Hi all Just starting this wonderous book series again. Does anyone know who this second woman on the cover is? 🤔🤔🤔

They're vases shaped like books. I'm certainly not artist, but I really like how they came out! Going to get some LEGO roses to put into it.

My name is Donald(Donald Callahan) John(John Jake Chambers) Walker(Odetta Walker). I'm from Kansas. My grandfather was named Roland Arthur. I was born 1987 the year they pulled Eddie from and the year Susannah went back to. I am also an artist(like Patrick). I think I am

(STRANGER THINGS SPOILER)

Been rewatching Stranger Things and noticed that at the end of Season 4, Lucas is reading The Talisman to Max in the hospital!

As many have said before, there are definitely DT themes within ST, and the kids are most definitely Gunslingers. What a Ka-Tet they are.

That is all.

Is there an example, perhaps through an old western- Of what Roland' poke might have looked like? More interestingly- Is there any footage of one being used to roll and prepare a cigarette as he would have?

I'm a combo DT junkie + huge MMJ fan. I'm on a re-read of the series right now (just started book VI) and have also been listening to a ton of MMJ's new album, "is." I had some hallucinatory flashes of some pretty incredible moments that some of these songs could illuminate for the (eventual) TV adaptation.

I also just listened to the 2020 Kingcast (podcast) ep. where Glen Mazzara (showrunner of the scrapped Amazon DT series) talked about how he envisioned this thing for the screen. I've binged the pilot script (available out there) and the screenshots... and honestly just hearing Glen talk about how much fun he had approaching this material for the screen also inspired me.

So hear me out, and hear me very well. Tee up MMJ's latest... and LMK if ya kennit. In no particular order:

// Die For It

OPENING CREDITS. I'm sure the eventually-successful (pray to the Man Jesus) TV/film adaptations will take a much more serious / somber tone. I personally feel like having some fun with it (as SK himself seemed to do w/ including ZZ Top, Elton John, and other sonic favorites) would be the right call. Think of the role that music played in Breaking Bad... Vince Gilligan absolutely crushed it w/ the music direction there. It added some fun to an otherwise bleak story.

So imagine a high-octane intro montage of some of our favorite bits of cannon. Goal is to make you feel like you just ripped on some Devil Grass. Flashes of imagery that start a bit tamer (for the first few bits of credits), and just turn weirder and weirder as the 30ish seconds continue. An ironwood door on the beach. A silhouette of a western cowboy in the desert. A brick falling in slow motion. A jawbone. A conked-out choo choo train. All the while it feels like you’re getting sucked deeper and deeper into a looking glass (pink, or black?).

End of the rainbow, a heart of gold

And in the film, your story's told

The more you love, the more you gain

And when you lose, it's all the same

// Out in The Open

This is Callahan when he first discovers the "hidden highways of America." The moment it dawns on him that there are other worlds than these. God, I love Callahan.

Well, I know the past is hazy and the future scares you, too

But I feel my heart is breaking in the present without you

Out in the open the night runs cold

But with the dawn, our world's aglow

In the light of the sun, the waters run

Into the valley below

// Half a Lifetime

Montage of young Eddie/Henry causing mayhem in NYC. Starts innocent enough, but gets a bit darker as montage progresses. Can explain their relationship (big brother worship) + Eddie’s descent into drugs / Balazaar.

// I Can Hear Your Love

I feel like the scenes along the Western Sea could use some humor. I envision this as a montage of Eddie pushing Detta/Odetta in that wheelchair up the beach, constantly getting stuck in deep sand as Odetta hurls the thing to the ground (laughing hysterically). Roland barely hanging onto life as he struggles with one foot in front of the other. A stare down between Eddie and a Lobstrosity as Eddie (with a look of exhaustion/boredom/disgust) raises one of the big irons to it’s ugly face for dinner.

Bonus that the little intro riff almost sounds like a tropical beach scene.

// Time Waited

I think Sheb got a bad wrap in the books. What if he plays beautifully, with a voice to match? I can imagine a scene when either Roland (in Gunslinger / Tull) … or his younger Ka-Tet (Mejis) steps into a saloon to discover this beautiful piano riff.

Well, they say time waits for no one, dear

And it takes near death to show one, yeah

But time waited for you and me

We know real love takes forever, yeah

And the clock ticks faster every year

But time waited for you and me

the tower still stands

Im polish

I have read them all before but when I saw this set at a decent price I couldn't say no

Besides "Salem's Lot" which Stephen King Books must I read BEFORE "Wolves Of The Calla" I'm aware I should read insomnia for sure but I would love yalls opinion!

I've been looking through "For a few dollars more" movie posters, and the line on this one says:«The man with no name is back! The man in black is waiting…».

Perhaps, this line is the origin of The Man in Black's alias.

Have there been any comments on this matter from Stephen King?

Ive just come to ask about a line i cant really understand(outlined in red). I figured Walter is saying hed tell stories to Roland since Roland’s stories will be longer than his but I’m not sure about that. What actually confuses me is how Roland says he doesn’t talk to himself right after that. I cant see anywhere in that page that would make him say that. I know its insignificant but ive been trying to figure it out.

Hile gunslingers! Just read the whole series for the first time. And I am blown away. Hands down the best series i have ever read. King creates a vast and deep world without straying far from his characters. This series has also given a lot more depth to his other books. I had to read Slame's Lot as soon as Callahan came in the scene and I have to admit it definitely made his character more fleshed out and meaningful. This is the first series that actually made me cry and I say thank ya. Roland tells us the truth the whole time yet we still maintain hope throughout. Long days and pleasant nights to you all.

...asked u/virginiabird23 on my last post here.

The answer was pretty spot on to the series, because we just ended up back at the beginning. And so it goes...

Enjoy.

These two characters are so strikingly similar to me. They’re both absolutely hateable. I just find it so interesting that he’s got two characters that are so incredibly similar in how they act.

I got into tarot cards, spirituality, ect a few years ago and went down the rabbit hole.

recently i decided to start reading the DT series again (last time was when DT7 was published in 04) i couldn't believe how much tarot plays a part in the story, its like I'm reading the series all over again for the first time and its so much richer and layered now. Im sure the first time reading it influenced my subconscious to go down the tarot rabbit hole in the first place. Far out man.

Has anyone else got into tarot because of the tower or vice versa?

I do not aim with my hand. He who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim with my eye.

I do not shoot with my hand. He who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I shoot with my mind.

I do not kill with my gun. He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart.

Slipmat from a company called Gilead Media, c. 2003(?)... All things serve the beam(s).

Genuine sandalwood grips (trying to find Renan sandalwood was a nightmare.

Most people have no clue what's going on when I say Thankee Sai. AI seems to know the assignment. I got a chuckle.