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V - THE GUNSLINGER AND THE MAN IN BLACK

“The end was very close now.”

IV - THE SLOW MUTANTS.

III - THE ORACLE AND THE MOUNTAINS

I still don’t love Jake being a relative cypher in the opening pages of The Way Station but I do truly love Roland like instantly being like “oh fuck I love this kid don’t I? And it’s gonna really fuck me ISNT it?”

Good Stuff™️.

I am genuinely really shocked at how much EoTD I’m clocking in this now. It’s also amazing to see just how well the world-building and establishment of Mid-World’s “rules” STILL works now. It’s never showy or didactic but it’s consistent and voluminous enough for you to pick it up really quickly. I’m happy this is still fun after I’ve read it so many times between then/now. (Even dozen seems low)

II: THE WAY STATION

I know people prefer the original serialized version of this (a version I have never read but am endlessly fascinated by nonetheless) but I can’t imagine it being better than this version.

It’s so clean, lore-wise, and has this driving pulse forward even when it’s talking about shit you have no idea or reference for. It’s kinda masterful how it threads so many things and other books into one narrative.

19 - RESUMPTION -

“…O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again.” -Thomas Wolfe. Look Homeward, Angel.

It BEGINS AGAIN.