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Title: Waste Lands Tower 3 (The Dark Tower III) by Stephen King, Ned Dameron ISBN: 0-452-26740-4 Publisher: Penguin Putnam~trade Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.69 (111 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: King is THE KING of fantasy
Comment: After recuperating from the final door confrontation (see THE DRAWING OF THE THREE), Roland trains Eddie and Susannah on how to survive as gunslingers. All goes well until a seventy 70-foot-tall bear attacks Eddie. Susannah and Roland team up to kill the bear, who actually is one of the twelve guardians of the beams.

The gunslingers follow the bear's trail, which takes them to a portal that enables the trio follow the Beam, a line of energy that connects pairs of portals with the center being the Dark Tower. They now know the way, but it may be too late. Roland seems to be losing his mind as a paradox he caused by saving Jake's life on earth has begun to eat at his brain because dual memories of death and rescue seem impossible. They need Jake to complete the team, but to do so they must construct a door where a demon resides.

The third book in Stephen King's great Dark Tower series continues the adventures of Roland, but this time he has associates to help him complete his quest. Though well written and quite exciting, THE WASTE LANDS somewhat feels like a middle book needed to move the tale forward. Still, Mr. King shows why he is more than just a horror guru as he displays his talent as a fantastic fantasist with this novel and the first two books in this strong allegorical series that stands up well with his best works.

Harriet Klausner

Rating: 5
Summary: A story that will play in your mind over and over
Comment: King has written another great chapter in the dark tower series and this is the best one so far. The preceding two books(The Gunslinger and The Drawing of the Three) were great. This book continues the tale of Roland and Co. in their dark world which is a twisted mirror of our own. King further reveals how this world has "moved on" and gives us a look at the human side of Roland. If you have enjoyed this series so far you will be very pleased with this book. I couldn't get enough of Roland and his world and look forward to reading the next installment, Wizard and Glass. King's epic is one I can't wait to get to the end of but also one that I savor greatly. Everytime I put the book down I still couldn't help but think of the characters and that, to me, is what reading is all about. I always read some critic's review of how this or that author has characters you will never forget and then promptly do that in a few days but these characters will haunt you. Great read in what is one of the best stories unfinished.

Rating: 5
Summary: Whose Ka-Tek is the stronger...
Comment: The third volume of the much longer tale again continues the trek of Roland, now with Eddie and Susannah along the path of the beam. This tale picks up approx. 6 months after the confrontation on the Western Sea and Eddie and Susannah are on their way to becoming Gunslingers themselves. Roland however, is slowly losing his mind, due to a temporal paradox in which he both thinks that Jake is alive and that he is dead. After a showdown with one of the 12 guardians of the beams, they continue along their way. Roland is again re-united with Jake Chambers in a speaking ring outside the small town of River Crossing, and the full Ka-Tet of Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and Oy (a billybumbler picked up along the way) continue along into Lud. In Lud, there are many perils, until finally our heroes get aboard Blaine the Mono. Blaine is a pain, and that is the truth. The book ends as a cliffhanger, which at the time of first publication was most annoying, primarily because of the long delay between DT3 and DT4. But, with the series coming to a close, the cliffhanger only adds to the mysticism of the over-all story. Another triumph of a tale and another step up in the overall series.