitching about how long it took for King to write the Dark Tower series again.” No.
Hear me on this. Hear me very well.
I am not kidding. I would have mown him down with...more
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May it do ya fine. This book did me real fine. Say thank ya.
I must be picking up the language from Calla Bryn Sturgis/Mid-World because it seems lately, I've been saying the speech of the people. I almost said, "Thankee-sai" as I was handed my receipt today at the grocery store. "Say thankee" I didn't.
Anyways, I'll stop being silly. (The grocery store thing is true, however.) What a fan-freaking-tastic book. I really enjoyed the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis, the people, and I LOVED the way they s...more
I must be picking up the language from Calla Bryn Sturgis/Mid-World because it seems lately, I've been saying the speech of the people. I almost said, "Thankee-sai" as I was handed my receipt today at the grocery store. "Say thankee" I didn't.
Anyways, I'll stop being silly. (The grocery store thing is true, however.) What a fan-freaking-tastic book. I really enjoyed the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis, the people, and I LOVED the way they s...more
And so it was, three and a half years ago, that I stopped reading Stephen King altogether. Having begun him at age 12, and having read every single book up to that point, by my mid-twenties I was definitely reading his new stuff out of habit alone. But I was still looking forward to finishing the "Dark Tower" series.
And I never did. Because I read this book, which contains more filler than I thought you could put in 700 pages, and which confirmed that King had disappeared so far up his own ass t...more
And I never did. Because I read this book, which contains more filler than I thought you could put in 700 pages, and which confirmed that King had disappeared so far up his own ass t...more
Although many readers of this series liked this volume the least, I found it to be the most moving and exciting of them all. It appears to be a departure from the path of the Beam but in truth it is just another part of the journey of the Ka-Tet and very much on the path to the Dark Tower, bringing them closer. It is well tied in to all the past books, and it is in this book that we meet Father Callahan, from Salem's Lot. It was while reading this book that I completely fell in love with the cha...more
The story continues.....wow does it. Okay this book is the one that seems at times to take itself a little less seriously yet still does it without once ceasing to be dark, depressing, and foreboding.
Actually a pretty good trick if you can pull it off.
This book continues King's "tying together" his multiverse, but with oh so much more. In this book we get not only parallels with other popular fiction...but comic books and even Harry Potter.... There's also a story element that I can never stop...more
Actually a pretty good trick if you can pull it off.
This book continues King's "tying together" his multiverse, but with oh so much more. In this book we get not only parallels with other popular fiction...but comic books and even Harry Potter.... There's also a story element that I can never stop...more
I finished this 5th part of the 7 part saga last weekend. I think the reason I like Stephen King's Dark Tower series so much is that I basically don't like Stephen King's writing. And the Dark Tower is different from his usual horror-junked garbage. It's an epic tale that takes a rag-tag team of heroes through a fantasy adventure. Yes, there is the grim horror filled "Kingesque" style to it but even the master of horror himself will tell you that the Tower series is unlike his usual work. What I...more
Mar 15, 2011
Rhiannon
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Fans of westerns, masochists
Recommended to Rhiannon by:
Uwdave
It is as though Stephen King:
1. Took me out to an arid, deserted sepia-toned no-place
2. Lit a sputtering campfire that quickly faded to embers
3. Handcuffed me
4. Sat me down Indian-style across from him
5. Proceeded to narrate to me in a hoarse, bored drawl over a series of three-to-four weeks the world's longest, most uninteresting story while my head lolled back, my lips grew dry with thirst, and my bum ached
If this book had been written by any writer other than Stephen King, it would never have...more
1. Took me out to an arid, deserted sepia-toned no-place
2. Lit a sputtering campfire that quickly faded to embers
3. Handcuffed me
4. Sat me down Indian-style across from him
5. Proceeded to narrate to me in a hoarse, bored drawl over a series of three-to-four weeks the world's longest, most uninteresting story while my head lolled back, my lips grew dry with thirst, and my bum ached
If this book had been written by any writer other than Stephen King, it would never have...more
what did i think? i enjoyed this one no less than the others and that includes the revised version of the gunslinger that, honestly, got me hooked on king. after a steady infusion of all things king for a year or so i've about abandoned television altogether.
problem is, there's a mountain of stories i haven't read and there is so much water passing underneath the bridge and all that time i've been wasting on the way that....
meh. good story. there is, i believe, some nice linkage here to duma key...more
problem is, there's a mountain of stories i haven't read and there is so much water passing underneath the bridge and all that time i've been wasting on the way that....
meh. good story. there is, i believe, some nice linkage here to duma key...more
3.5
This is probably my second favorite of the series.
