Hell, I think DT is a really unique opportunity to see how the totality of his writing matures. I haven't read enough of his other stuff to trace specific themes, but, I mean, hell, just the contrast between The Gunslinger and Drawing of the Three. I've met a number of people who surprised me by saying they tried The Gunslinger -- and didn't surprise me by adding that they didn't like it very much. (I actually enjoyed The Gunslinger pretty well, maybe because I read the edition with King's foreword saying "Look, I wrote this when I was 19, some of it sucks a lot and I know it." Of course, I had the added incentive of the DT crowd in Milliways being particularly active then; same reason I made it through so much of WoT.)
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Re: *BABBLES*
Date: 2009-01-06 10:48 pm (UTC)Hell, I think DT is a really unique opportunity to see how the totality of his writing matures. I haven't read enough of his other stuff to trace specific themes, but, I mean, hell, just the contrast between The Gunslinger and Drawing of the Three. I've met a number of people who surprised me by saying they tried The Gunslinger -- and didn't surprise me by adding that they didn't like it very much. (I actually enjoyed The Gunslinger pretty well, maybe because I read the edition with King's foreword saying "Look, I wrote this when I was 19, some of it sucks a lot and I know it." Of course, I had the added incentive of the DT crowd in Milliways being particularly active then; same reason I made it through so much of WoT.)