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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. deslni01 | Jun 28, 2009 |   This is probably my least favorite of the series so far, but it wasn't terrible. I finally felt a little compassion for Mia, and it was good to get some more Susannah-time. Sadly the ka-tet is still split; hopefully they'll regroup in the last novel. An interesting scene with Jake and Oy in New York--the kid is really becoming a gunslinger! Now for the Stephen King part: I'm not sure if his writing himself into the story is literary genius or unequalled ego... but it is sort of... cool. At least he wrote himself as a normal guy and not as anything special; he even talked about his beer gut and some addictions that he probably shouldn't have. So yeah... kind of cool, kind of strange. Perfect Stephen King. I'm looking forward to the seventh and final book in the series! (  )wispywillow | Apr 25, 2009 | A little strange in parts, but nontheless a masterpiece that goes along with the other volumes beautifully. Read the first 5 to understand to chronological order of things.... or this will seem altogether out there. (  )beckylynn | Apr 11, 2009 | More real world cross overs. Susannah comes into her own. (  )skinglist | Jan 11, 2009 | I did not care for the last book to much and I think this one is only slightly better. The Ka-tet is split into three group's, Roland and Eddie, Jake and Callahan, with Susannah and her other personalities. In the scenes with Susannah you find out who Mia is and where she came from. There is a good part with black thirteen, Jake and Callahan. There is also and good action scene with Roland and Eddie followed by a bit of a twist when they meet a new character which to me is the worst part of the whole series, took me out of story. Also thought the book would have been better without the last 15-20 pages from the new character. (  )capetowncanada | Sep 24, 2008 | 0.070 seconds to build listing 
 Reading "Song of Susannah," the penultimate novel in Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series, is rather like taking on the third leg of a triathlon. It's no coincidence that Stephen King began the final sprint of his marathon "Dark Tower" epic shortly after the events of Sept. 11, 2001. What's now clear -- and certainly wasn't when some of us read "The Gunslinger," the first story in the sequence, more than 25 years ago -- is that this saga is more than just an unlikely mishmash of spaghetti Western, Arthurian high fantasy and post-apocalyptic sci-fi.  Reviewing the fifth volume of Stephen King's Dark Tower sequence, Wolves of the Calla, for this paper I suggested that this probably wasn't the best place for new readers to begin. Volume Six, Song of Susannah, however, almost works as a stand-alone novel, and is highly recommended for readers who enjoy the more metafictional side of King's oeuvre, and especially those who have been waiting for something along the lines of his greatest novel to date, Hearts in Atlantis.
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0340827181, Hardcover)The next-to-last novel in Stephen King's seven-volume magnum opus, Song of Susannah is a fascinating key to the unfolding mystery of the Dark Tower. To give birth to her "chap," demon-mother Mia has usurped the body of Susannah Dean and used the power of Black Thirteen to transport to New York City in the summer of 1999. The city is strange to Susannah...and terrifying to the "daughter of none" who shares her body and mind. Saving the Tower depends not only on rescuing Susannah but also on securing the vacant lot Calvin Tower owns before he loses it to the Sombra Corporation. Enlisting the aid of Manni senders, the remaining ka-tet climbs to the Doorway Cave...and discovers that magic has its own mind. It falls to the boy, the billy bumbler, and the fallen priest to find Susannah-Mia, who in a struggle to cope -- with each other and with an alien environment -- "go todash" to Castle Discordia on the border of End-World. In that forsaken place, Mia reveals her origins, her purpose, and her fierce desire to mother whatever creature the two of them have carried to term. Eddie and Roland, meanwhile, tumble into western Maine in the summer of 1977, a world that should be idyllic but isn't. For one thing, it is real, and the bullets are flying. For another, it is inhabited by the author of a novel called Salem's Lot, a writer who turns out to be as shocked by them as they are by him. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:18 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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In a different when, Eddie and Roland face another gunfight, only a day after their previous fight with the wolves and gather up more information on the tower, the quest, and the Tower/Deepneau pair. Then they meet an interesting character - Stephen King. Yes, that's right; one of the characters in Stephen King's Dark Tower series is Stephen King himself. While not playing a tremendously large role (at least, not yet), it is quite the move on King's part - rather ambitious, cliche, and it could easily be hit-or-miss to the reader.
The Coda, however, is quite interesting and really illuminates how much the Dark Tower means to King. It is a collection of pages from his journal that are all tied together in that they are about the Dark Tower books and show how he feels, his thought process, and many other factors involving the series and his life.
While more of a small (compared to the last two books, which were nearly twice as long) filler between Wolves of the Calla and The Dark Tower, Song of Susannah completes its task of setting up the final volume, and putting each character in place for what must eventually happen with the ka-tet, the Crimson King, and the Tower itself. (