KING INJECTS HIMSELF INTO SCIENCE-FICTION `SONG THIRD Edition

At least this series doesn't take as long to read as it did for King to write. King began the "Dark Tower" work in the early 1970s, when he was still scraping together stories for obscure science- fiction magazines. Inspired in part by J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings...

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Published inThe Boston globe
Main Author Noonan, Erica
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston, Mass Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC 01.07.2004
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Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
King, Stephen (1947- )
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Summary:At least this series doesn't take as long to read as it did for King to write. King began the "Dark Tower" work in the early 1970s, when he was still scraping together stories for obscure science- fiction magazines. Inspired in part by J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the "Dark Tower" series - set in a fictional land called Mid-World and following the adventures of a small band of travelers on a quest to save it - has become King's abiding passion. It is no accident that the final volume, Book VII, is set for release on Sept. 21, King's 57th birthday. First, the ragged Fellowship of the Dark Tower, led by Roland Deschain, defeats the wolves. Then the team is suddenly broken up through a series of time shifts. Roland and Eddie Dean wind up in Maine, circa 1977, while Eddie's pregnant wife, Susannah, finds a magic trap door to modern-day New York City. Susannah's been taken over by a demon alter ego named Mia, and the two spend the rest of the book struggling over the fate of their possibly monstrous in- utero spawn.
ISSN:0743-1791