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It was a bittersweet day when I finished that final Dark Tower book. But it looks like Roland’s story will be fleshed out some more, but in comic book form.

Official Marvel site
Newsarama 1: confirming the rumors
Newsarama 2: Interview with Marvel E-i-C with oodles of background info

It’ll be interesting to see how much crossover effect [...]

It only dawned on me recently to check when the next Wheel of Time book was due; the wait between volumes is agonizingly long, so it can be months and months before it crosses my mind. But today’s the day! Book 11, Knife of Dreams, is finally released and should arrive soon from [...]

So I’ve just finished the seventh and final volume of the Dark Tower series. Anyway, a chronology, to the best of my recollection:

- May, 1992: I read The Gunslinger on the drive to Florida
- Later, 1992: read The Drawing of the Three (released five years earlier) and The Waste Lands (released the previous year)
- Fall, [...]

Just finished Song of Susannah. Yeah, it was only just over 400 pages, but I’m still surprised at how quickly I raced through it. Especially since I didn’t set aside big chunks of time to read … a couple hours here and there, plus some breaks between getting school stuff done.

After so many years of [...]