Low Men In Yellow Coats

[Black Suit]

thanks everyone.. you have all been very helpful

[RandomMan]

Just got done with a re-read....God, what a great story. Bobby-O was as cool as ever...what I would have given to have a guy like Ted in my old neighborhood...Did not remember what a selfish BITCH Bobby's mom was...got goose-bumps everytime the DT was referenced...God this story makes me so sad!!!! What a beautifully sad tale....Amazing!!! ok, I'm done now...on to the next one!

[TheHardcase]

As has been suggested before, you really need to read the Dark Tower series. And there's no shortcut when it comes right down to it.

Start with the Gunslinger, and read them in order. I suppose they can be read as stand-alones, but this approach would raise more questions than it would answer. And it would detract from the continuity of the experience.

Remember. . . It's the journey, more than the destination.

[tillyn]

You can't get the answers that easy, you'd be cheating, YOU MUST READ THE SERIES!!

[yog-sothoth]

This story was probably the weirdest of all the SK stories I've read. Only because I had the weirdest sense of deja vu the entire story. And no, I hadn't seen the movie. Won't watch the movies till I've read the book.

It was almost like I already knew Bobby and Ted, and I for sure knew the area, since I live in CT. The feeling passed with the single tale.

yeah yeah, I'm weird.

[michal]

While I agree with everyone else here - read the DT series, yes, read Everything Eventual, yes, read Hearts in Atlantis definitely, if you haven't already), I also think this story is a masterpiece of its own, mainly because it does make you feel that it is only a glimpse of something bigger.

It was years between my reading of this story and the DT series and to tell you the truth I enjoyed having those open questions. Those endless possibilities made my imagination rattle and I could daydream for hours shaping different answers and building different worlds in my head.

Sometimes, not knowing all the facts is way more fun.

[Mr Nobody]

I had the same questions upon first reading HIA: 'All things serve the what, now?' lol.
But 'Low Men...' aside, I just took the rest for what it was and didn't worry about the DT connections. Like a fool, I'd decided DT wasn't for me because it was more fantasy than anything. Someone described it to me as 'Stephen King's "Lord of the Rings"' and that kept me away, too. Glad to say I was wrong to avoid it, though in a strange way I'm also glad I did because now I get to read them without the agonizing wait.

[Gavvo1976]

I really enjoyed Low Men In Yellow Coats when I first read it, although I had the same questions ringing in my head, up til then I hadn't read any Dark Tower Books. I am now halfway through the final Dark Tower book and all questions about "Low Men" are definately answered! As soon as I have finished this I am going to re-read Haerts In Atlantis cos I know I will enjoy it even more now I can 100% understand the full story of Ted.

[Countrygirl_sass]

I LOVED this short story!! It was a lot like the movie but some parts different, mainly the flashbacks. I feel like Anthony Hopkins WAS Ted, such a powerful man but humble and patient. Hated to see the end, even though I knew it was coming, but the short time he and Bobby had together was so sweet, a little bitter sweet but I am sure for Bobby and maybe even Ted, some of the best days of their lives. I have yet to read the rest of HIA, I wanted more Bobby and Ted-go figure. But I started on the short Hearts In Atlantis and will try to finish it up soon and then move on to the rest.

Oh an Bobby's mom was such a horses butt, I really wanted to kick her.

[Trickmind]

The length of The Dark Tower series scares me. But I have read all of Hearts in Atlantis and Insomnia so it's a bit frustrating.