Sometimes I live vicariously through my friends’ travels. I look at their vacation pictures, listen to their stories, imagine myself there. One of my dearest friends is a huge fan of Stephen King
. In fact I think she’s read everything except his memoir, On Writing (because she doesn’t really do memoirs).
So when the long-awaited final book of the Dark Tower series came out in 2004, she dropped everything to read it. It was the end of the series, but it sent her on a journey she never expected. And where did she go? Forward and backward in time, slantways and sideways, reading through all of King’s past works, following the threads and the clues that tie his body of work together.
It’s not just a matter of picking out the bad guys with the initials R.F. either. It’s way beyond that.
If you’re interested in the journey, check out The Complete Stephen King Universe: A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King by Christopher Golden, Stanley Wiater and Hank Wagner. They’ll tell you all about it.
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