Hi All--
First post, new here. I'm a long-time King fan (been reading him regularly since I was 12 years old in 1982) and have read everything he's written. Just finished Dark Tower (I'd been holding off on these till he was finished and have just spent the past few months in In- Mid- and End-World). Looking forward to some great discussions here! Feel free to visit me at: www.myspace.com/sardy
Anyway, apologies if this has been posted before (but after a search, I couldn't find it). Re: the significance of "19", I recall while reading when nineteen first began recurring to the Tet, thinking that there was a significance to the number beyond the date of King's accident and the other occurrences, that is tied much more closely to the nature of the Tower itself:
12 Guardians + 6 Beams + 1 Tower = 19
Thoughts?
Welcome Sardy, Looking foward to getting to know you. I never thought about that to tell the truth. But you may be onto something
Hi! this is also my first post I just finished VII today started the series about 5 months ago and I didnt want to come to any websites in case of spoilers so here I am now...
What I thought after reading...
Spoiler:
He started writting the DT when he was 19.
It morphed into nineteen universes, or levels of The Tower.
19 shows up more and more as the series progresses, on road signs, in tree branches; perhaps they are goal posts to The Tower.Originally Posted by Sardy
Enjoy the site Sardy, you won't find a more hardcore group of sane Stephen King fans anywhere. A more knowledgeable group is hard to encounter too.
Be sure to note, go through all the pages of Palaver topics looking for polls. You can easily bag 1-3k in beam bucks by voting in any and all the polls.
The Towerpedia section is a real gem..
Alex
"The Constitution shall never be construed....to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms" (Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87)
Hadn't read this thread before now, but I just had to share what just happened. (I do have lots of other past stories I'll post here later, though. Ka has always been on overdrive w/ me.) Anyway, I went & got all the The Long Road Home comics so far a week ago, and it got me depressed that I gave up the hobby. I was thinking it's too bad that it's too late in my life to become a comic pro. Seriously was daydreaming about buying art supplies someday as I was walking here... and suddenly came on a pile of new markers, just laying by the side of the road.
As SK suggests, truth is stranger than fiction,
Agreement. 19 is the ka of Roland's world.
DT VI Spoiler:Spoiler:
If the number is 20 on the next iteration, maybe there's another portal too, or something, one more letter added to Claudia Inez Bachman, and so on. Ka.
*My name:
Ian Thomas Quigley - 16 letters + 3 words = 19
*My adress:
7 + 1 + 8 + 3 numbers = 19
*Sheba is my dog = 19 letters (i am totally serious my dog's name is sheba)
I'm sure I'll start finding others now...
Nothin 19 has happened to me. Or i just havent noticed. Watch, tomorrow something will happen lol.
Just now:
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"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
19 was the number of the bus which ran one of my friends over on the 19th of the 9th 1999
my real name adds up to 19 (16 letters and three words)
Recently on 8-11 i was having bad luck all day,and had it pointed out to me by my two roommates that i was,and at nite i realized the date was august 8 2008 which is
8-11-08
8+11=19
soon after i realized it was a day of 19 my luck lessened dramatically i thought it kind of weird that i would have such bad luck on a day of 19 but who knows right.
-( Does anyone now of a thread to talk about the spiritual side of DT, or a DT religious belief system.)-
-The Cake is A LIE-
-And Thats The Truth-
kirin: I hope your friend survived???
Truth: there's a number of such threads right here in Gilead, as well as in the Baronies. Look around and you'll certainly find something to your taste.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Truth, if you give us some more details (about what you are interested in) we will be able to show you interesting threads.
Roland would have understood.
Well Jean i breifly glanced at the baronies and i mostly use Gilead and thier wasnt anything for this that i found.
Well Letti ive looked around but i was just wondering if anyone has started a thread for any real life Dark Tower related events happen to them or if anyones thought of a real life relegion or system of belief that takes from the Dt sereis itself??
-The Cake is A LIE-
-And Thats The Truth-
Truth: just start it. If your thread is redundant, we'll merge it.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, Truth I'm am with Jean. Start it because it sounds cool and if it exists already we can merge it anytime.
Roland would have understood.
After I finished the series, I went to the library to return book VII. As I was walking out I noticed on a table they had a wicker basket setup with "Free Books" on a bulletin attached to it. I flipped the first book and right behind it was a faded copy of Richard Adams' "Shardik", I almost crapped my undies. I took it immediately. My ex-wife tried to throw it away a few days later when she was moving out. . . . .
. . .and there it sits to this day right next to the rest of my King books.
There is a house near me being sold by Beam Realty, based out of Annapolis, MD.
My grandmother was born in 1919
My mother was born on Sep. 19 (and Sept. 19 is the respond by date for my wedding).