[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

The Dark Tower Series.

I was given a set with I, II, III & IV for Xmas and have just got around to the beginning of my journey. MINDBLOWING. Truely the next generation's "Lord of the Rings", which according to his forward(interesting in & of itself, the man is genius) is what he set out to achieve. I swear King must be a medium channeling Tolken.

Other than The Stand and The Shinning, I could never finish any of his other full novels to the end. I have always loved his short story sets, Nightshift, Four Past Mindnight, & his best & most recent Everything's Eventual. If you've never cared for him either, but hard up for reading, def. give Everything's Eventual a try I'd bet it will win you over. Not all horror either, but the horror IS horror. "1408" has always reminded me of Aphex Twin while I read it(three reads and everytime it scares the shit out of me!)