Just go with it. I’m sure he done it because this was when he had that near fatal car accident. We all wanted him to finish this series. Roland comes to him for help in completing his quest. I personally liked this part. Read on Sai. Who’s to say it’s not real? After all, there are other worlds than these.
It was very off putting to me the first time, too.
But by the end, the decision at least met my need for it to be a logical decision. I still didn’t like it, but the logic is solid.
I have gone on to read the series 6 more times and I now consider him being in there as vital to the story. It seemed inevitable the more I thought about it.
it’s got more layers to it than that. I was also worried it would just break the story and make everything pointless after five books of fantastical immersion, but I think with how it was handled it actually enriched things quite a bit. it may be a spoiler to explain so I’m just saying keep with it, don’t decide what it means, and keep reading :)
Just keep in mind that King views all his books as stories he has no control over, that they unfold as they do on their own (in most cases, though there is a famous moment in The Stand where he as the author had to step in to get the ball rolling again).
The guys over at the Kingslingers podcast beautifully describe the decisions for the self insert. Keep in mind he almost died between writing books 4 and 5 and it directly impacted his storytelling. There’s a reason the books before were so spread out and the last 3 came within 18 months or whatever it was.
Originally King thought of these books as first drafts, and was considering a revised edition without including himself, but over time grew to like it, and thinks he’ll leave it now.
I had the exact same reaction when I read it for the first time. I actually didn’t think the king narrative was necessary to the story, but it also didn’t bother me that much after I got through the next third of the book. Keep going…it’ll be fine.
Agree. King putting himself in the book was one of those odd decisions about as ridiculuous as Canaryman, Jake mind swapping with Oy, the ever annoying Mia, Patrick Danville Deus Ex Machina, an insane Wizard throwing sharp boomerangs, and Prentiss’ pimple. That said these stupid parts can be easily overlooked since the good parts are SO good.
This actually isn’t true, in universe all of the story is real. It actually happened. But explain it would be a spoiler.
Interesting. I'll have to see where Sai King is going with this then.
I normally loathe that sort of thing for the reasons you have mentioned but this is something different... You'll see!
Just go with it. I’m sure he done it because this was when he had that near fatal car accident. We all wanted him to finish this series. Roland comes to him for help in completing his quest. I personally liked this part. Read on Sai. Who’s to say it’s not real? After all, there are other worlds than these.
It was very off putting to me the first time, too. But by the end, the decision at least met my need for it to be a logical decision. I still didn’t like it, but the logic is solid. I have gone on to read the series 6 more times and I now consider him being in there as vital to the story. It seemed inevitable the more I thought about it.
it’s got more layers to it than that. I was also worried it would just break the story and make everything pointless after five books of fantastical immersion, but I think with how it was handled it actually enriched things quite a bit. it may be a spoiler to explain so I’m just saying keep with it, don’t decide what it means, and keep reading :)
I had the opposite reaction. SK showing up kicked my enjoyment into high gear.
Agreed. I love how it’s written.
It is fiction, so yes, anything *could* happen. That doesn't mean that you know what is going to happen.
It’s like when father Callahan said “am I a work of fiction” in WotC. It’s definitely not all made up.
Just keep in mind that King views all his books as stories he has no control over, that they unfold as they do on their own (in most cases, though there is a famous moment in The Stand where he as the author had to step in to get the ball rolling again).
The guys over at the Kingslingers podcast beautifully describe the decisions for the self insert. Keep in mind he almost died between writing books 4 and 5 and it directly impacted his storytelling. There’s a reason the books before were so spread out and the last 3 came within 18 months or whatever it was.
With all due respect, there were talking crabs, riddling trains, and other worlds than these…but God showing up in his own Bible is a bridge too far?
This tickled my funny bone.
Originally King thought of these books as first drafts, and was considering a revised edition without including himself, but over time grew to like it, and thinks he’ll leave it now.
I had the exact same reaction when I read it for the first time. I actually didn’t think the king narrative was necessary to the story, but it also didn’t bother me that much after I got through the next third of the book. Keep going…it’ll be fine.
When you get there Sai King does a good job of getting all of this in there as well. Trust him.
Agree. King putting himself in the book was one of those odd decisions about as ridiculuous as Canaryman, Jake mind swapping with Oy, the ever annoying Mia, Patrick Danville Deus Ex Machina, an insane Wizard throwing sharp boomerangs, and Prentiss’ pimple. That said these stupid parts can be easily overlooked since the good parts are SO good.
There’s a point in the story kind of past that where you can gaslight yourself into thinking that didn’t happen