Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, Vol. 1 by Robin Furth Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, Vol. 1
Book Review: A must for a first time reader, or a long time Tower Junkie
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this very helpful and quite thorough. Because there is so much back-story and history in MidWorld, it's nice to have a reference for the first four books. Others have claimed it is incomplete, and it is. But it is clearly stated that A Concordance Vol II is to be released following Book 7. I look forward to owning it as well. No fan of the Dark Tower should be without this book. Don't hesitate to buy it. My only hope is that the next volume includes a large section on how all of King's other works, book by book, relate to the Tower.Book Review: Audio Edition Needed.
Summary: 1 Stars
I have not read the book but I have read all of the reviews. I have read all of the Dark Towers Series and have Volume V ordered. I prefer to have everything in audio cassette as my eyesight is not very good. I would like the Concordance, Vol I in unabridged format and every volume thereafter.Book Review: Complete and Easy To Use Dark Tower Reference
Summary: 5 Stars
Welcome to the world of Roland and the Dark Tower. This concordance was actually put together as a reference for Stephen King himself, as he explains in the beginning of this very excellent and detailed document.
Here within lies the Dark Tower and all its mysteries, names, characters, locations, mythology, etc.
This is an ideal book for the Dark Tower fan, or fanatic. The details refer back to actual page numbers of the original novels, and the format is easy to use. Ideally, finding answers to your questions is the key to a well put together reference book - and this book has been researched and put together expertly.
I would strongly suggest this book for an accompanyment to the Dark Tower Series.
Book Review: Everything you need to catch up for Book 5
Summary: 4 Stars
I love the Dark Tower series, and I have to say I love this book almost as much. It is filled with all the information that a rabid fan of the series could ever want. It also included an introduction written by Stephen King and an excellent essay written by Robin Furth. Her essay - regarding the mythic structure of the series - is worth the price alone. The only suggestion I have would be to add some more photo's and illustrations from the series, and include more references to the novels that are tied into the series. These may be included in a future volume, of course. Great book!Book Review: A concordance, not THE concordance
Summary: 2 Stars
I have been a hugh fan of the DT series since the early 80's, and have suffered along with Roland and his band as they diligently drudged ever onward. One of the most frightening days of my life was when Steve got knocked into that ditch, figuring that was it for Roland, and that I'd never know what was in the Tower. But dreams--and prayers--do come true, and quite soon we'll all come to that romantic evening, watching as Roland winds his horn. And believe me, there we'll ALL sing there names, Gunslinger. But before that moment, we can refresh our minds on all the myriad of connections leading to that fateful evening, with this concordance. Or, at least, that's what I imagined--having a complete, two volume, overview of EVERYTHING the Tower encompasses. Instead, what we got was basically a glossary, not a concordance. For those who have not noticed, in King's universe, the Tower is EVERYTHING. In almost every one of his books--and many of his shorts--there is some mention, some tiny connection, to the Tower. For example: "Coming of the White" in Needful Things; the Turtle in It (probably a portal site in Derry); the weird connection that the remaining gunslingers have, which is probably a form of The Shining; and finally, there is one qurky, strange page near the end of Salem's Lot in which a boy runs into a hospital and calls for assistance for an unseen pregnant woman (is this Susannah and the boy P. Danville?). These are some of the things I thought we'd get in this speicalized book; insights into the entire realm of the Tower, not just the gunslinger's part. And would it have killed anyone to reprint some of the amazing artwork that has been commissioned for this series. What a beautiful book that would make. I hope we don't have to wait for Steve to be long dead, a la Tolkien, before people start to notice that the DT series is THE epic series of our time, and King our Chaucer leading us on a weird, strange pilgramage to, of all places, Maine.