To those who read this in 1991..how did you do it?

**apsychoalso** · March 21st, 2011

The Wastelands was the worse in the manner in which it ended. Too many unresolved issues. Instant gratification isn't all it is cracked up to be. The wait heightens the enjoyment and the only sad part was the "completion" of the series. Definitely worth the wait!

**bluesology** · August 4th, 2011

I'm not really sure how I did it - I guess other than to say that it's not like I had any other option. We just had to live with what we got. Like others have said, you re-read the first three books and then again and again. One thing that made the wait even more frustrating was that at the time - the internet was still in it's infancy. It was out there but a lot more cumbersome to use and seek out information so it was difficult to find news or updates. When the new book was published it was just kind of a surprise dropped out of the blue.

I will say though, looking back that having to wait so long between those first five books in a way, linked me somewhat to the enormous depth of Roland's story. It was almost like I could feel the weight of his journey because I had also invested so many years in the reading of the tale.

**dsurrett** · August 4th, 2011

I wasn't a King fan (he says with shame) until about 2001, and started DT around 2003, so once I began I was pretty much able to breeze through without a hiccup.

**The Paladin of Eld** · August 10th, 2011

Originally Posted by apsychoalso

The Wastelands was the worse in the manner in which it ended. Too many unresolved issues. Instant gratification isn't all it is cracked up to be. The wait heightens the enjoyment and the only sad part was the "completion" of the series. Definitely worth the wait!

Thou say true and I say thankee.

**DebA913** · August 12th, 2011

As others have said, there was no choice but to wait. (And wait, and wait!) So you just re-read everyone you have again, enjoy those, wait some more.......

But it was most definitely worth the wait! I absolutely love this series of books. Awesome writing of an awesome story!!

**Neil W** · September 6th, 2011

It was great! The more you wait, the more the suspense builds - I could have waited YEARS more. I only wish there had been delays like that between all of them!

Well, what a daft question! We waited because we had no choice!

**champ1966** · March 9th, 2012

Originally Posted by Phantomking

I've always been a SK fan, but didn't get into the DT series until 2005 or so; after the whole series was completed.

I noticed that the Waste Lands was released in 1991 and Wizard and Glass in 1997. HOW did you guys who read the books as they were published do it? I was going out of my mind after I read the Waste Lands because I had to wait a week to make it back to the book store for Wizard and Glass; yet some people had to wait SIX YEARS for a resolution to that cliffhanger.

I've read his explanations about why, and I can sort of understand them, but SIX YEARS? Wow, how did you do it?

It was hard (like having a monkey on your back,see what I did there?

)

Enjoying my first re-read,back to back

**randallFlaggfan1** · March 13th, 2012

Enjoying my first re-read,back to back

As am I, Champ!

**Todevod** · March 14th, 2012

This re-read of the series is better than the first time I went through! The Wastelands is way better than I remember it.

**ghost19** · March 14th, 2012

I had just started college in 1991 so luckily I was able to drink and smoke my angst away about the long dry spell between DT books. I was in the book store the day Wizard and Glass was released. I had seen the sign for the upcoming release in the same store a few weeks before, no internet back then in my neck of the woods....come to think of it, we had to walk to college in two feet of snow, uphil..both ways.....you darn kids these days with your internet and your Dan Fogelberg rock music.......