Any truth to the Dark Tower rewrite (possible spoiler)

[Icculus]

Is it true that Mr. King plans to write himself out of The Dark Tower series in a future rewrite? I enjoyed the meta nature of those portions of the story. While they were not my favorite I thought they brought a lot to the table. Can anyone verify this or hopefully shoot it down?

[Moderator]

No, it's not true.

[J.T. Adams]

For all the people who would like to take this moment to scream out "Thank God it isn't true!", let's save Ms M the trouble of a million posts as I say it for you . . .


THANK GOD!!



and a *happy dance*

[GNTLGNT]

...thank Gan, Marsha shot that sucker down like Snoopy after the Red Baron!.....

[bryantburnette]

I know there are King fans out there who dislike that element of the Tower books, but personally, I would think it was an absolute tragedy if he wrote himself out in a rewrite.

[AnnaMarie]

I know there are King fans out there who dislike that element of the Tower books, but personally, I would think it was an absolute tragedy if he wrote himself out in a rewrite.

This shocked me. I thought putting himself into the book was the greatest idea ever...never imagined anyne would think differently.

I refer to it as "King out-Kingied himself". One of the things about his books is that he uses real brand names. Here, he uses a real person--himself. And, in a way, his name is a brand. So, he out-Kinged himself.

[Ranger_Strider]

Breaking the 4th wall is probably the hardest thing to do in a literary pursuit. I think Stephen King did it with great alacrity in the DTS and he may have even redefined the concept. I would not change a thing about it.

[J.T. Adams]

Breaking the 4th wall is probably the hardest thing to do in a literary pursuit. I think Stephen King did it with great alacrity in the DTS and he may have even redefined the concept. I would not change a thing about it.

Amen.

Neither would I.

[Garriga]

I couldn't imagine a world without the Drawing of the three

[SPS]

Man I could not disagree more with most of you...

IMO ending a story with, ...he woke up and it was all a dream, is lame and the biggest cop-out ever, and the way the DT series ended is as close as you can get to that without actually saying it. I would love for the last 3 books to be re-written, they are just so different then the first 3, and are good, but not nearly as good. I love the series as a whole but I could have lived without King putting himself into the story, the influx of taheen, vampires, low-men, and the anti-climatic ending of the crimson king.