the end of the last book was both a kick in the crouch and annoying, I wish he would just leave the series alone.

though saying that im proberly gonna read the series again sometime soon as it always draws me back.

I agree with Joe. I loved the whole series up until the real (extra) ending, that just made me mad... Why is he writing more? It doesn't need any addition.

The series ending was perfect. It's about the journey not the destination. Ka is a wheel.

The end of TDT was disappointing at the time...but after thinking about it...it couldn't have ended any other way. That's how Roland's life has always been. It wouldn't have made any sense for him to win some epic battle with Flagg or someone.

I read the first book in high school. Like 15 years ago. After the first three books they were released so far apart from each other I just stopped caring.

I've dipped in and out of Dark Tower, but I do love that artwork.

"It will center around supporting characters and revolve around some important events between Wizard and Glass and Wolves of the Calla"
So, a midquel? Could work for me. Read them all two years ago and while the quality of the books varied wildly, I still like the whole myth-arc. Although I never got into Marvel's comics I would really like to get some new stories.

Oh great, are there more characters from his new books he wanted to get in on the action? Did he just get into some new comic books and think a Green Goblin army would be fun to put in? The Dark Tower got so weak after he decided he was going to finish it and then "retire", which he obvioulsy did. Go back to ripping off H.P Lovecraft stories Mr. King.

Did you guys remember a quick cut-away scene if Futurama. Fry is in the library trying to find the big brain and passes a door it says Stephen King A-AARDVARK. Thats what this shit reminds Me of. Don't get Me wrong I'm originally from Maine and love the guy but sometimes I think he does the stupidest shit. Like the end of the stand that was a kick in the balls if anything ever was. He just write and writes...and people just keep buying. I mean Enough Already. And if you are gonna write a sequel may I quietly suggest Salem's Lot 2.

No Stephen KING NOOOOO! When my sister and I read this we both started yelling and wanting it to be fake! I love Stephen King but the quality of his writing has SERIOUSLY declined in recent years. There is no way this will be good

I have to say I'm beyond excited about this. The first seven books are my absolute favorite books of all time. The end to the series was perfect, because in the end Roland got what he deserved. That's what made me happy.
Who this book will center on is what intrigues me, there were a crapload of secondary charecters he could use for this.

I don't think I'm up for reading about even more events that are repeated until the end of time.

Oops, did I just give something away?

Hrm.

The Dark Tower was my absolute obsession as an adolescent. Then, when the final three books came out, I came down hard. Didn't like it at all. Felt like this amazingly huge mind blowing scope that had been opened up...the motherfracking center of all possible universes and the battle to save it...came down to solipsistic narcissism.

Prolly won't read the new on.

@SparHawk: I agree on a SALEM's LOT sequel. He already did a follow-up (kind of) called JERUSALEM's LOT (published in SKELETON CREW).

Well, seeing as how a major character from Salem's Lot ends up IN the Dark Tower, I'd say a sequel to Salem's Lot is impossible. Dark Tower is already a sequel to Salem's Lot!!!!

DAMN YOU KING!

the reason Steven is going back to the dark tower is one because wolf of the calie got written after he got hit by that van and Steven thought it was not up to his work plus its his material if he feels like revisiting it its his right espically since Abrams has now decided he will not do the dark tower movie for fear of screwing it up. have to keep the thing alive for the movie to live

Has anyone else noticed that Stephen King can't write anything now that doesn't involve him or someone like him getting hit by a car? Hell, the last book in his EPIC FUCKING FANTASY SERIES is all about the heroes trying to save him, the real him, from getting hit by a car. I wonder if he stands out in the middle of the street for inspiration these days.

Uncle Steve has sold 350 million books. That doesn't make him Agatha Christie, but hate him all you like, you're all still buying his books.

I'm hoping the entire book is just an excuse to say "everything that happened the first time went more or less exactly the same except this time the battle with the Crimson King wasn't retarded and this time he didn't get wished into the cornfield by a magical retard nobody cared about...The End"

I honestly didn't have a problem with how it ended. It makes sense on many levels. One of my favourite series of fantasy fiction and I will definitely be on board with any new material that ties into The Dark Tower, Flagg, and the Crimson King. Just because there seemed to be "resolution" with the villains in these stories doesn't mean King won't find away to incorporate them into future works. It is kind of his Shtick.

That being said I did have a major issue (like many of you I suppose) with the writing of himself into the series. It was the first time I was honestly taken out of the story and completely destroyed the immersion that the Dark Tower series provided, which is why I loved it so much. Also, I understand Mordred being the child of both the Crimson King and Roland, both from the line of Eld probably makes him pretty powerful but Flagg deserved a better ending than that. I mean come on, Flagg was the biggest bad ass in the King universe(s) and to have him just disposed of like that didn't seem profound or even necessary. It just seemed like King was trying to tie all the loose ends together before the supposed ending of the series and in the end it just seemed lazy to me. But I guess it always goes back to those fateful worlds from our good friend Jake Chambers, "There are other worlds than these."

"The Wind Through The Keyhole"? Seriously? I laughed so hard that I too let out some wind through my keyhole.

Can you turn around and jump back over the shark? This series lost me when King crawled up his own butt by writing himself into it and tricked me into helping pay for his therapy sessions, one hardcover at a time. But in many ways, he remains The Man, so I'll keep hope alive.

Maybe if I hit him with a van again, it will knock the sense back into him.

I agree with a lot of the above comments... the series fell apart for me when King wrote himself in as a god all the main characters must save. I would have happily waited another ten or twenty years for the series to finish up, if it would have meant that he had taken the time to do it right.

I actually really liked the ending, but everything in the last two books up until that point was anti-climatic and seemed to lack any sort of meaning or relevancy.

That said, I would love to see someone make an HBO series out of the books... after King has passed on and could no longer meddle.

The first four books are among my favorite high fantasy/sci-fi/whatever books of all time but I really think he had no idea where to take it afterward and just wrote the last three on an autopilot that sadly took us far, far away from whereever he originally thought he was going when he started it as a 19 year old. It's really sad to say that Peter David's comics are actually a more enjoyable interpretation of this stuff than books 5-7 were.