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<blockquote data-quote="Fiery James" data-source="post: 1619849" data-attributes="member: 625">I've just started the new book.&nbsp; For christmas, I got my wife a bunch of &quot;First Volumes&quot; that were mentioned here... Gunslinger, Black Company, Magician: Apprentice, etc.&nbsp; I figured that if she liked any one of them, she could get the rest of the series for birthdays! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />She read the Gunslinger and enjoyed it and figured I'd dig it even more.&nbsp; And she was right!&nbsp; I really liked the first book, and immediately went out and bought the rest of the series.&nbsp; I think the series really changes after the first book.&nbsp; When Roland's companions are introduced and the bigger picture is glimpsed, it's a much larger tale than hinted at in the Gunslinger.&nbsp; So far, my favorite book has probably been Wizard and Glass, 'cause I like all of the young Roland stuff before the world moved on.But Wolves of the Calla has some very cool stuff in it too, and you start to realize that the scope of this series may define &quot;epic&quot; by the final book.&nbsp; I really hope that The Dark Tower delivers the perfect conclusion for this series.&nbsp; Right now, I imagine the final page will say, &quot;Go to your front door.&quot;&nbsp; and I'll find Stephen King himself waiting to tell me &quot;The End&quot;.&nbsp; I don't know what my point was, I just couldn't sleep. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />If you didn't dig Gunslinger, you can live comfortably for the rest of your life without reading more.&nbsp; But if you do carry on, you'll see the story is very different after that first book, and the elements from the greater work touch on just about everything King's ever written.&nbsp; However, if the final book has the payoff that the series has been building to, I may come back to this thread and give more encouragement for the second book.- James @ 5 AM</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fiery James, post: 1619849, member: 625"] I've just started the new book. For christmas, I got my wife a bunch of "First Volumes" that were mentioned here... Gunslinger, Black Company, Magician: Apprentice, etc. I figured that if she liked any one of them, she could get the rest of the series for birthdays! :) She read the Gunslinger and enjoyed it and figured I'd dig it even more. And she was right! I really liked the first book, and immediately went out and bought the rest of the series. I think the series really changes after the first book. When Roland's companions are introduced and the bigger picture is glimpsed, it's a much larger tale than hinted at in the Gunslinger. So far, my favorite book has probably been Wizard and Glass, 'cause I like all of the young Roland stuff before the world moved on. But Wolves of the Calla has some very cool stuff in it too, and you start to realize that the scope of this series may define "epic" by the final book. I really hope that The Dark Tower delivers the perfect conclusion for this series. Right now, I imagine the final page will say, "Go to your front door." and I'll find Stephen King himself waiting to tell me "The End". I don't know what my point was, I just couldn't sleep. :) If you didn't dig Gunslinger, you can live comfortably for the rest of your life without reading more. But if you do carry on, you'll see the story is very different after that first book, and the elements from the greater work touch on just about everything King's ever written. However, if the final book has the payoff that the series has been building to, I may come back to this thread and give more encouragement for the second book. - James @ 5 AM [/QUOTE]

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