“Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]” DeathPoorStepsKingsPaleTowersHuts Author:Horace
“The King is in his Tower, eating bread and honey. The Breakers in the basement, making all the money.” KingsEatingBreadHoneyTowersBasementsEating Bread Book:Black House: A Novel Source: Black House: A Novel
“[I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters.]Roland Deschain from Stephen King's Dark Tower series. There's a whole world about Roland left to know. I've got questions. He'd have answers. So pour him a glass of wine.” KnowsWorldWholeCharacterLeftDarkAnswersFiveKingsWineSeriesGlassesWhole WorldInvitesTowersWine GlassFictional CharacterDark TowerDark Tower SeriesRoland DeschainDeschain Author:Megan Chance
“I knew if we could pull in the Stephen King fans, we'd have a ball game. The point at which I finally became confident of the audience interest was when I showed up at one of the Marvel midnight openings to launch the very first issue of Dark Tower.” IfsFirstsGamesInterestDarkAudienceIssuesFansKingsBallsOpeningTowersMidnightBall GamesDark Tower Author:Peter David
“I had no idea what to expect! When the series began, I was new to comics, so I really had to keep my head down and plow forward so that I could learn as much about this new medium as possible. I wanted so much to do a good job and to please Stephen King and all the longtime Dark Tower fans.” IdeasWantedJobsDarkFansKingsPleaseDown AndSeriesMediumsNo IdeaTowersGood JobDark Tower Author:Robin Furth
“I suppose that, for me at least, the biggest difference betweenThe Gunslinger Born and the next two story arcs (The Long Road Home and Treachery), is that while Gunslinger Bornwas a translation of an existing novel, the next two arcs are really the stories that I've been weaving since I first started working with Steve King on the Dark Tower back in 2000/2001.” FirstsLongTwoStoriesHomeNextBornDifferencesDarkNovelKingsTowersTranslationsArcsTreacheryWeavingDark TowerLong RoadGunslinger Author:Robin Furth
“In the earlier novels, Steve King tells us that John Farson, and perhaps even the Crimson King himself, are but other names and faces that belong to Walter O'Dim. However, in The Dark Tower, he tells us very clearly that Walter, John Farson, and the Crimson King are actually separate individuals.” FacesNamesIndividualDarkNovelKingsTowersCrimsonDark Tower Author:Robin Furth
“Kings built tombs more splendid than the houses of the living and counted the names of their descent dearer than the names of their sons. Childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry or in high cold towers asking questions of the stars. And so the kingdom of Gondor sank into ruin, the line of kings failed, the white tree withered and the rule of Gondor was given over to lesser men.” MenHouseNamesGivenStarsLinesWhiteLordTreeSonColdKingsBuiltAskingKingdomsRuinsSatHallsTowersSplendidTombsDescentAsking QuestionsMusingsWitheredGondor Author:J. R. R. Tolkien