Just finished reading

[StarDragon77]

Recently (just today) I had finished reading "wolves of the calla".

And I'm sure everyone has made this connection in how it's a very surreal western in that there's a town in trouble by an outside force and the townspeople hire wandering gunslingers to rid them of this problem.

But since this is Stephen King - nothing is ordinary.

Although, in the way that there are references to advanced technology that is slowly winding down to a halt.

There is a Japanese Anime that is a lot like that called "Trigun". It is set on a distant world (though not explicitly named but is said at several sites) called "Gunsmoke". On this world is a wandering outlaw named "Vash the Stampede" who has the largest bounty on his head.

The connection that I saw to Wolves of the Calla is how the world of Trigun is filled with advanced technology that is growing old and starting to wind down to a halt.

Would be interesting to show this to Stephen King himself, just to see his reaction.

[johnny39]

The basic plot of Wolves (scared town hiring gunslingers to protect them) is taken from the film The Seven Samurai, which was remade as a western in the U.S. as The Magnificent Seven.

[StarDragon77]

The basic plot of Wolves (scared town hiring gunslingers to protect them) is taken from the film The Seven Samurai, which was remade as a western in the U.S. as The Magnificent Seven.

It is the same plot that's in Wolves of the Calla but it's done in a way with surrealism, magic, and suspense that only Stephen King can do.

[marew1]

Just finished reading Roadside Crosses by Jeffery Deaver.

[All Hail The Crimson King]

Yes, the general outline of Wolves of the Calla is done with a nod to The Magnificent Seven. But it's so much more than that.