Thursday, December 23, 2004
Finished
FinishedI have finally completed the seventh and final novel in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Done. No more Roland, Eddie, Susanna, Jake and Oy. No more search for the Dark Tower along the path of the Beam. No more Crimson King. 7 Novels. Done in less than 4 months.
It's strange to think that for the last few months I have been living half in my world and half in the world King created. It is weird how sayings from his novel began to slip into my speech. I even found myself saying to someone, "There will be water if God wills it." When that happened last month I knew that I needed to finish the series quickly before it over-ran my life completely.
I love Stephen King. I love his writing. Not so much the scary stuff when he first started writing, I can do without Cujo and Carrie. The later writing, however, has taught me things about myself I didn't know I didn't know. It sounds strange, but I learned about my true belief in a higher power in a King novel. It was a hard lesson to learn and I think I learned it again though this series. Not as strongly as in some of his other works, but it was still there for me.
Now I am faced with harsh reality. Now I have to pull myself from the cocoon of King's writing. I have other novels to read, but there is something wrong with picking up another novel once you have finished an epic series. It feels almost sacrilegious. I guess for me it kind of is.
I've done it again, though. I have conquered another challenge set forth by Stephen King. Not only did I re-read the first four in the series, but I finished the entire thing. There is one thing I really know for sure, I am going to have to do it again someday. The last novel makes you want to pick up the first one and start from the beginning, just to see what you missed.
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As you wake in the morning
What do you feel?
Does a rush of happiness
wash over you when,
Suddenly, you realize you are alive?
