Bool!

[belynne333]

I've just finished reading Wizard and Glass again and I was surprised to find "Bool, the end" in a scene. Walter is meeting with Jonas to "underline" the boys. Jonas asks to see the sigul, and when Walter puts the buckle away he magics it to him and up his sleeve and says "Abracadabra! Bool! The end!"

Is "bool, the end" an expression outside of SK's books and I've just never heard it before? If it's pure SK, where else has the expression turned up?

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

Lisey's story and Rose Madder, off the top of my head, and to the best of my knowledge it is a pure Sai King expression.

Long days and pleasant nights

[Lencho_of_the_Apes]

Pure SK, never seen/heard it anywhere else. There's a bool in Blaze", I think the trainspotters have only found three bools so far.

We all float down here...

Lencho of the Apes

[Agincourt Concierge]

In the programming world "Bool" refers to a program that finds matches for Boolean expression. But, in the rest of the world, Sai King is the only one that uses it and with different meaning.

[Ubasti]

I remember being used mostly in Blaze.

[KatieScarlet]

The phrase "Bool, the end!" is all through Lisey's Story. It's used like "surprise, you're there!" The story has bool hunts, like scavenger hunts with a scary twist, for the characters. Read Lisey's Story to get more info, it's a great one!

[belynne333]

The phrase "Bool, the end!" is all through Lisey's Story. It's used like "surprise, you're there!" The story has bool hunts, like scavenger hunts with a scary twist, for the characters. Read Lisey's Story to get more info, it's a great one!

I've read Lisey's Story (twice).... that's why I was so surprised to see the expression in Wizard and Glass which was written so many years before Lisey. I completely missed it in the other places that everyone has mentioned so far....

BTW I really liked Lisey's story too. In fact, if you check out my profile picture you can see my copy of Lisey's story in the back seat (I didn't even realize it was there when I posted it!

[IfSoGirl]

I remember being used mostly in Blaze.

really? i don't remember it in blaze. maybe i'm just so used to it now i don't even notice it.

[tempest]

I read 'Lisey's Story' before the Dark Tower series. And I really loved both these books/series. 'Bool the end' in Liseys Story was a great theme. It's impressive, that SK has incorporated the humor and horror aspects of this phrase. I enjoyed both these stories very much. I actually want more... Dark Tower has really hooked me in and even though I have almost no patience(I read Dk I-VII in one year 2007-2008) I wish he would (whispering) consider starting another...DT. Nothing else really is measuring up to DT for me after reading this great novel.

[Flood1980]

I remember being used mostly in Blaze.

I remember it being used extensively in Lisey's Story. Have you read? GOOD ONE... little slow in the start, but takes a huge drop in reality toward pg 100 or so... Loved it.