![]() ![]() King was as surprised as anyone that the story ended up going that way, but also noted that even when he's actually trying to steer clear of Tower, it often asserts itself into his writing. ![]() The question of whether or not King can ever consider the Tower saga truly finished was prompted by Gwendy's Final Task, the latest in a series of novellas by King and Richard Chizmar, which wove Dark Tower connections directly into its plot. "You take it day by day, but everything, in a way, is about The Dark Tower." "I don't know how much more time I have actually to write," he said. King got that question directly this week when he stopped by The Kingcast for a wide-ranging hourlong chat about his work, and answered this way: With that in mind, as well as King's own references to side stories in the saga he never wrote, many King fans have long asked: Is The Dark Tower truly done? Dozens of King works contain references and narrative connections to The Dark Tower, and King himself has always been open about the particular, personal power the story holds over him as a creator. The epic saga of a lone gunslinger and his quest to save the title structure, a nexus point for all of existence, took King decades to complete, but even when he wasn't writing about the Tower specifically, he was weaving its magic into other work. Stephen King's bibliography is vast, but even among all of his other mammoth works, The Dark Tower stands alone as his grandest narrative achievement. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |