Wolves of the Calla #5 (Pt1, Ch4 Sc3-10)
Dark Tower Palaver
📖 Section Covered: Part 1, Chapter 4 Subchapters 3-10 📢 Episode Summary: We continue into the palaver about what Eddie and Jake saw in New York, including the legal agreement Sombra has with Tower for the vacant lot. They figure that Tower is drowning and the vacant lot is likely one of his last assets so when the agreement runs out in a month and a half it is unlikely he will refuse whatever offer Sombra gives, and since Sombra is hiring Balazar they seem less than scrupulous. Susannah says they should buy the lot themselves and reveals she is rich, so if they can get to 1964 get some...
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Wolves of the Calla #4 (Pt1, Ch3 Sc5-9, Ch4 Sc 1-2)
Dark Tower Palaver
📖 Section Covered: Part 1, Chapter 3 Subchapters 5-9, Chapter 4 Subchapters 1-2 📢 Episode Summary: We start in the memory of Roland recalling his youth and his teacher Vannay who taught them a lot of the "book smart" stuff whereas Cort taught the toughness and tactics. Roland is taking this trip down memory lane trying to remember what he was taught about Todash. Then we are back a bit further back in time from where we were last episode and we see Roland awake and sees not only Susannah/Mia leave camp but he also sees Eddie and Jake essentially blink out of existence, he follows...
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Round Table #179
Dark Tower Palaver
📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter have the first official full trailer for Carrie, A release schedule, King praising the show, also HBO finally renewed Welcome to Derry, King is writing something new, some first look pictures for the second season of The Institute, we have a new King adaptation, a new book celebrating and analyzing the career of King, then some King inspired video games conversation, and a Quiz, along with Odds and Ends. 📋Shownotes: darktowerpalaver.com 💬 Join the Conversation: 📫Email: [email protected] Facebook:...
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Wolves of the Calla #3 (Pt1, Ch2 Sc5-11, Ch3 Sc 1-4)
Dark Tower Palaver
📖 Section Covered: Part 1, Chapter 2 Subchapters 5-11, Chapter 3 Subchapters 1-4 📢 Episode Summary: We continue with Eddie and Jake in New York City as they enter the Manhattan Restaraunt of the Mind where they see Kid 77 buy the two books, and Eddie has a feeling that everyone in that shop and in Mid World were in great danger. Jake takes a risk and gets closer to his past self and calls Eddie over as the name of the author of Charlie the Choo-Choo has changed from Beryl Evans to Claudia y Inez Bachman. As Kid 77 leaves our version of Jake as well as Eddie and Oy leave to stand outside...
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Wolves of the Calla #2 (Pt1, Ch1 Sc1-5, Ch2 Sc 1-4)
Dark Tower Palaver
📖 Section Covered: Part 1, Chapter 1 Subchapters 1-5, Chapter 2 Subchapters 1-4 📢 Episode Summary: We join our Ka-tet fo the first time in this book as time is feeling super elastic and the passage of time feels non-existant to them as they move along the path of the beam. The New York gunslingers seem enamored with the number 19 whereas Roland has no interest in it. The find what was likely once a road that is roughly following the beam and they begin following it. The enter a wood that seems from a fair tale, Eddie shares Hansel and Gretel with Roland who loves our stories but...
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Round Table #178
Dark Tower Palaver
📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter have a tidal wave of Carrie stuff to talk about. San Diego Comic Con had a full fledge panel for Flanagan's series. They released the first trailer and there have been a number of articles that really give us a good sense of what this series is going to be and how different from the novel it is going to be. There were also a few 'First Look' articles previous to the trailer with a lot of good images and stuff not in the trailer so the boys break it all down along with speculating what the show might be. Also Desperation is getting...
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Wolves of the Calla #1 (Prologue)
Dark Tower Palaver
📖 Section Covered: Prologue 📢 Episode Summary: In the first episode of a brand new book, Tadd and Peter dive into Book 5 Wolves of the Calla. In a first for this series we start the book with someone other than Roland or our Ka-Tet. We find a farmer named Tian Jaffords in a cursed part of his field. He is working his very tall but simple-minded twin sister. A robot named Andy comes and Tian guesses (correctly) he is bringing news of the Wolves, they are coming in 30 days. He is distraught, so too is his wife who was watching their 5 children, two sets of twins and a "singleton" and...
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Round Table #177
Dark Tower Palaver
📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter have wrapped the Book Club series on Wizard & Glass so they spend some time talking about the big takeaways that they both got from the Book Club unencumbered by spoiler restrictions in the Book Club episodes. They talk a bit about the Rhea vs Cordelia in terms of who is worse, and also the much bigger part the Wizard's Glass played in the story and how so much more can be laid at its feet. Beyond that they also cover another email. Then an NBA superstar is a fan of the series, how similar are King and Shakespeare, we are...
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Wizard and Glass Book Club #40 (Pt4, Ch4, Ch5 Sc1-5, Afterword)
Dark Tower Palaver
📖 Section Covered: Part 4 Chapter 4, Chapter 5 Subchapters 1-5, Afterword 📢 Episode Summary: In the final Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter follow the ka-tet into the Grapefruit to see the final chapter of Roland's tragic origins story. Roland goes looking for his mom after his return from Mejis and after he is given his birthright guns. The New Yorkers are "in" Gilead watching. Roland does not see someone hiding behind the drapes. He goes into the bedroom and the Ball is there, the figure comes from behind and the Ball makes him think it is Rhea holding a snake, he turns and...
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Round Table #176
Dark Tower Palaver
📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter go through a few emails that Tadd fumbled a few months back, then they dive into the challenge for the episode which is to list their Top 10 King Short Stories (not counting novellas). 📋Shownotes: darktowerpalaver.com 💬 Join the Conversation: 📫Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darktowerpalaver/ Twitter: https://x.com/DarkTowerPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darktowerpalaver/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/darktowerpalaver.bsky.social Threads:...
info_outlineHile to the extended Ka-Tet join together with Tadd and Peter for the next installment of the Book Club for Drawing of the Three. In this episode they deal with Odetta who refuses to believe any of it is real, Eddie is falling in love, and Roland is getting sick again. More is learned of Odetta, and she has a headache towards the end of the chapter.
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