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Loading... The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3)by Stephen King
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Assassin13 | May 23, 2009 |   Not bad at all. King obviously feels comfortable with his characters and none of the books feels cranked out or a simple retread of what we've already read. (  )JohnMunsch | Apr 10, 2009 | I really enjoyed this third Dark Tower book. King's writing style has continued to evolve in a positive way, and he keeps finding new ways to expand the Dark Tower mythology. I liked how Mid-world is a strange amalgam of our present, past, and future. The author draws in companies and technology that are real and imagined and melds them with mythology and superstition to build Lud, then pulls elements out to show how the Tower influences our now - the doors between worlds are two-way. The book is very visual, and little touches such as graphics and diagrams add a lot of polish to an already strong story. If any criticism can be leveled against the story, it is that it chooses to end on such a strange note - the story feels half told. I am spoiled though, reading the series so long after its original publication. I have the entire series ahead of me, so I can say that The Waste Lands ends in the correct place. (  )etimme | Mar 30, 2009 | I never knew there could be so much walking in a book! For me it seemed this was a cross between The Wizard of Oz, Ghostbusters, and some weird fairy tale kid's book. I just didn't get it. (  )Djupstrom | Mar 27, 2009 | In rereading this, I found I remembered a lot more than I had with Drawing of the Three (though a lot of what I remembered I had thought happened in the previous book, like all of Jake's story in NY). There is so much awesomeness here. I loved Lud and Blaine and all the technology, I loved Shardik and the portal, I loved the house and Eddie and Jake's shared dreams. And Oy! I forgot how much I loved Oy! I am eager to read Wizard and Glass now, though I remember not liking it as much as the first three (despite liking finally getting some backstory on Roland). ( )kyuuketsukirui | Mar 24, 2009 | 0.015 seconds to build listing
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. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:56 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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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..... (