# The Dark Tower \[The Dark Tower, Book VII\] Is Here! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2004, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300 "2004-09-21T09:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/1 "2004-09-21T09:52:47Z")
Well… not exactly. My copy is in route from Louisville and will be waiting for me on my doorstep when I get home. God love [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com). Who else is **completely stoked**? I’ve already informed the missus that she shouldn’t take it personal when I don’t speak or move for a solid four to six hours this evening. I’ve been trying to shove the last few days into fast forward, and it’s \*\*finally \*\* here. Something tells me that work is going to drag insufferably today. Anyway, I’ll be back tonight to post my thoughts on it! Oh, right, I guess we should probably use spoiler boxes in this thread, so there’s a heads-up. ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/2 "2004-09-21T09:56:35Z")
She shouldn’t take it \*personally \* either. Stupid adverbs. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/3 "2004-09-21T10:04:31Z")
I got it last week, and I’m about half way though. There have been some… shocking events. Let’s just say King is tying off loose ends. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/4 "2004-09-21T12:18:33Z")
Again, I say, screw the creditors. I have my priorities in order. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/5 "2004-09-21T12:31:04Z")
I’m about a quarter of the way through, and it’s been interesting so far. I wish I didn’t have to work so I could finish it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/6 "2004-09-21T13:43:01Z")
I’m picking mine up in fifteen minutes. I’m getting an extra so Ardred can read it too. (shhh! 'tis a surprise!) ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/7 "2004-09-21T13:49:16Z")
I’m picking up my copy at lunch today. I admit, I’m sorta freaked out by this. We’re talking YEARS of anticipation here. I honestly cannot remember any other book or series that I have been following for this long. After I read this, there aren’t going to be any more DT books to wait for … which seems odd. I’ve been waiting for “the new DT” book since I was in _high school_, for cryin’ out loud, in the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/8 "2004-09-21T13:50:34Z")
Been waiting 22 years for this event! Mrs. Mercotan is picking up my copy today. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/9 "2004-09-21T14:04:18Z")
830 pages of absolute wonderfulness. I saw the dozens of copies downstairs on my way in to work, and I can’t wait. I contemplated calling in sick today, but I had my fantasy teams to consider (sad that a fantasy team was my sole reason to come to work…) Alessan, I can’t imagine more encouraging words. I’m so friggin’ excited I can’t stand it. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/10 "2004-09-21T14:19:49Z")
I’m picking my copy up at lunch. I can’t remember ever having this much anticipation for a book release. Like **delphica** I feel a bit nervous, but I have confidence that King will finish off the story well. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/11 "2004-09-21T15:00:05Z")
My copy is on a UPS truck in Hodgkins, Illinois. 🙂 I didn’t finish Wolves of the Calla and haven’t read Song of Susannah yet, but I think I’ll start on it today. I read a review (no spoilers) that said King gives no back story in the final book, so it sounds like I’d better not skip Susannah. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/12 "2004-09-21T15:03:05Z")
Yeah, I’m getting mine today too. I’m a little leary about the ‘promise’ in earlier intros that he’s going to tie everything he’s previously written into the rest of the series. I hope he pulls it off, but I’ve still got heartburn over the revised (or was it original?) ending of _The Stand_. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/13 "2004-09-21T15:21:16Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Been waiting 22 years for this event! Mrs. Mercotan is picking up my copy today. You and me both. I can’t believe I’ve been reading these books for more than half my life. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/14 "2004-09-21T15:50:17Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Alessan** :_ > I got it last week, and I’m about half way through. How did you get a copy early, you lucky bastard?! I get mine tonight. Can’t wait to dive in! P.S. I heard on NPR this morning that **today is Mr. King’s birthday**. What cool timing. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/15 "2004-09-21T16:02:12Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > P.S. I heard on NPR this morning that **today is Mr. King’s birthday**. What cool timing. Tomorrow is King’s birthday. It would have been so much better to have the release then, as 9/22/2004 adds up to 19, \*and \* is King’s b-day. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/16 "2004-09-21T16:08:53Z")
Nope, it’s today. Cites all over the place – a few the date as September 22nd, but most (including NPR and [darktower.net](http://darktower.net)) have it as today. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/17 "2004-09-21T16:10:12Z")
I picked up my copy on the way in to work today. It’s going to be a long day at work. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/18 "2004-09-21T18:27:27Z")
I’m pissed. Today is the first day of my week on at work, which means I’ll have no time to purchase or read this until next Tuesday. Oh, well. I’d rather wait a week and be able to sit down and read it with no interruptions than try to snatch a few pages here and there around work. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/19 "2004-09-21T18:38:57Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > Nope, it’s today. Cites all over the place – a few the date as September 22nd, but most (including NPR and [darktower.net](http://darktower.net)) have it as today. Huh. The first 3 I looked at said the 22nd, but iMDB says the 21st - I’ll take that cite over anything else. (Surprisingly, it’s NOT on his website.) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300/20 "2004-09-21T18:40:20Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Huh. The first 3 I looked at said the 22nd, but iMDB says the 21st - I’ll take that cite over anything else. (Surprisingly, it’s NOT on his website.) :smack: Christ, I’ve been doing this way too much today: [http://www.stephenking.com/pages/FAQ/Stephen\_King/birthday.php](http://www.stephenking.com/pages/FAQ/Stephen_King/birthday.php) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-book-vii-is-here/265300.md?page=2)