As with other books, most of the stuff that I like the best are little character things. Seeing a new side of Roland, Jake's moments of actually being a boy, and both Eddie and Jake's growth into and acceptance of their role as gunslingers, (and, of course, Oy and his particular antics). Susannah, and her role in things, remains my least favorite part of the tet.
I also like the parts with Callahan, and I especially like the religious discussio...more
This is probably my second favorite of the series.
As with other books, most of the stuff that I like the best are little character things. Seeing a new side of Roland, Jake's moments of actually being a boy, and both Eddie and Jake's growth into and acceptance of their role as gunslingers, (and, of course, Oy and his particular antics). Susannah, and her role in things, remains my least favorite part of the tet.
I also like the parts with Callahan, and I especially like the religious discussio...more
The 2011 re-read:
Roland and his ka-tet of gunslingers ride into Calla Bryn Sturgis, a town with a problem. Once every generation, a gang of marauders called The Wolves ride out of Thunderclap and steal half of the town's children. The ones that return come back roont, or brain-damaged. Can Roland and the others stop the Wolves before Susan gives birth to the demon in her womb?
It was a long wait between Wizard and Glass and Wolves of the Calla. Was it worth it? Well, does a horse piss where it pl...more
Roland and his ka-tet of gunslingers ride into Calla Bryn Sturgis, a town with a problem. Once every generation, a gang of marauders called The Wolves ride out of Thunderclap and steal half of the town's children. The ones that return come back roont, or brain-damaged. Can Roland and the others stop the Wolves before Susan gives birth to the demon in her womb?
It was a long wait between Wizard and Glass and Wolves of the Calla. Was it worth it? Well, does a horse piss where it pl...more
Allora, iniziamo subito con il dire che non sono ne un detrattore ne un fan sfegatato di Stephen King. Ho avuto il mio periodo "King" in cui mi sono letto diversi suoi libri, alcuni con piacere, altri meno. Quello che penso è che questo autore abbia uno stile di scrittura davvero molto leggero e fluente, in grado di farti mandare giù praticamente qualunque cosa senza neanche accorgertene. A questa sua grandissima dote si aggiunge il numero impressionante di libri che ha scritto durante sua carri...more
Series: 5/1/2005 8/10
The Dark Tower series is Stephen King's magnum opus. It ties together a lot of his books. The gunslinger, Roland, is an interesting character and so is the world the series is set in. I've really enjoyed the early books, re-reading them many times. I thought the series ended kind of weakly though. But then again, it would have been difficult to live up to expectations.
For more info, check out:
Official Stephen King page
Stephen King FAQ
Fan site
Dark Tower site
Dark Tower on wik...more
The Dark Tower series is Stephen King's magnum opus. It ties together a lot of his books. The gunslinger, Roland, is an interesting character and so is the world the series is set in. I've really enjoyed the early books, re-reading them many times. I thought the series ended kind of weakly though. But then again, it would have been difficult to live up to expectations.
For more info, check out:
Official Stephen King page
Stephen King FAQ
Fan site
Dark Tower site
Dark Tower on wik...more
Stephen King's novel "Wolves Of The Calla" is the fifth instalment of the seven part epic "Dark Tower" series. The novel runs for 611 pages out of the series total of 3712 pages. The book starts off with King's `final argument' which is the last introduction to the books for the series. There's also a two page `afterword' at the end giving the reader a little more insight into the writing of the book. As in all of the other `Dark Tower' books, the large version includes colour illustrations by B...more
Here we are introduced to the people of Calla Bryn Sturgis and how the wolves come and steal one of their pair of twins. We also learn how Balazar is trying to buy the vacant which Calvin Tower owns and who is also the owner of the Resturant of the Mind. Pere Callahan a father/drunk from Eddie's time, is the preacher here and he is also in possesion of Black Thirteen, one of the glass balls of the Rainbow. This ball when open takes you through the "Unfound Door" at Doorway Cave. This ball also t...more
I remember seeing this, years ago, when it first came out in hardcover. I had rolled my eyes thinking, 'Great, King has his NEXT fantasy book out. Why can't he just stick to what he knows?' I leafed through it, and it looked weak.
Now that I'm fully reading it, I'm incredibly hooked. Many years ago, I clearly wasn't able to appreciate the storytelling and engaging character development that King embarks upon. At first I couldn't believe this tale could take so many hundreds of pages to tell. Read...more
Now that I'm fully reading it, I'm incredibly hooked. Many years ago, I clearly wasn't able to appreciate the storytelling and engaging character development that King embarks upon. At first I couldn't believe this tale could take so many hundreds of pages to tell. Read...more
Stephen King is a master storyteller. He has a unique vision and style that I've found to be matched by no one else. His Dark Tower series, I believe, is his best work.
