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Wolves of the Calla #1 (Prologue)

📖 Section Covered: Prologue

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In the first episode of a brand new book, Tadd and Peter dive into Book 5 Wolves of the Calla. In a first for this series we start the book with someone other than Roland or our Ka-Tet. We find a farmer named Tian Jaffords in a cursed part of his field. He is working his very tall but simple-minded twin sister. A robot named Andy comes and Tian guesses (correctly) he is bringing news of the Wolves, they are coming in 30 days. He is distraught, so too is his wife who was watching their 5 children, two sets of twins and a “singleton” and Tian wonders if it is time to say no to the wolves. We also see his wife has a large simple-minded twin, and they have a “Grand-pere” living with them. He calls their town together, their town is so small there is not even a sheriff let alone any sort of leader, and many show up including eight Manni and a late-coming stranger. They debate standing up against the Wolves. We learn they have been coming for six generations (give or take) and they take one of the two twins from age 3 to puberty and the one they take comes back “Roont” empty of mind and large of body. We also find out that twins are the norm here and “singletons” are rare and coveted because they are safe from the Wolves. The Wolves come every 20+ years or so. It is not overly going Tian’s way, the folks appealing to reason are winning the day, but finally the later-comer speaks up and we find out it is Father Callahan, he of Salem’s Lot, and he challenges them all to stand. He then says because they are just farmers and ranchers they should hire some killers and there are four of them travelling nearby along the path of the Beam. Secretly he thinks he can give them the thing living under the floorboards of his church because it has awoken.

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Round Table #177 Show Notes

NBA Star is a Dark Tower fan. Check it HERE.

Shakespeare and King. Check it HERE.

Mister Yummy getting a film adaptation. Check it HERE.

10 Greatest Dark Fantasy Books of All Time. Check it HERE.

10 Best Books of the 00s. Check it HERE.

Next is King reading an excerpt from Other Worlds Than These:

Flanagan wraps filming on The Exorcist. Check an article HERE.

Next is Michael Whelan’s Bluesky post. He said “A dark smudge on palette paper suggested a hooded figure… and it turned into the Man in Black from Stephen King’s opus The Dark Tower.”

Then Uncle Stevie Recommends a ton!

Round Table 177

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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter have wrapped the Book Club series on Wizard & Glass so they spend some time talking about the big takeaways that they both got from the Book Club unencumbered by spoiler restrictions in the Book Club episodes. They talk a bit about the Rhea vs Cordelia in terms of who is worse, and also the much bigger part the Wizard’s Glass played in the story and how so much more can be laid at its feet. Beyond that they also cover another email. Then an NBA superstar is a fan of the series, how similar are King and Shakespeare, we are getting an adaptation of Mister Yummy, and The Dark Tower pops up on a few Top 10 lists including best Dark Fantasy Novels and Best Books of the 00s. Then the Odds and Ends including a bunch of Uncle Stevie recommends and some stuff new to streaming!

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Wizard and Glass Book Club #40 (Pt4, Ch4, Ch5 Sc1-5, Afterword)

📖 Section Covered: Part 4 Chapter 4, Chapter 5 Subchapters 1-5, Afterword

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In the final Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter follow the ka-tet into the Grapefruit to see the final chapter of Roland’s tragic origins story. Roland goes looking for his mom after his return from Mejis and after he is given his birthright guns. The New Yorkers are “in” Gilead watching. Roland does not see someone hiding behind the drapes. He goes into the bedroom and the Ball is there, the figure comes from behind and the Ball makes him think it is Rhea holding a snake, he turns and fires and only sees a fraction of a second after pulling the trigger it is not Rhea but his mother holding a peace-offering belt for him. Rhea appears in the Ball and taunts him, but then she can seemingly see the New Yorkers as well and tells them to cry off, he has killed everyone he has ever loved. Jake goes to detroy the ball and it flashes them out of the vision. They are now miles from the palace, time has slipped and they have travelled 30 miles. They see they are back on the path of the Beam. Roland gives them leave to break from the journey, but they all say they are with him until the end. They ask some clarifying questions about the backstory Roland answers what he can. A note is left from Flagg telling them to cry off. They then take off down the path of the beam.

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Round Table 176

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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter go through a few emails that Tadd fumbled a few months back, then they dive into the challenge for the episode which is to list their Top 10 King Short Stories (not counting novellas).

