Unofficial What are you Reading Thread?

[Juana]

re-reading The Magicians by Lev Grossman.

Narnia + Catcher in the Rye + Harry Potter + grimy bar

[Jasper]

finished John Dies at the End a few days ago.  It is a good comedy, even if it is troperific at times.  I didn't know the editor of Cracked.com wrote it until afterwards.

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

Starting The Ginslinger today.
Wish me luck

[Jasper]

You mean gunslinger?  King's "magnum opus"?

I liked it, except for the books that go into backstory.  Those kinda fell flat.

[Eater of Clowns]

You mean gunslinger?  King's "magnum opus"?

I liked it, except for the books that go into backstory.  Those kinda fell flat.

Really?  I thought Wizard and Glass (Book 4, primarily about Roland's backstory) was second only to The Gunslinger itself.  But books 5-7 were pretty awful.  Song of Susannah I try not to even speak of.

[Jasper]

Yeah, don't anybody read that one.  I couldn't finish it, and I will never try to again.

[Jasper]

Wizard and Glass was just...  I got what he was trying to DO, but after all the excitement of the previous books, it just felt too much like a different book that I didn't intend to start rearing.

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

You mean gunslinger?  King's "magnum opus"?

I liked it, except for the books that go into backstory.  Those kinda fell flat.

Ive been told similar things, that the books start out good but toward the end they go to shit but its all worth it because of the ending.

[Doktor Howl]

You mean gunslinger?  King's "magnum opus"?

I liked it, except for the books that go into backstory.  Those kinda fell flat.

Ive been told similar things, that the books start out good but toward the end they go to shit but its all worth it because of the ending.

I especially liked the back story parts. 

In fact, I was furious when he didn't tell the story of Cuthbert & Alain's deaths.

[Eater of Clowns]

You mean gunslinger?  King's "magnum opus"?

I liked it, except for the books that go into backstory.  Those kinda fell flat.

Ive been told similar things, that the books start out good but toward the end they go to shit but its all worth it because of the ending.

I especially liked the back story parts. 

In fact, I was furious when he didn't tell the story of Cuthbert & Alain's deaths.

I think the whole Jericho Hill story is now available in the comics, but those aren't written by King.  The first series retold the same story as Wizard and Glass but managed to make it infinitely less compelling.  Given Jericho Hill was the most interesting event hinted at in the whole fucking series, I can't imagine it being anything but disappointing.

[Doktor Howl]

I think the whole Jericho Hill story is now available in the comics, but those aren't written by King. 

[Disco Pickle]

Starting The Ginslinger today.
Wish me luck

while it's not necessary to have read all of his other works that tie in to the Dark Tower, it is pretty cool seeing things pop up in the series that come from other books outside the main story.

I read the first one a very long time ago, and didn't finish the series until he finally released the last one.  I had read nearly every book that ties into the Tower somehow.  Made the series much better IMO.

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

Starting The Ginslinger today.
Wish me luck

while it's not necessary to have read all of his other works that tie in to the Dark Tower, it is pretty cool seeing things pop up in the series that come from other books outside the main story.

I read the first one a very long time ago, and didn't finish the series until he finally released the last one.  I had read nearly every book that ties into the Tower somehow.  Made the series much better IMO.

So far I have read:

Cell
Carrie
The Tommyknockers
Bag of Bones
The Green Mile
IT(unfortunatly)
Eyes of the Dragon

[Disco Pickle]

Starting The Ginslinger today.
Wish me luck

while it's not necessary to have read all of his other works that tie in to the Dark Tower, it is pretty cool seeing things pop up in the series that come from other books outside the main story.

I read the first one a very long time ago, and didn't finish the series until he finally released the last one.  I had read nearly every book that ties into the Tower somehow.  Made the series much better IMO.

So far I have read:

Cell
Carrie
The Tommyknockers
Bag of Bones
The Green Mile
IT(unfortunatly)
Eyes of the Dragon

you almost HAVE to read The Stand before you dive in to The Dark Tower.  Insomnia less so because it's just another level of the tower, but still a good read.

From a Buick 8 and the first two short stories of Hearts in Atlantis are  fast reads that directly tie in to the Tower.

also, as a bit of interesting synchronicity that may have already been mentioned on this board in the past, but which you may not know.

From the wikipedia page for The Dark Tower:

Discordia

December 7, 2009 saw the release of a spin-off online game entitled Discordia,[1] available to play for free on the official Stephen King website. The game is a continuation of the original Dark Tower story, following the war between the Tet Corporation and Sombra/NCP in New York, and it has been supervised by both Stephen King and Robin Furth. From the website: "Exploring the behind-the-scenes conflict between the two companies, Discordia introduces long-time Dark Tower fans to new characters and numerous mechanical/magical items developed by Mid-World's Old Ones. Over the course of our adventure we will visit many locations, both those familiar to Dark Tower fans and others which we only glimpsed in the Dark Tower novels. While we may not see Roland and his ka-tet in this adventure, the development team has remembered the faces of its fathers. We have done our best to honor the original Dark Tower series while simultaneously mapping new and exciting Dark Tower territory."

[EDIT]:also, you didn't like IT?

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

the It book ruined the movie for me.
What with the kiddy gang bang and all.