Should I read the Talisman / Black House if I haven't read the Dark Tower Books?

[aunt sam]

Go ahead and read Talisman 1st, i think it will help with the DTs. Save Black House 'til after, not so much for spoilers but comprehension.

[E.Freemantle]

Read the Talisman and Black House- there are some concordances with the Dark Tower Series/Cycle. Many actually. I say Read The Talisman, then The Dark Tower Series ,then read Black House. Just an opinion in that some things come up in Black House that ,to me chronologically make sense, after Dark Tower VII. Like little tid bits for the Constant Stephen King /Peter Straub readers . Anyway if you read all of them you will know what I mean. Great Rewards await no matter how you do it. Readers Choice The pair, or Talisman DT, then Black House. Either way you will always be changed after these mindscapes. E.Freemantle AKA Beambounder. Have a great time. I sure did.

[tatman]

i have read talisman and blackhouse so is DT series a per cursor to them both?

[Mistie]

No spoilers...they are stand alone books. All are great.

[cat in a bag]

I just reread The Talisman about a month ago, and Black House was next on my list, but got distracted by another couple books. After reading these posts, I think I will reread DT books first, sounds like I missed a lot the first time around!! Summer went by way too quickly, not enough time to get to all the SK books I planned to revisit, but they are waiting for me when I do!

[scarywriter]

while there are som overlaps (aren't there always a few in the SK world?) Talisman and BH are both great books on their own and require no DT knowledge. Also, I highly recommend them.