That being said, I don't feel that this was his strongest book in the series. As a self contained work, this was well written and an interesting read. I felt, however, that in relation to the series as a whole, it was a bit discontinuous.
In the first four books, the focus of the story is primarily on the mystery of existence, of r...more
That being said, I don't feel that this was his strongest book in the series. As a self contained work, this was well written and an interesting read. I felt, however, that in relation to the series as a whole, it was a bit discontinuous.
In the first four books, the focus of the story is primarily on the mystery of existence, of r...more
An epic fantasy creation containing a colorful cast of captivating characters, amid a dazzling ‘urban’ landscape.
‘The Wolves of Calla’ is the fifth installment within the magnificent “The Dark Tower” series. This sizeable hardback edition with striking red cover contains 12 full-color illustrations by Bernie Wrightson, which add that extra touch of realism to Stephen King’s story (akin to Terry Pratchett’s uniquely illustrated novels). The darkly depicted illustrations which capture Roland and...more
‘The Wolves of Calla’ is the fifth installment within the magnificent “The Dark Tower” series. This sizeable hardback edition with striking red cover contains 12 full-color illustrations by Bernie Wrightson, which add that extra touch of realism to Stephen King’s story (akin to Terry Pratchett’s uniquely illustrated novels). The darkly depicted illustrations which capture Roland and...more
After leaving Kansas, the Ka-tet arrive in a small town called Calla Bryn Sturgis and are met by an old priest named Father Donald Frank Callahan (You guys might want to read King's 'Salem's Lotfor his backstory) it's an awesome story!
This town is a simple town with a big problem. Once in every generation The Wolves of Thunderclap mountain come down and steal one twin from a pair of all the twins of the town only to return it a few months later "ruined" (mentally handicapped and grown larger).
W...more
This town is a simple town with a big problem. Once in every generation The Wolves of Thunderclap mountain come down and steal one twin from a pair of all the twins of the town only to return it a few months later "ruined" (mentally handicapped and grown larger).
W...more
Avevamo lasciato Roland e il suo ka-tet sulla via del vettore. Lungo la strada incontreranno un gruppo di uomini provenienti da un villaggio, Calla Bryn Sturgis,che chiederanno il loro aiuto per sconfiggere i Lupi,che si presentano una volta ogni generazione per rapire uno dei bambini di tutte le coppie gemellari del villaggio, per poi restituirli guasti e destinati a una morte precoce.
Tra gli abitanti c'è Perè callahan, che come Eddie,Suze e Jake viene da New York dal 1981.racconterà la sua st...more
You have to love the way King likes to both thumb his nose, then occasionally embrace, gender stereotypes. You never know if the next page will introduce a woman-warrior, or if that same warrior will be in the midst of negotiating the "politics that keep a marriage sweet". Also, I think I might be in danger of having to explain to my husband someday why all of our dinner plates have been mysteriously smashed against a wall. "No," I'll have to say, "I wasn't upset at all. I got caught up in a rid...more
Nov 06, 2012
Jane Stewart
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
apocalyptic-time-travel-fantasy
5 stars for Wolves story, 3 stars for Callahan story, 2 stars for Calvin Tower story.
4 STARS FOR THIS BOOK 5 IN THE SERIES.
Three stories are divided into sections and interrupt each other. I would have preferred each be told completely before moving to the next. However, some of the author’s ideas and creativity are wonderful. I’m enjoying the language and phrases he uses in this world. “We are well met.” “You forgot the face of your father.” Si (pronounced sigh) instead of Mr. or Miss.
I loved t...more
4 STARS FOR THIS BOOK 5 IN THE SERIES.
Three stories are divided into sections and interrupt each other. I would have preferred each be told completely before moving to the next. However, some of the author’s ideas and creativity are wonderful. I’m enjoying the language and phrases he uses in this world. “We are well met.” “You forgot the face of your father.” Si (pronounced sigh) instead of Mr. or Miss.
I loved t...more
Alas! This book continues King's wheel-spinning of his initially fine series. At least there is more humor and pathos than there was in Wizard and Glass, not to mention the tiniest bit of forward momentum of plot.
The first three books of this series work, and work well, because their stories move with purpose. Books four and five are concerned primarily with one location, bogging down the characters first in flashback and then in a town that grows less interesting as you realize King has decide...more
The first three books of this series work, and work well, because their stories move with purpose. Books four and five are concerned primarily with one location, bogging down the characters first in flashback and then in a town that grows less interesting as you realize King has decide...more
Jul 11, 2012
Sakura87
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
favorites,
autori-nordamericani,
fantasy,
western,
horror,
saga-ciclo,
duemila,
la-torre-nera
"Noi trattiamo piombo!"
