Tag Archives: Post Apocalyptic

Book Review: Wizard and Glass by Stephen King (The Dark Tower #4)

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Tietsu

This book is a mess. The prologue is a poorer version of the third’s final chapter. The rest of the book seems clumsily contrived to force out the truth of Roland’s past. And so we are left with 100 pages … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Waste Lands by Stephen King (The Dark Tower #3)

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Tietsu

“My first thought was, he lied in every word, That hoary cripple, with malicious eye Askance to watch the working of his lie On mine, and mouth scarce able to afford Suppression of the glee, that purs’d and scor’d Its … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King (The Dark Tower #2)

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Tietsu

“Yes, yes, honey, I know you wish to stay up longer, but daddy must watch a gunslinger procure antibiotics from a pharmacist. No honey, I don’t expect you to understand. I expect you to sleep. Yes, daddy loves you, but … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Gunslinger by Stephen King (The Dark Tower #1)

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Tietsu

Stephen King writes that there are two types of writers: “architects” and “gardeners”. Architects design their work in detail before even beginning to build and gardeners throw seed to the earth and see what grows. King falls, by his own … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Earth Abides by George R. Stewart

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Tietsu

This book should have been easy. I say this with hindsight, with the whole of the apocalyptic genre between myself and it. It should have been easy to follow the last man. It’s episodic, almost self-written. Lonely, thrilling, philosophical, introspective, … Continue reading →

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