Robin Furth
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First British Edition Hodder & Stoughton (2005) |
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Stepen King's Dark Tower: A Concordance Vol II
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: A Concordance, Volume II is the essential, final piece in every Dark Tower collection. It is a definitive and comprehensive guide to the many worlds, argots, characters and cross-references - within The Dark Tower series and among the rest of King’s work - that appear in Books V to VII: Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah and The Dark Tower.
Originally prepared for Stephen King’s personal use and expanded for the general reader, the Concordance, Volume II is an informative and fascinating guide to the world of The Dark Tower.
• Characters and Genealogies
• Magical Objects and Forces
• Mid-World and Our World Places
• Portals and Magical Places
• Mid-, End-, and Our World Maps
• Timeline for the Dark Tower series
• Mid-World Dialects
• Mid-World Rhymes, Songs and Prayers
• Political and Cultural References
• References to Stephen King’s own Work
`I found this overview of In-World, Mid-World, and End-World both entertaining and invaluable. So, I am convinced, will you’ Stephen King, from the foreword to Volume I
'An invaluable aid' The New York Times on Vol I
‘Furth’s concordance anticipates – and answers – virtually every question the Constant Reader might come up with’ Locus on Volume I
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First British Edition Hodder & Stoughton (2003) |
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Stepen King's Dark Tower: A Concordance Vol I
Foreword by Stephen King
The Dark Tower is the backbone of Stephen King’s legendary career. Inspired more than thirty years ago by works as diverse as JRR Tolkien’s epics, Robert Browning’s poetry, and Sergio Leone’s Westerns, this is the tale that Stephen King has never abandoned. When he typed the first sentence in 1970, King feared the telling might take several lifetimes, but two thousand pages and four books later, the end is in sight.
This concordance is the definitive guide to the first four books in Stephen King’s bestselling epic fantasy series, The Dark Tower. It is published in anticipation of the fifth novel in the series, Wolves of the Calla.
With the hundreds of characters, the Mid-World geography, and the High Speech lexicon, this comprehensive handbook is one no Dark Tower fan will want to be without. It is the perfect way in for readers new to the series, or the perfect way back in for longtime fans who read the first four books years ago.
Covers books I-IV in The Dark Tower series: The Gunslinger,
The Drawing of the Three, The Waste Lands and Wizard and Glass.
• Characters and Genealogies
• Mid-World and Our World Places
• High Speech, Low Speech and Mid-World Argot
• Mid-World Maps
• Political and Cultural References
• Roland Deschain and his Ka-tet
• Portals and Magical Places
• Mid-World Miscellany
• Gilead Fair-Days and Mid-World Moons
• The Dark Tower and the Quest
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: A Concordance, Volume II will be published in conjunction with the final book, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower in Autumn 2004.
About The Author
Robin Furth was born and raised in Philadelphia and attended the University of Pennsylvania. She was introduced to Stephen King at the University of Maine and has been working with him as a research assistant since 2001.
Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.
Stepen King's Dark Tower: A Concordance Vol II
(Hodder & Stoughton,
2005)
Stepen King's Dark Tower: A Concordance Vol I
(Hodder & Stoughton,
2003)
Stepen King's Dark Tower: A Concordance Vol II
07 Nov 05
by Robin Furth
