Just Finished Reading The Waste Lands . . .

[Sms231]

OK,

I just finished reading The Waste Lands (3:15am EST). I am absolutely loving the series, but I just had to comment on the ending:

HOLY CRAP!!!!!

How in the world did anyone stand the wait between books 3 and 4?!? I'm lucky that I can plow through the series one book after the other, but to have to wait almost 6 years between volumes with that cliffhanger ending - I would have gone completely insane.

On to Wizards and Glass. I have to know the outcome of the cliffhanger. Who needs sleep -- sleep is overrated!

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

Aye, you're not wrong there!

It was a l-o-n-g six years indeed (*shudders at the memory*).

And then we had about the same again before Wolves of the Calla too.

Long days and pleasant nights

[Ubasti]

Glad to hear that you're enjoying your journey to the Dark Tower. The Waste Lands is my favorite of the series. I'm almost at the end of book 6 now and looking forward to seeing how everything turns out by the end of book 7.

[Cowboy]

It was a long time. I kept re-reading the ones that I had waiting in anticipation.

[JohnDalglish]

It was a long time. I kept re-reading the ones that I had waiting in anticipation.

Hi,

Exactly, Cowboy, that's why I can't say with any certainty just how many times I've read DT (four straight through) because the first four took a hammering in the intervening years, especially Drawing, Waste Lands and Wizard.

Long days and pleasant nights

[Cerralin]

I borrowed books 1 through 6 from the local library before I lucky enough to get the whole collection for my birthday last year and I had to wait 3 weeks for Song of Susannah which was hard enough to bear. I can't even begin to think about waiting 6 years!!! :oo:

[coolambindang]

Well I have to say I did not have to wait, I started reading the series after W&G had already been published, so I am luckier than those that waited between evey book but I did have to wait for the final three books, thanks to SK for finishing them all at one time, beacuse after his accident I reallt believed that I would never get to finish that awesome story.

[All Hail The Crimson King]

OK,

I just finished reading The Waste Lands (3:15am EST). I am absolutely loving the series, but I just had to comment on the ending:

HOLY CRAP!!!!!

How in the world did anyone stand the wait between books 3 and 4?!? I'm lucky that I can plow through the series one book after the other, but to have to wait almost 6 years between volumes with that cliffhanger ending - I would have gone completely insane.

On to Wizards and Glass. I have to know the outcome of the cliffhanger. Who needs sleep -- sleep is overrated!

Yep, it was terrible. The worst wait for me was between Wizard & Glass and Wovles of the Calla though, because King's accident happened between those novels.

[Cody44]

I have to agree, I couldn't imagine waiting six years. I'm also just starting Wizard & Glass for the first time, and the story is really picking up in pace.

[JRLauer]

OK,

I just finished reading The Waste Lands (3:15am EST). I am absolutely loving the series, but I just had to comment on the ending:

HOLY CRAP!!!!!

How in the world did anyone stand the wait between books 3 and 4?!? I'm lucky that I can plow through the series one book after the other, but to have to wait almost 6 years between volumes with that cliffhanger ending - I would have gone completely insane.

On to Wizards and Glass. I have to know the outcome of the cliffhanger. Who needs sleep -- sleep is overrated!

Yep, I was one of the unlucky people who had to wait for number 4 to come out. I read the Waste Lands about a year after it's release and I was hooked on the series from the start.

[Cognac]

im 26 and have been a king fan since the age of 12 but got into the tower series waaaaay late. so my answer is . .. . i have no idea! i zipped right through all seven, then all the tower related books, and lucky for me when i thought it was going to end, the graphic novel was created!!!

[Speedygi81]

Read Danse Macabre, all your answers are right there.

[THISisWHEREiMAKEmySTAND]

Yeah, I was lucky (depending on how you look at it) to begin this amazing epic after all were already published so I had no wait, I would have just kept rereading what I already had... But I loved the ending, hangin on a cliff can be an exciting place to be! hehe

[JohnDalglish]

I would have just kept rereading what I already had.

Hi,

That's exactly what I did, so I've really no idea of how often I've read Drawing or Wizard - delah!

Long days and pleasant nights

[ginapenn]

I actually didn't start reading the DT series until all of them were finished (this decision was made on purpose). When the Green Mile was being released as a serial, it killed me to wait for each installment. I decided I didn't want that again with the DT. I'm glad I chose that path too because I am really enjoying the DT and wouldn't want to have to wait-especially six years! yikes!

[B4victorycomestemptation]

I also had to endure the wait but it was no biggie. I just read them over and over again too. Plus all of the other Stephen King books I could find.

[Natjen26]

im 26 and have been a king fan since the age of 12 but got into the tower series waaaaay late. so my answer is . .. . i have no idea! i zipped right through all seven, then all the tower related books, and lucky for me when i thought it was going to end, the graphic novel was created!!!

Same here. Got into it when all 7 we're written. Luckily, because I'm bad at waiting.. a typical nervous wreck.

I've been looking forward to Under The Dome since it was announced, literally on the edge of my seat, and I hope that edge is gonna hold me until I can read it..

[Chucklc]

Well Let me tell you all I am so glad I have access to all the books in the series. And in fact I own the whole series. The wait folks went thru reminds me of when I was a kid and saw "Back to the future" and it was left with a cliff-hanger. "To be continued..." and the wait was four long years even though it looked as though it was already finished. So I know what ya'll were going through.

[tzatzi]

I am in the same situation...in romanian were translated only the first 3 books.
I will have to wait God knows how long until they will translate the 4th book.
Can someone explain me one thing: isn't it that Richard Fannin is actually the same as Randall Flagg? The dark man from The Stand?
I can bet on it, but I want to be sure.
Thank you in advance

[Todevod]

^Of course! :D Richard Fannin-Randall Flagg-Russel Faraday "My life for you!"

As for this thread...how did anyone wait all those years???????? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

[AndyDufresne]

When I finished part three, I had to wait a couple of days to buy the widely available Dutch version of part four, and even those few days were excruciating, so I can't even imagine what six whole years must've been like. Also because it's basically the only true cliffhanger King ever wrote, in my knowledge.

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

Yeah, we were stuck on Blaine for six effin YEARS.

Thank goodness for the nagging from Ms Mod (and Jullie Eagley).

Long days and pleasant nights

Pee Ess - Thankee big-big-big Ms Mod, especially since W&G was so GOOD !

[Spideyman]

When I finished part three, I had to wait a couple of days to buy the widely available Dutch version of part four, and even those few days were excruciating, so I can't even imagine what six whole years must've been like. Also because it's basically the only true cliffhanger King ever wrote, in my knowledge.

Read on and enjoy. I know both John D and myself were amongst those who waiting "patiently".:eek2: