"a tower of revenge"...
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Not sure how long this thing will last, based on the feel of the materials quality, but it is very cool looking, and also pretty cheap.
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I figure this game touches my inner sicko. just makes me want to climb up bell towers to see the pink mist! my favorites are Nazis, who doesn't like killing computer Nazis...love the graphics and the challenfe to sneak around and be unseen. pretty cool.
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The Dark Tower series, as Stephen King explained in his introduction to its first book, The Gunslinger, is essentially his Lord of the Ringsan epic fantasy tale stretching over several volumes to decide  the fate of the world (or, in this case, worlds).

There are differences, of course: New Yorkers instead of hobbits; lobstrosities instead of orcs; western/horror/and-whatever-the-hell-other genres King threw in instead of Tolkiens medieval fantasy; the Dark Tower instead of the One Ring.

But there are also plenty of parallels: Roland, Kings protagonist, has a bit of Aragorn in him. Maybe some Gandalf, too. Riddles figure prominently, a tribute to the most-famous scene in Tolkiens The Hobbit.

And theres a quest.

Except that in The Lord of the Rings, the terms of that quest are clear a third of the way through the first book, The Fellowship of the Ringduring the Council of Elrond, Frodo accepts the task of destroying the One Ring. Theres also a principal adversary: Sauron.

In sharp contrast, Rolands mission still isn't entirely apparent by the end of The Waste Lands, the third book in Kings opus. We know Roland has been seeking the Tower for years, and that he believes it holds the key to keeping his world (and maybe others) from moving on, or falling apart at the seams. But what exactly hell do once he reaches the Tower remains a mystery, as does how hell get there and who will try to stop him. (Although a late scene with the Ageless Stranger might have marked the entrance of a key opponent.)

None of this is to say epic fantasies should always follow Tolkiens leadplease, by all means, break the mold. But I think the initial directional haziness in The Dark Tower is why I struggled with its first two books. That, and Kings long-winded style.

Thankfully, after spending the first part of The Waste Lands dragging out the formation of his fellowshipRoland, having already gathered Eddie and Susannah, corrects a sin from the first book and rescues a fourth companionthe series finally gets underway. Rolands ka-tet of burgeoning gunslingers makes its way to Lud, a once-wondrous city now descended into chaos and decay. After tangling with its surviving inhabitants, the ka-tet boards Blaine, a monorail with unraveling artificial intelligence, and strikes a (dangerous) deal with him to carry them close to the Tower.

It sounds nutsand it isbut its also fun, and the series finally makes some forward progress. Id still like a few more details about the Tower, though. Even something as clich&eacute; as a prophecy: they're generally lame, but they at least serve the purpose of giving the reader signposts to navigate by.

But thats not Kings way. For better or worse, hes an author you just have to surrender to and trust he knows where hes goingnever more so than in The Dark Tower. And after finishing The Waste Lands, Im more confident in doing so.

Because the train has finally left the station.

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The Tower was such an amazing story. Ive recommended it to all my friends...and Cant wait to talk about it with them once theyve finished reading it!!!!
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...the abject cruelty in this story is one of its best points. It's a funny, funny, funny story for anyone who's ever thought about getting revenge on another person. Any child or adult with a sense of humor will love this wild, ridiculous, and zany book!
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My favourite  King book used to be The Stand, until I read the Black Tower books. I think it's King's masterpiece.
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I love this film. It is really neat that the people in Paradise Towers have lived there all of their lives. With acceptions to the elderly people; who used to live on earth, all of them are being ruled by an Villianous evil robot that lives at the bottom of the building.
It is up to the Doctor to destroy the evil robot that rules the tower. The robot has so many enemies around, especially those garbage collecting machines, that roam around killing people.
There is even three girl gangs that themsleves "Kangs". There is the red, blue and yellow. The yellow Kangs were killed off by the Villian's army, so the only Kangs left are the red and blues. They both hlep to destroy the Villian and save Paradies Towers, before they all die.
This video is pure fun, and is a must have for all, Sylvestor McCoy fans. I love his sidekick, she is so cool. You've got to have this one!
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I actually had this story already downloaded free from another site... I had hoped this was the completed work... it is not... The author, if the same person, started a sequel in which Freddy mad a deal with Pinhead to use the puzzle box to continue his reign of terror and revenge! I have contacted the author on three occasions and asked if he was completing the sequel he started... and have not received a response to my query!
This story was first "published" on another site in 2006...

