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First off go HERE to get your vote in for Round 1 of March Insanity!

Next is the IGN Article about King writing for Flanagan’s Dark Tower. Check it HERE. They have the links to King’s post on Bluesky as part of their update.

Next up 10 Reasons Adapting TDT is difficult. Check it HERE.

Next up the article about the Gwendy Omnibus is HERE and the Amazon link is HERE.

Next King is writing for the Maurice Sendak reimagining of Hansel and Gretel. Check the article HERE.

Next up Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream is getting adapted! Check the article on the director HERE.

Then the link to The Monkey publicity bus days before the film came out.

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 4, Subchapters 1–12)

In the first Book Club of 2025 Tadd and Peter dive back into Wizard & Glass. They find the young Ka-Tet leaving for the day and Roland sees something before they leave. Sheemie has to go up the Cöos to deliver something to Rhea and is given something to deliver to Cordelia. Alain senses that something is wrong back at the Bar K, Roland doesn’t seem to care. What he is sense is Jonas destroying and defiling everything and killing their carrier pigeons. Then on finding the defilement there is a massive explosion between Cuthbert and Roland that nearly comes to blows and the words are brutal. After leaving Cuthbert runs into Sheemie coming back down Cöos hill. Jonas returns to find Depape shook as one of Farson’s men has showed up and he is mayhap more than a man.  

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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talks super briefly about a new Animal in Mid World, and a few King bits before diving into the March Insanity Bracket reveals (Voting Starts March 1st of course) and then they dive into the Top 10 King Books with Dark Tower not being counted as one entry! 

 

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First up a new animal in Mid World! Check it HERE.

Next King returned to the Kingcast. Check it HERE.

Then King hyping The Monkey. Check it HERE.

Then the pictures of the WWE wrestler Joe Gacy’s Dark Tower sleeve

Then the brackets for March Insanity are set, check them out below.

First the 5th Poll for Dark Tower March Insanity:

Then the 1st annual King (everything but Dark Tower) bracket:

Here is the schedule for when each round will start and end, keep your eyes here (and our social media) come March 1st and have your voice heard and your vote counted!

Then last up is the image for the Top 10 King Books (with Dark Tower not counting as one book)

First up King confirms Talisman 3

Next up Bill Skarsgård says Welcome to Derry is ‘Hardcore’ Check it HERE.

Welcome to Derry has King’s Approval. Check it HERE.

Next up Welcome to Derry is Planned for 3 Seasons. Check it HERE.

Next the High School Where Carrie was filmed was damaged by the LA Fires. Check it HERE.

Next up 5 King Books that Deserve Anthologies like The Stand is Getting. Check it HERE.

Next up the full trailer for The Monkey!

Then remember for next episode Top 10 King Books but Dark Tower does not count as a single entry!

In the first Round Table of 2025 Tadd and Peter palaver about King’s upcoming Talisman 3 confirmation, some updates from the early marketing for Welcome to Derry including the planned run and what each seasons’ time period, and a few other news bits. And in the Palaver section Tadd throws out a challenge for next episode and talk about the nature of the Crimson King, Farson, and if Mid-World is healing. And of course plenty of tangents!

 

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In the 2024 Year End Bash as is tradition the phone lines are open and Tadd and Peter get a page count for Never Flinch, a date for Life of Chuck, a change of date for The Running Man, a first glimpse of The Institute, along with plenty of tangents and Peter with a very cool Jack Mort theory from his latest read-through of the series. 

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First up the publisher site showing the Never Flinch Page Count & Audible showing the Runtime.

Next up The Life of Chuck is coming May 30! Check it HERE.

Next first look at The Institute. Check it HERE.

Next Autopsy Room Four is getting a film adaptation. Check it HERE.

Next The Running Man is coming a fortnight sooner. Check it HERE.

Next Bill Skarsgård talks Returning as Pennywise. Check it HERE.

Next the article about The Monkey’s tone. Check it HERE.

The Kingcast is going to live on with Anthony Breznican co-hosting! Check it HERE.

King is getting out of the Radio business after 40 years. Check it HERE.

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In the latest Book Club, and last one of 2024, Tadd and Peter join the story with Hambry entering the rainy season. Eldred Jonas runs into Cordelia and takes her for a cup of tea as she spills the tea to him about her suspicions that Susan had slept with Will Dearborn.  We also see Rhea absorbed in the glass and being reminded of Susan and her plans for her. Jonas reeling from the idea that the boy had potentially put something so big over on him and goes to investigate Citgo where he finds the fallen Rook Skull. Jonas sets a trap and sleeps with Coral Thorin. And Musty shows up in Town

 

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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver about the latest in the Dark Tower and King world including Flanagan asked about Casting The Dark Tower, King more solidly teasing a new Dark Tower Book, title and date for the 2025 King novel, also some details about Flanagan’s Carrie (including why do it), some actors talking about Life of Chuck and The Long Walk, some King adaptation recommends from Flanagan. Tadd and Peter also Palaver about if Roland is a tragic hero, mostly if he is a hero at all. 

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