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Anagarika | Oct 30, 2009 |

The third installment of The Dark Tower series, which ends with one heck of a cliffhanger. I think the first three books of the series are absolutely the strongest, and while you will want to go on and read Wizard and Glass to resolve the story, the novels become noticeably weaker after this. (

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sturlington | Sep 20, 2009 |

I'm getting into the Dark Tower series more and more as these books progress. So far, each one has been better than the previous one. (

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joelshults | Jul 9, 2009 |

I'm getting into the Dark Tower series more and more as these books progress. So far, each one has been better than the previous one. (

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joelshults | Jul 9, 2009 |

This was an amazing book, easily the favorite of the Dark Tower books I have read so far, which are the first three books.

To my delight, this book spent the better majority in Roland's mysterious world instead of spending half of the book in a New York setting. The only part that was really spent in NYC was when it was telling of how Jake was finding all the clues about the Dark Tower like the key and rose.

This was an amazing journey of a book, and I find it hard to believe that it is only the third book in one epic saga, because this could have been a great novel even without the other books.

And as for the ending, well, let's just say when you finish this book, you basically have no choice but to drift right on to the fourth in the saga..... (

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Assassin13 | May 23, 2009 |

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Series (with order)

The Dark Tower (3)

Canonical Title

The Waste Lands

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People/Characters

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Awards and honors

Bram Stoker Award Nominee (Novel, 1991)

Epigraph

A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,

And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief,

And the dry stone no sound of water. Only

There is shadow under this red rock,

(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),

And I will show you something different from either

Your shadow in the morning striding behind you

Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

-- T.S. Eliot

"The Waste Land"

If there pushed any ragged thistle-stalk

Above its mates, the head was chopped; the bents

Were jealous else. What made those holes and rents

In the dock's hearth swarth leaves, bruised as to balk

All hop of greenness? 'tis a brute must walk

Pashing their life out, with a brute's intents.

-- Robert Browning

"Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came"

"What river is it?" enquired Millicent idly.

"It's only a stream. Well, perhaps a little more than that. It's called the Waste."

"Is it really?"

"Yes," said Winifred, "it is."

-- Robert Aickman

"Hand in Glove"

Dedication

This third volume of the tale is gratefully dedicated to my son, OWEN PHILIP KING:

Khef, ka, and ka-tet.

First words

It was her third time with live ammunition. . .and her first time on the draw from the holster Roland had rigged for her.

Quotations

The house was alive. He knew this, could feel its awareness reaching out from the boards and the slumping roof, could feel it pouring in rivers from the black sockets of its windows. The idea of approaching that terrible place filled him with dismay; the idea of actually going inside filled him with inarticulate horror.

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Canonical title	The Waste Lands
Original publication date	1991
Series	The Dark Tower (3)
People/Characters	Roland Deschain, Susannah Dean, Eddie Dean, Shardik, Jake Chambers, Oy (show all 11)
Important places	Western Sea, Out-World, Path of the Beam, Mid-World, Dutch Hill, New York, New York, USA (George Washington Bridge) (show all 8)
Awards and honors	Bram Stoker Award Nominee (Novel, 1991)
Epigraph	A heap of broken images, where the sun beats, And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, And the dry stone no sound of water. Only There is shadow under this red rock, (Come in under the shado... (show all)
Dedication	This third volume of the tale is gratefully dedicated to my son, OWEN PHILIP KING: Khef, ka, and ka-tet.
First words	It was her third time with live ammunition. . .and her first time on the draw from the holster Roland had rigged for her.
Quotations	The house was alive. He knew this, could feel its awareness reaching out from the boards and the slumping roof, could feel it pouring in rivers from the black sockets of its windows. The idea of approaching that terrib... (show all)
Last words	(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0452267404, Paperback)

Beginning with a short story appearing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1978, the publication of Stephen King's epic work of fantasy-what he considers to be a single long novel and his magnum opus-has spanned a quarter of a century.

Set in a world of extraordinary circumstances, filled with stunning visual imagery and unforgettable characters, The Dark Tower series is King's most visionary feat of storytelling, a magical mix of science fiction, fantasy, and horror that may well be his crowning achievement. In November 2003, the fifth installment, Wolves of the Calla, will be published under the imprint of Donald M. Grant, with distribution and major promotion provided by Scribner. Song of Susannah, Book VI, and The Dark Tower, Book VII, will follow under the same arrangement in 2004. With these last three volumes finally on the horizon, readers-countless King readers who have yet to delve into The Dark Tower and a multitude of new and old fantasy fans-can now look forward to reading the series straight through to its stunning conclusion. Viking's elegant reissue of the first four books ensures that for the first time The Dark Tower will be widely available in hardcover editions for this eager readership.

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