I like the inclusion of Michael Myers... this is a really good fan-fiction "sequel" and is very well written... the details, and suspense are really well played out... I recommend this book... I just hope the author does the sequel!
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You just HAVE to love it... King tells us a wonderful, imaginative story, thousands of pages long, ultimately just to remind us of this simple truth: the importance in life of... stopping to smell the roses!  Roland is even seen on the cover of the book doing just that.  Too bad he didn't do it in the actual story, instead of pushing on with his obsession after he'd already saved the multi-verse.  If, after dispatching the Crimson King, Roland would have taken a page from Susannah's book and said enough is enough, the Gunslinger's final fate might have been less heart-rending.  At least the author gave him a glimmer of hope in the final page or so: after catapulting Roland back in time to once again begin his endless quest, he showed that Roland THIS time had displayed a bit of sentimentality and stopped to pick up Cuthbert's horn on Jericho Hill... maybe THAT tiny difference will finally break the cycle the NEXT time he reaches the Dark Tower and has to decide whether or not to go inside.

This time, though, Roland's tragedy is our memorable ending: what a brilliant, brilliant move to end the series with the same wonderful line that started it: "The man in black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed."  Bravo, Mr. King.  And thanks for the ride.
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...Pratchett books are too short.  This (sigh!) is the
shortest of the lot.  Other than that, of course, it's
marvelous.
 We last met Cohen the Barbarian and his antique
superheroes when they conquered the Counterweight Continent
in _Interesting Times_.  With nothing left to conquer, they
give up the easy life that has already taken one of their
number.  They are going to climb Cori Celesti, the impossibly
high central spire of Discworld, and return fire to the gods
- in the form of a barrel of gunpowder.  The resulting
explosion in Dunmanifestin, the godly city, will destabilize
the entire world.
 To stop them, Unseen University is launching an
experimental ship, powered by belching mini-dragons, off the
edge of the Disc.  Designed by Leonard of Quirm, its orbital
path should land it on the mountain in time to stop the
attack.
 Once again, Pratchett takes the ridiculous and raises it
to the sublime.  Truckle the Uncivil, Boy Willie, and Mad
Hamish (in his wheelchair) can't take on the gods!  But when
they do, we'll learn something about how to remember real
heroism.  The terrified minstrel dragged along behind Caleb
the Ripper and grandmotherly war-maiden Vena the Raven-haired
learns how to write a song remembered forever.  Leonard of
Quirm, the innocent super-genius, can design an possible
flying machine in his head, but stands in awe, painting the
grandeur he views from space.
 There is clearly some Pratchett soul in Leonard, and
Rincewind the Wizzard, and even in Evil Harry Dread (the last
Dark Lord).  Likwise, Paul Kidby has contributed part of his
being to everything from group shots of the gods, to the
masterful turtle-elephants-Disc views, to the dozens of
(Leonardo de Vinci) fantasy/technical drawings of dragon-
powered aircraft and self-filling ink quills.
 This is a marvelous book to the very last page - Kidby
gives us rubies sprouting flowers in the snow.  Pratchett
gives us an immortal saga on a lyre made from a skull and
broken wires, about five heroes who weren't sure they were
dead.  (Well, if you're not sure, steal the flying horses of
the Valkyries who come for you and head for other worlds.)
"No one remembers the singer.  The song remains."
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Many people, I among them, have had the feeling that Stephen King has written himself out.  He hasn't written a novel that really grabs you since "Needful Things", and his recent short stories for the most part show the same lack of the old spark.  I wasn't crazy about "Riding the Bullet" when it came out as an e-book (maybe it was the format that turned me off; how do you curl up with an e-book?), and his serial novel "The Plant" was showing some real promise when he infuriatingly suspended it halfway through, leaving his readers hanging.  "Everything Eventual" is pretty much a compilation of so-so short stories that one feels wouldn't have made the cut in "Nightmares and Dreamscapes".  But there are a few real gems among all the ho-hums that make me give this book four stars.  "Everything's Eventual", the book's title story, is a spooky tale of a dream job that turns into a ghastly nightmare; "Lunch at the Gotham Cafe" is a deliciously grisly shocker, and few readers will be albe to resist the screaming horror inside "1408".  "The Little Sisters of Eluria", a prequel to Kings 7-volume epic "The Dark Tower", rekindled my interest in the series which stopped at volume 4 a few years back (although King assures it that volume 5, all 900 pages of it, is on the near horizon).  I'm hoping that King will tie up his loose ends, namely, finish the "Tower" epic and give us the second half of "The Plant", and then leave us to appreciate him, if not at the top of his game, at least with the memory of how great a writer he can be when he is at his very best.
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A Call to Vengeance (Manticore Ascendant) ...;  A nice addition to the Honor series and worthy of Davide Weber
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In the light of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center
today, I was immediatley reminded of "Triton", and the way the
war was fought in that book.  The attack on the gravity
generators on Triton was similar in many ways to what happened
today in New York City.  I have not identified the here and now
with a Sci Fi novel so strongly since Chernople blew up and I was
reminded of Lester Del Rey's "Nerves"!  ...
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...but I had to prop it up!  :-)  I'm not 9 to 12 years old, so the 752pp didn't faze me a bit; but I doubt that the Harry Potter juggernaut will be the least bit slowed by the lengthy challenge of Book Four: The Goblet of  Fire.  What an epic!  Book Four of Seven is the middle of Harry's  adventures, and it did not disappoint.  The development of the long-term  characters, including deeper exploration of the dynamics between Harry, Ron  and Hermione, was fabulous.  The dual approach to the threat of Lord  Voldemort - his current activities, and the historical revelations dating  to Harry's infancy - were well entwined.  But the hero himself, Harry  Potter, age 14, remains the piece de resistance of the series.  He  continues to be an affable, frustrated, complex and complicated teenager -  in short, a normal one, for all his possession of Invisibility Cloaks and  Magic Wands.  J.K. Rowlings, don't make me wait too long for Book Five - or  Six or Seven for that matter!  (And amazon.com, thanks for upgrading the  shipping so I could read it without delay!)
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...then you're going to love this!

