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I've finished Dark Tower series. I havent read much books and I am kind "new" n this stuff. Could you suggest me anything similiar to the Dark Tower series?

>> No.1429118
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1429118

The Stand, same author.

>> No.1429145

Dresden Files. But honestly, nothing will ever compare to the quest for the tower

>> No.1429148

LOTR, lolz.
Other King's novels for reference

>> No.1429196

The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny is pretty non-traditional for the genre, has magic and science, royalty, treachery, twists and swerves, occult symbolism, alternate realities, a quest towards an ultimate reality, and even a reference or two to the Eliot poem.

Not really too similar in style, but you might enjoy them.

>> No.1429272

A song of ice and fire series. Not so similar in subject matter but in fantasy of broad scope. Much better than dark tower series IMO. But it's not finished so you'll have to wait for the last couple books.

>> No.1429359

Incarnations of Immortality

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>> No.1429572

OP here. Any serious suggestions, or is /lit/ just 100% trolls now?

>> No.1429576

>>1429383
Fantastic series!

I feel awful though that my copy of Shadow & Claw is destroyed.
I brought it to work one summer day so I could read it during my lunch break and when I went to get it the summer sun was so hot that the binding glue melted and all the pages came spilling out.

>> No.1430044
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1430044

Eyes of the Dragon, same author.

>> No.1432011

nope

>> No.1432025

>>1429572
you have no idea

>> No.1432031

You should check out 'It' and 'Insomnia' if you haven't already.

>> No.1432036

Well, you could always go into Stephen King's expanded Dark Tower universe, including >>1429118 and >>1430044, both of which feature Randall Flagg.
http://www.stephenking.com/DarkTower/connections.html

>> No.1432042

i've been searching for a quest like the dark tower ever since i finished the books as well. nothing has come close.

just try to read some other king material and every so often, come back and live it again. i'm about a week a way from re reading the entire series

>> No.1432060

Hi guys, currenty reading the Dark Tower series. Just finished #5

Should I read the sixth book or skip straight to 7? I don't really want to read a whole book about Susannah... she's boring

>> No.1432064

>>1432060
#6 is a low point, but I'm afraid you'd get lost without it, son.

>> No.1432093

>>1432060
you racist!

>> No.1432333

NO ONE has a serious suggestion, then? Wow.

Okay then.

>> No.1432346

>>1432333
Well, it really depends on what you liked about the Dark Tower series... and it being King's sort of magnum opus, it's difficult to find something so epic in scope. King has created his own mythology and has been tweaking it almost his whole career, hence the other King recommendations. It's not completely unheard of, but the last author before him I can think of who did it was Tolkien and probably before him Lovecraft, but the styles of those writers aren't nearly as accessible.

>> No.1433389 [DELETED] 

>>1432333
Jesus, fucking relax. You got serious suggestions from >>1429118
>>1429145
>>1429196
>>1429272
>>1429359
>>1429383
>>1430044
>>1432031
>>1432036
>>1432042
so shut the fuck up and quit acting like a damn 12 year old.

>> No.1433392

>>1432333
Jesus, fucking relax. You got serious suggestions from
>>1429118
>>1429145
>>1429196
>>1429272
>>1429359
>>1429383
>>1430044
>>1432031
>>1432036
>>1432042
so shut the fuck up and quit acting like a damn 12 year old.