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<blockquote data-quote="The Other Librarian" data-source="post: 1853550" data-attributes="member: 23655">I think this is symptomatic of King's writing process.&nbsp; From what I know about his methods, he is not someone who plots out or outlines his novels, so your assumption is largely correct.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;FWIW, I really like King as a writer of characters.&nbsp; His characters usually strike me as quite believable, and good characters will hold my attention even if the plot is wobbly.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Dark Tower covers a lot of ground, and I've enjoyed some books more than others, but none made it close to &quot;worst ever&quot;.&nbsp; That honor has to go to... oh I dunno, what was that Darth Maul novel called?&nbsp; I tend to agree with Barsoomcore and Mr. Sturgeon; 90% of all fantasy and sci-fi is crap.&nbsp; But that goes for all genres.&nbsp; I thought the DaVinci Code was pretty useless as a novel, especially given the premise and material he Dan Brown drew on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Other Librarian, post: 1853550, member: 23655"] I think this is symptomatic of King's writing process. From what I know about his methods, he is not someone who plots out or outlines his novels, so your assumption is largely correct. FWIW, I really like King as a writer of characters. His characters usually strike me as quite believable, and good characters will hold my attention even if the plot is wobbly. Dark Tower covers a lot of ground, and I've enjoyed some books more than others, but none made it close to "worst ever". That honor has to go to... oh I dunno, what was that Darth Maul novel called? I tend to agree with Barsoomcore and Mr. Sturgeon; 90% of all fantasy and sci-fi is crap. But that goes for all genres. I thought the DaVinci Code was pretty useless as a novel, especially given the premise and material he Dan Brown drew on. [/QUOTE]

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