I am a sucker for fantasy fiction. I love the Dune series by Frank Herbert, The Foundation series by Asimov, The Lord of the Rings by Tolkein, The Don Jaun series by Carlos Castenada and the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Stephen King books are usually depressing but Gunslinger ones are not. It appeals to the romantic/adventurer in you. I finished reading the series last month and I am still hung over from it. Here are some quotes from the the Gun Slinger books of Stephen King:
Blaine the Mono (a supercomputer train): "YOU MIGHT WANT TO REMEMBER THAT NOBODY LOVES A SMARTASS!"
Jake Chambers: "I don't like people. They fuck me up."
Roland Deschain : "If we were going to rape you, you would be one well-raped woman by now"
"First smiles, then lies. Last comes gunfire."
"Kill if you will, but command me nothing"
Walter aka The Man in Black : "Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as equals? There is an offer you will get rarely, Roland. Only equals speak the truth, that's my thought on't. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of regard. How tiresome!"
What the gunslingers believe:
"I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.
I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.
I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart."
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Roland Deschain : "If we were going to rape you, you would be one well-raped woman by now"
That is a disgusting sentence, if you ask me. It worries me that you think it's worth putting up.
"First smiles, then lies. Last comes gunfire."
So true....
If you are into fantasy, Chronicles of Narnia is a must watch. Heard the books are great. Yet to read those.
@wanderstruck:
Why are you disgusted and why are you worried?
@anonymous:
I saw narnia, its ok. The story line was very weak.
Never mind!!
@one who nets the dot - well, i believe the book will be way better...has always been the case when they make movies out of books.
"Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of regard. How tiresome!"
I am also totally hooked on the gunslinger now!!
I do not read blogs like this; he who reads this has forgotten the face of his father.
I read my own blog
oh my god. You better cry our pardon right now.
"The souls of failed gunslingers never leave the west."
how could you not put that one on there?
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