Hey, the Internet never forgets.
Original Gunslinger
Revised Gunslinger
Hey, the Internet never forgets.
My favorite bands can kick your favorite bands' asses.
The horizon is right and motionless like the EKG of a dying woman.
i don't see anything wrong with him deciding to make changes, i just don't enjoy the changes he chose to make. i always end up wanting to argue with it, when i come across something that's different i think to myself "yeah but it really happened like this..." i can't just forget that roland got over susan and found love again or that nineteen has nothing whatsoever to do with tull.
To me, it's almost like removing this integral part to a masterpiece. The flaws are just part of it. Incorporating excessive amounts of the mythos is dull and wears after seeing the original.
My favorite bands can kick your favorite bands' asses.
The horizon is right and motionless like the EKG of a dying woman.
Amen, brother.
Purists unite!
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Whether or not the Revised is good, I co-sign the above statement as a general art manifesto.
and this is another thing: The Revised and the Original mutually kill each other for those who read both. There's no immediate reader's experience any longer: instead of that, the reader compelled to compare, as if it were two specimen in jars rather than works of literature. (well, at least to an extent)Originally Posted by Ruki
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
The only part I really enjoyed about the revised was King's foreward and intro. It's always a delight to hear from him the why's and reasons of his writing.
I don't understand why he feels the need to re-edit all seven books, but it's his baby and he can do what he wants to with it. I'm sure if any of the others are revised I will buy them.
It's peanut butter jelly time!
Wow, who knew this would be such a hot topic?
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
I dunno. All I know is my fingers burn from touching this topic.
My favorite bands can kick your favorite bands' asses.
The horizon is right and motionless like the EKG of a dying woman.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
Shall I get the fire hose again?
My favorite bands can kick your favorite bands' asses.
The horizon is right and motionless like the EKG of a dying woman.
No, he'll enjoy it too much.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Maybe.
My favorite bands can kick your favorite bands' asses.
The horizon is right and motionless like the EKG of a dying woman.
No water, just beat me with the hose baby.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
I'll let some girl do that.
My favorite bands can kick your favorite bands' asses.
The horizon is right and motionless like the EKG of a dying woman.
That is a big crying smiley face for all the "purists" out there.
Does the fact that King revised The Gunslinger really diminish any of the overall excitement or the wondrous feeling we have for the series? Does reading the revised edition of the book do the same?
Tell me, I beg.
No, it doesn't. The revised on its own is a lowlight for me.
My favorite bands can kick your favorite bands' asses.
The horizon is right and motionless like the EKG of a dying woman.
Awwwww hugs all around.... *Oprah moment*
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
no. but yes. it's frustrating and confusing and before the changes it just was what it was and now it's that and also something very different.Originally Posted by MonteGss
and the idea of someone starting out with the revised version just feels like blasphemy to me. it's something to read after all the others, it's not the beginning of the journey. it's what happened in bizzaro midworld
If a set of the other 6 books comes out in revised formats, we'll call those Bizarro Dark Tower.
My favorite bands can kick your favorite bands' asses.
The horizon is right and motionless like the EKG of a dying woman.
it doesn't change my opinion of the series at all, he could release a version where roland battles the power rangers in tull and gets tricked into feeding his fingers to the walrus and the carpenter at the western sea and i'd still feel the same about the dark tower series. i think i misundertood your question a bit, and now i can't quite remember what it is that i thought was answering i meant that it makes me like the revised version a lot less, not the whole series.
S'cool, Ruki. I was just curious about your thoughts.
I could totally see Roland bustin up the Power Rangers.