"The lessons that are remembered the longest, Roland knew, are always the ones that are self-taught."

Ten years since I last read The Waste Lands, and I'm happy to report that it still remains my favorite out of the four that I managed to read back in the day. There's so much to see and experience, from a giant bear to the adorable billy bumbler Oy (it needs to live!), and from a creepy house on Dutch Hill to an incredible city called Lud etc. The breathtaking journey, filled with moments that keep you at the edge of your seat, is topped off with one of my favorite villains (if one can call it that): Blaine the Mono, a sentient and slightly insane train that loves riddles. You gotta love King's imagination!

The Dark Tower Project
"Night Surf" from Night Shift (1978)
The Stand: Complete and Uncut Edition (1990)
The Eyes of the Dragon (1987)
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (2003 Revised Edition)
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (1987)
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands (1991)
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (1997)
"Little Sisters of Eluria" from Everything's Eventual (2002)
"Jerusalem's Lot" from Night Shift (1978)
Salem's Lot (1975)
"One for the Road" from Night Shift (1978)
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (2003)
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah (2004)
Insomnia (1994)
Black House (2001) (sequel to The Talisman)
"Low Men in Yellow Coats" from Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
"Everything's Eventual" from Everything's Eventual (2002)
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (2004)