Random Dark Tower Question - Watch out for Spoilers here.

[Rachel]

Does anyone remember if King describes the environment The Dark Tower is in (forest, desert, etc.)? I'm thinking about trying to build the tower in the game Minecraft and I wanna put it in the right place. :)

[Chris , The Hardcase]

It's an area that roses can grow in, at the very least. Heh

[Rachel]

Luckily, a detail I can add haha.

[Becky]

If I remember correctly, it was kind of rocky semi-dry plains type land that gradually merged into a huge rose-field.

[Tee]

There was a snowy mountain too, wasn't there?

[Becky]

Tanya wrote: "There was a snowy mountain too, wasn't there?"

The snow was around Odd's Lane and quite a ways away from the Tower itself.

[Tee]

Ah. I understand now. I thought we were mapping the whole journey.

[Kathryn]

What Becky described was something I remember, too. If my memory serves me correctly, there was a point where there was a description of someone resting or hiding behind a big rock, and it described some hills, too? I could be totally making this up out of my own imagination, though. ;)

[Shell]

Kathryn wrote: "What Becky described was something I remember, too. If my memory serves me correctly, there was a point where there was a description of someone resting or hiding behind a big rock, and it describe..."

That rings a bell Kathryn - I think it might have been described pretty thoroughly towards the end of the 7th book.

[Ethan]

pretty sure Becky's on the money. Semi rocky desert type place. Then the tower in the middle surrounded by roses.

[Supernova]

heres a wiki about the dark tower that goes into some detail about the surroundings and even has some fan art which shows others interpretation of the dark tower.

[Shell]

Mal wrote: "Heres a wiki about the dark tower which may be helpful. it give a good description and also has fan art showing others interpretation of the Dark Tower"

Rad link Mal!

[Supernova]

Michelle wrote: "Mal wrote: "Heres a wiki about the dark tower which may be helpful. it give a good description and also has fan art showing others interpretation of the Dark Tower"

Rad link Mal!"

had to read that a few times to understand what you meant being from the UK. No problem :¬) Theres a wiki site for just about anything online.

[Angie, Constant Reader]

Rachel wrote: "Does anyone remember if King describes the environment The Dark Tower is in (forest, desert, etc.)? I'm thinking about trying to build the tower in the game Minecraft and I wanna put it in the righ..."

I wish we could see a pic of your minecraft!

[Nikki]

Walter was described as dead in the end of The Gunslinger- Roland found his skeleton and took his jawbone. So how did he continue through the story? Isn't he also Randall Flagg/ The Walking Dude?

[Nikki]

Walter was described as dead in the end of The Gunslinger- Roland found his skeleton and took his jawbone. So how did he continue through the story? Isn't he also Randall Flagg/ The Walking Dude?

[Becky]

Ahh, well... do we know he's REALLY dead? He's a wizard/sorcerer type after all. A powerful being who can most certainly disappear as he likes, and conjuring up a skeleton shouldn't be hard for someone like him.

The jawbone... well, you've heard of the concept of believe granting power, right? Roland believed in the jawbone as a talisman of sorts, and so it was.