Colorado Kid/Dark tower connection

[vivazebool]

I found this on Wikipedia:

While for the casual reader there may seem to be no explicit links to King's magnum opus Dark Tower novels, the author noted on his personal website on October 7, 2005 that an apparent research error regarding the rise of Seattle, Washington-based Starbucks Coffee may hold other implications. Wrote King: "The review of The Colorado Kid in today’s issue of today's USA Today[7] mentions that there was no Starbucks in Denver in 1980. Don’t assume that’s a mistake on my part. The constant readers of the Dark Tower series may realize that that is not necessarily a continuity error, but a clue.”[8] This might also be a clue to the inclusion of a mention of Blockbuster in the story, which didn't exist until 1985.

This was the second, post-9/11 story King released and the second to deal with the theme of an unanswerable question. Between King's accident that nearly killed him and the catastrophe of September 11, it's easy to see how he might have the "unanswerably 'why'" on his mind.

Did our Colorado Kid pass through a thinny?
Perhaps he's a "drop in?" Is that what the characters from DT7 are called, the ones that just suddenly show up from another dimension? It's been over a year for me....

[Lobstrocities Looming]

Interesting thought! I had never thought of that, but it makes sense. Now I'll have to reread parts to think about it further.

[vivazebool]

Hey LL,
After I posted that, it suddenly occured to me...Maybe the Colorado Kid had the same ability as Scott and Lisey Landon. That's how he moved from Colorado to Maine so quickly.

[jcadams]

I feel way off now. I assumed he had the same ability as Jack Sawyer from The Talisman. I saw the russian coin as being the tool he used to flipped as Jack had used the bottle.