The Dark Tower

[MrAK]

I think you're right with the "thinnies". Damn concussions lol

Wasn't the term "Thinnies?" Places where the world got "thin" and people/things from other dimensions could "leak" in or out?

[Bitter Clinger]

Thhis movie takes place after the books apparently. I never did finish them.

[Guylee]

When I was younger I loved SK books. The Talisman is still one of my top five favorites. I could never get into the Dark Tower series though, and then once King went on his uber-anti-2A bender I pretty much lost interest.

[clodhopper]

I did not care for any of the books that followed, until Wind through the Keyhole, which I very much enjoyed. Made me realize that I enjoy King most for his ability to define characters through backstory and world building, and like him least when advancing the plot. He also isn't that great at writing endings. But when he is at his best at what he is genuinely good at, those portions of his books are absolutely enthralling.

This. I got into King as a teen with his short story compendiums. He has a unique knack with shorts. As I understand, most are ideas that never flushed out to full novels. You are right on the endings, really fantastic tension build and then a lackluster ending. Not at bad as Koontz, which is more of a good advancing story to the last chapter, where you find out "it was aliens" or some stupid chit.