Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Our next meeting will be:
Date: Monday, September 20, 2010 from 6:00-8:00PM
Age Range: Adults Ages 18+
Location: Independence Regional Library Community Room
No registration required.
We will discuss The Gunslinger (1982) written by Stephen King.
Check out the book review on Reader's Club.
Summary: Eerie, dreamlike, set in a world that is weirdly related to our own, The Gunslinger introduces Roland Deschain of Gilead, of In-World that was, as he pursues his enigmatic antagonist to the mountains that separate the desert from the Western Sea. Roland is a solitary figure, perhaps accursed, who with a strange singlemindedness traverses an exhausted, almost timeless landscape. The people he encounters are left behind, or worse-left dead. At a way station, however, he meets Jake, a boy from a particular time (1977) and a particular place (New York City), and soon the two are joined-khef, ka, and ka-tet. The mountains lie before them. So does the man in black and, somewhere far beyond...the Dark Tower.
Here are some typical discussion questions you may want to keep in mind as you read the book. You can place your hold on the book through the library catalog.
If you would like to bring food or drinks with a cowboy traveler theme (no alcohol please) to the next book club meeting feel free. I will have paper products, something sweet and something salty, coffee, tea, and bottled water available. See you at the next meeting!
4 comments:
Hey all - this is Chris Fitzgerald (the guy that wouldn't shut up). Just wanted to say that we (Sarah and I) had a great time.
For those interested: I highly recommend listening to Arcade Fire's 'My Body is a Cage' as a symbolic representation of Roland's essential pain.
I am also a big fan of Snow Patrol's 'Chasing Cars' as a great sound metaphor for the feeling of Susan and Roland's early love in Wizard and Glass ("If you love me, then love me").
And...i'm done
ok, i couldn't help myself - for that song My Body is a Cage - there is a specific moment, in book 7 (I won't spoil anything I promise) where something awful has just happened (that isn't a spoiler, it's Stephen King, you already KNOW awful things are going to happen) and Roland is riding in a car with a strange woman he just recently met. This is the EXACT moment I think this song should be played during - this is the moment I feel that this song captures perfectly, and is (in my opinion) Roland's single weakest and most vulnerable, painful moment. Just my 2 cents...
;-)
Hi Chris!
Thanks so much for your musical input for the Gunslinger. These songs sound great for a Gunslinger soundtrack. Awesome! I especially liked Snow Patrol's 'Chasing Cars'. I've heard it before but didn't realize it was the same band because I've heard it sped up at trance clubs for dance. The ballad version is very touching. Now I'm really looking forward to book 7!
Chris, Try this out in Google Chrome! It's Arcade Fire's experiment in the new browser. http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/
Put in the address where you used to live growing up.
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