Il Tizio che cammina ha rifornito le nostre Dorothy con deliziose scarpette rosse con cui tornare in Kansas. Peccato che il ka-tet non abbia la minima intenzione di tornare sui propri passi: è la Torre Nera il loro obiettivo, perché tutto serve il ka.
Ecco dunque giungere il tet a Calla Bryn Sturgis, pittoresca località che ricorda, come Stephen King stesso afferma nella postfazione, i film di Sergio Leone: quei villaggi assolati con i portici in legno, il profumo dell’erb...more
Il Tizio che cammina ha rifornito le nostre Dorothy con deliziose scarpette rosse con cui tornare in Kansas. Peccato che il ka-tet non abbia la minima intenzione di tornare sui propri passi: è la Torre Nera il loro obiettivo, perché tutto serve il ka.
Ecco dunque giungere il tet a Calla Bryn Sturgis, pittoresca località che ricorda, come Stephen King stesso afferma nella postfazione, i film di Sergio Leone: quei villaggi assolati con i portici in legno, il profumo dell’erb...more
Roland and his Ka Tet come upon Calla Bryn Sturgis as the follow the path of the beam. The townsfolk ask their help in fighting the “Wolves” who come once a generation to take children from them - one of each set of twins, which the rule rather than the exception there. They meet Pere Callahan, who is from their world - in fact from a town called Jerusalem’s Lot in Maine. They get to know Andy, the messenger robot, and the people, and plan the defense of the town. Jake befriends Ben, a boy his a...more
Just finished...WOW! I so love Stephen (even tho I was cursing him several times during this book) -- Anyway, I started reading these again because my honey is reading them, and is on the third book, and I can't let him finish and get to THE DARK TOWER before me!! I started these when they first came out, and then when the last three came out in quick succession I just wasn't in a questing mood.
Anyway, a few thoughts from the novel -- don't look if you don't want to see ANY spoilers (nothing ma...more
Anyway, a few thoughts from the novel -- don't look if you don't want to see ANY spoilers (nothing ma...more
Wolves of the Calla picks up at a much quicker pace then probably any of the other books in the Dark Tower series so far. SK drew heavy inspiration from Kurosawa's Seven Samarai and the American remake, Magnificent Seven. So in many ways, this tale takes on a common story the Western genre, but SK also puts his own horror slant to it, keeping it fresh. While this is the longest book in the series so far, it doesn't feel like it drags as much as some of the others. SK has created a heightened sen...more
It’s the beginning of the end for Roland, and also something that I’ve been waiting for since beginning of this series: a hook into King’s other novels, and, if nothing else (and there is much else), WotC serves to make me want to read ‘Salem’s Lot. With Donald Callahan and the finding of an actual copy of that novel in the plot of this one (how weird is that), we begin to grow towards a plot conclusion that somehow involves Stepehen King himself…or something. The mention of him seems to indicat...more
If the last volume, "Wizard and Glass" showed the birth of a Gunslinger, "Wolves of the Calla" gives us the best look at what sort of role the Gunslingers must have played in the world before it moved on. On their inexorable march toward the Tower, we find Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and Oy passing through Calla Bryn Sturgis, a town in need of help...the sort of help one can get from a group that only deals in lead.
For generations, the Calla folken have seen their children plundered by the my...more
For generations, the Calla folken have seen their children plundered by the my...more
Another very entertaining and gripping book in the Dark Tower series. Roland and his ka-tet arrive in the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis weeks before masked raiders called Wolves are due to raid the town and abduct one child from each set of the town’s twins (twins being the norm in that part of the world). As is their duty as gunslingers, our heroes offer the town aid and succour in what is essentially a classic western. But there are several interesting sub-plots going on at the same time. Father...more
Apr 04, 2011
Angela
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
favorites,
permanent-collection
"Time is a face on the water," stretching and contorting reality as gunslingers Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake and their talking pet "billy-bumbler" Oy continue their quest to prevent the destruction of the Dark Tower and, consequently, save all worlds from Chaos and the Crimson King's evil, red-eyed glare. Roland-the primary hero of King's epic tale, the first volume of which appeared in 1982-and company momentarily fall off the "Path of The Beam" to help the residents of Calla Bryn Sturgis, a f...more
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Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his parents separated when Stephen was a toddler, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family...more
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Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his parents separated when Stephen was a toddler, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family...more
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