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Wizard and Glass Book Club #39 (Pt4, Ch2 Sc 5, Ch3 Sc1-8)

📖 Section Covered: Part 4 Chapter 2 Subchapters 5, Chapter 3 Subchapters 1-8

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In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter re-join the ka-tet outside the Emerald Palace as they get their new ruby shoes/boots on and get ready to click their heels, but it does not work and they realize that it is because Oy is not doing it as well. Once they help Oy the gate opens. The tet goes in and sees a nonsense-filled newspaper with some Blaine references. Much of what they see is straight from the Oz film including the long hallway. They get to the big room with a massive throne and rainbow organ as the voice starts booming out at them, and Blaine’s route map appears out of fog. They go back and forth with the voice until Oy reveals the man behind the curtain, which is Tick Tock man. Then on the throne appears Marten or Flagg, the Deans dispose of Tick Tock. Roland’s guns do nothing against Flagg, he tells them all to forsake the Tower, Roland draws the Ruger shocking Flagg but it caught on his belt buckle allowing Flagg to escape. He leaves behind the Grapefruit though, and Roland knows he must tell the final chapter of his story if the tet is to survive and they are to find the Beam again.

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Round Table #175

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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter Palaver on a few things, first they discuss the ending (yes again) through the lens of people who were disappointed in it and how their desires don’t align with King in general and this story in particular. Then similar to the discussion last month on Jake being the most important character to get right the boys go through all 8 book and discuss which supporting characters will be the most important for each season (assuming each book would be a season, which is not Flanagan’s plan but for this discussion they pretend). Then Peter talks a bit about his final few King books to achieve his 100% badge. Then King has been posting some stuff on Other Worlds Than These including the fact it is the FINAL Dark Tower book. He also tells us about a new Bumbler named Richard. Then they have announced that Patton Oswalt is the narrator for OWTT. Next is Flanagan’s The Mist the perfect setup for his Tower? Then an article on the wrtiers Top 10 King Short Stories which Tadd and Peter will do their own version of this on the next Round Table. Then some Odds and Ends and Uncle Stevie Recommends.

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Round Table #175 Show Notes

First King posting about Other Worlds Than These

Then Patton Oswalt is narrating Other Worlds Than These. Check the article HERE.

Next is The Mist the perfect setup for Flanagan’s Dark Tower? Check it HERE.

Next 10 Best King Short Stories (not novellas). Check the article HERE.

Then we will be doing our own version of that list on the next round table. Send your list in if you want to be a part of that!

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Wizard and Glass Book Club #38 (Pt4, Ch1 Sc4-5 & Ch2 Sc1-4)

📖 Section Covered: Part 4 Chapter 1 Subchapters 4-5, Chapter 2 Subchapters 1-4

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In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter the Ka-Tet is tormented by the thinny’s warble and when it finally subsides a few followup questions are asked about some of the dangling threads and Roland answers them, including Clay Reynolds, Cordelia Delgado, and Sheemie. The also see a note on a camper talking about an old woman in Nebraska and a Dark Man in Vegas. The also reach a clearing on I-70 and find red shoes for each of them, including Oy. The building they are approaching is now clearly seen as an Emerald Palace. Eddie ties Roland flying into the Ball to the Wizard of Oz as he saw things flying in the storm. They then fill Roland in on the story of Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz as it is clearly relevant to what they are seeing. They then reach the gates of the palace and it is a very trippy scene, maybe the trippiest we have seen in this entire sereis up to this point.

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Round Table #174

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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter break down and discuss the final few Rounds of March Insanity where there were some upsets and surprises and even an overall winner neither of them could have predicted. Then in the news there is an article that talks about Jake Chambers being the most important character to get right in an adaptation which the boys discuss at length and through this examine aspects of the end of the series, the nature of gunslingers, Susannah’s choice at the end, and Peter finding a pretty critical thing in a re-read of Black House that has potentially huge implications in The Dark Tower Series. Then they cover Heather Graham sharing some information on Flanagan’s Carrie, then Sam Witwer talked a bit about Flanagan’s The Mist, also the Holly series might be coming sooner rather than later (whatever that means exactly), and King saying he thinks he will be forgotten 50 years after his death.

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