The world this story takes place in is governed by a small martial force with a dictator in control.  The oppressed people, here called 'skaa' instead of slaves, are treated poorly, and it falls to the efforts of a charismatic leader, Kelsier, (who is much like V in Vendetta) to right the wrongs that are being done.  Kelsier takes on a female protege, Vin, who is able to master the same scientific/magical forces he can, and trains her in the ways of fighting and spreading dissension.  There are some great action scenes throughout the book, as well as some marvelous Game of Throne moments.

This book was a terrific read, and I had a hard time putting it down, staying up much later than I wanted to on successive nights so that I could find out what happened next.

I highly recommend it!
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This book hits the ground  running. Pearl is a strong and independent woman who has her life plotted out in the direction she's wanted. That is until her world is turned upside down. Pearl is  thrown  into a world where she is nothing more than pawn for the amusement of two  ruthless men seeking to destroy one another. Both men love to exploit the weak and break them. Pearl is the  Ultimate prize in this game of  revenge. So when Crow realizes her worth to his enemy, he captures her with one intent and one only...to exact revenge. But once Crow has her he soon realizes why she was so important! Now he must decide  whether or not he can carry out his plans for  revenge, or will making her his be the new plan. This author is new..I must say I was absolutely surprised at the  complex character development she has laid out for the reader. This story will grab you from page one and have you turning them as fast as you can! Looking forward to the next installment!
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Great Job Collin Hanks. I was a manager at Tower for over 20 years and you've captured the spirit of that culture perfectly !