by Jay Wilburn

The plan is to reread all of Stephen King’s works in the order that they were published. Richard Chizmar of Cemetery Dance had the vision. I’m doing it because I am a writer and I want to improve my fiction. And I love Stephen King’s stories. I think there is something to be learned through this process.

You can also go back to the beginning and read Before Carrie or any of my other posts up through this one and beyond by checking out this link to the Master List of all my #StephenKingRevisited posts.

Let’s visit the second Dark Tower book. I hope you like lobster …

This is the book I remember strongest from the series, I think. More so than the first book, this book defines the series in my head. The other books pale in comparison for me even though I recall The Waste Lands being fantastic, too. The characters that are drawn into this world are fascinating to me.

I did not finish the books beyond Wizard and Glass, so I feel like I’m righting and wrong by returning to it. There are 39 books between me and the last one written in the Dark Tower series. I’ll feel like I’ve earned it by that point.

I read this one while I was still in high school. It was the action fantasy adventure I wanted at the time. It made me excited when I finally got to The Waste Lands in college and disappointed when I got to Wizard and Glass and we left these wonderful characters and quest for so long. I’m more familiar with King’s extended flashbacks now, so I probably have a better constitution for the storytelling style of some of the later books in the series.

I’m excited to revisit this one.

My next post will be After The Drawing of the Three which will be linked on the Master List of all my Stephen King Revisited posts.

Jay Wilburn

Jay Wilburn has a Masters Degree in Education that goes mostly unused since he quit teaching to write about zombies. Jay writes horror because he tends to find the light by facing down the darkness. His is doing well following a life saving kidney transplant. Jay is the author of Maidens of Zombie Kingdom a young adult fantasy trilogy, Lake Scatter Wood Tales adventure books for elementary and middle school readers, Vampire Christ a trilogy of political and religious satire, and The Dead Song Legend. He cowrote The Enemy Held Near, Yard Full of Bones, and The Hidden Truth with Armand Rosamilia. You can also find Jay's work in Best Horror of the Year volume 5. He is a staff writer with Dark Moon Digest, LitReactor, and the Still Water Bay series with Crystal Lake Publishing.

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