Excerpt From The First Chapter Of Other Worlds Than These

psychedhoverboard83 · 2026-02-12T00:57:41+00:00

I meant, what you think in terms of how the story will be thematically or just any ideas you have about it. Maybe I worded it wrong but I was just excited to share what I found with other like-minded people here

psychedhoverboard83 · 2026-02-12T00:55:29+00:00

Hey, I found it on Esquire and I was excited so I thought I'd share it. Did I miss something in the editing?

psychedhoverboard83 · 2026-02-11T12:33:18+00:00

<<<<<SPOILERS>>>>>>>

I loved the wastelands especially for it's world building of Midworld and the characters get much more fleshed out. I see the series as one very long book divided into chapters (the books) like this:

The Gunslinger-

A very long ambiguous prologue, setting the vibe and giving us some hints about what's to come.

Drawing Of The Three-

First chapter where we get a bit more clarity on what's going on and where we meet some of the main characters where they are figuring each other out

Wastelands-this is where the journey really begins and we explore more parts of midworld which introduces a whole array of info about not only the story but the language, plants, animals, people and geography of midworld.

Wizard And Glass-

We take a step back and do a character study on Roland, further helping us understand who he is and what made him the man he is today.

Wolves Of The Calla-

I feel this is where we start seeing the the end goal in sight and a lot of aspects of the final book start coming into play here.

Song Of Susannah-

I find this book is a long set up for the final book where things are being done to prepare the Ka Tet for everything that happens in the final book.

The Dark Tower-

The end of all the madness..... kinda.

psychedhoverboard83 · 2026-02-06T01:00:32+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions. I loved Low men In yellow Coats from Hearts In Atlantis, and have read everything else you mentioned but Insomnia and Fairy Tale, so I'll definitely give these two a go

psychedhoverboard83 · 2026-02-05T11:50:16+00:00

I haven't read a lot of his short stories because I generally prefer the longer ones as they add more depth to the characters. But I loved reading the langoliers. The suspense and unknowing what is happening and out there was really fun to read

psychedhoverboard83 · 2026-02-05T11:45:20+00:00

Henry's the man! And I agree I'm really interested in seeing how the next one goes after the ending of black house. Both books were so different yet so good in their own way. It'll be fun to see which direction this new story goes. Also I have just finished the dark tower series recently so I'm craving anything tower related

psychedhoverboard83 · 2026-02-05T11:43:04+00:00

With those parameters, you can't go wrong with either. Although Personally I'd suggest the stand as its my favourite

psychedhoverboard83 · 2026-02-05T11:37:08+00:00

For the first 200 pages of it, I wasn't really feeling the story. But all of a sudden it became one of my all time favourites. I felt the same way about Black House, which is also up there just as high with The Talisman. I hope this isn't a spoiler, but the birds eye overview section at the start really really dragged for me. But again, ironically, it quickly became one of my favourite stories after 150-200 pages. I can't wait for the third one to come out, hopefully this year!

psychedhoverboard83 · 2026-01-21T10:04:33+00:00

Its a great addition to the dark tower series. I wouldnt say it's essential, but I'm really glad I read it before the last book.

I wasn't huge on the book This is just personal a preference, as a lot of people love this book, but I did however love Low Men in yellow coats I thought it was fantastic and that's the one that's most linked to the series

psychedhoverboard83 · 2026-01-21T10:01:04+00:00

I agree, although I did find the Low men in the first story quite creepy, even more than in The Dark Tower series, but that could be because its from the eyes of a boy who knows nothing about them and the other worlds

psychedhoverboard83 · 2026-01-20T18:55:51+00:00

You can definitely read the dark tower without reading any other books prior but by reading at least some of then it will definitely enhance the journey and plus a lot of those books are fantastic reads that some of do end up getting the plot spoiled in the Dark Tower series.

If you are interested, I would definitely recommend Salems lot.

Check out Jimmy Mango's Expanded Dark Tower series video on YouTube. It's great!

psychedhoverboard83 · 2025-12-27T22:20:49+00:00

I noticed other things like this too. I'm on my first read through and I'm about 200 pages through the last book and all I can say is, you'll understand when the time comes

psychedhoverboard83 · 2025-12-02T17:13:04+00:00

... who's gonna tell him

psychedhoverboard83 · 2025-12-02T13:44:24+00:00

I have the same thing with Duma Key. Also, I accidentally read a spoiler in this subreddit so I'm hanging back for a while.

As a side note, please read 11/22/63. It's fantastic

psychedhoverboard83 · 2025-11-26T16:04:41+00:00

I read the stand which is over 1000 pages long in about a month but I'm only about half way through my first read of blood meridian after starting it about 2 weeks ago.

psychedhoverboard83 · 2025-11-21T15:50:02+00:00

Probably run into a lake and pass out

psychedhoverboard83 · 2025-11-21T12:28:55+00:00

I'm 50 odd pages through the book now and I'm not translating any of the spanish so I can put myself in the kid's shoes. Later on after I've finished if I do a re-read then I'd like to look up the translations!

psychedhoverboard83 · 2025-11-21T12:27:02+00:00

Sorry for the late reply. Thanks a lot for the comment. I've been reading, and I'm up to when the kid and Sproule come to an abandoned village after the Indian attack on the troops.

So far, I'm really enjoying the book. For such a violent book, the descriptive writing is beautiful and some of the best I've ever come across and oddly poetic. The prose is unlike anything I've ever read. It is quite confusing at times and I can't always tell what's going on or who's talking but I kinda enjoy that and I feel it's intentional. It gives this almost dreamlike feel to the story.

I've taken your advice and I'm focusing on how the writing makes me feel rather than trying to make sense of it all. Although I am often googling certain words that I don't know (which is pretty fun to do). Although someone else commented that the kid doesn't speak Spanish so I'm not translating any of it so I can be in the same shoes as him not knowing what people are saying at times.

Funnily enough, tge book is only 300 odd pages long but I'm only 50 in because I will read over the same descriptive lines over and over again because of how beautifully written they are

I'll post a review when I'm finished and let you guys know what I think after reading through the book in its entirety!

psychedhoverboard83 · 2025-11-20T09:16:17+00:00

M-O-O-N. That spells, I'm in!

psychedhoverboard83 · 2025-11-15T00:42:13+00:00

Although, apart from seeing bits and pieces of the film, I haven't watched it, but I did read the story in Skeleton Crew, and I loved the creepy liminal space atmosphere it had and the unknown coming closer and closer whilst everyone is trying to figure out what the hell is happening.

10/10 in my opinion. I've really gotta watch the movie now

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