I have to admit, The Gunslinger is another one I didn't particularly like. I didn't particularly dislike it either, and I'm glad to have read it, just so I can now discuss it when it comes up.
It's a western. I'm not that big on westerns. And I think Roland is a very stupid and annoying name. I don't know why I think that. I just don't like how it sounds.
The Gunslinger was published in June of 1982. Stephen King was very prolific in that year. The Gunslinger and The Dark Tower series as a whole do eventually connect the vast majority of King's work together, mostly through sharing characters. The Dark Man, Randal Flagg, for instance, we have already seen in The Stand.
I also think Randal Flagg is a stupid name. Probably why he doesn't appeal to me as a character or as a villain. It makes me think of Randal from Recess, which is not really the intended effect.
I don't think The Dark Tower series is for me, but I'll plough on regardless. James Smythe enjoyed it a lot more and has lots of intelligent things to say about it.
Next up is Creepshow. It was released as a graphic novel, with script by Stephen King, but first it was a movie, screenplay also by Stephen King. Since the comic is expensive and the movie is not, I'm going to watch it rather than read it.
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