Product Key Features
Book TitleStephen King's the Dark Tower: a Concordance, Volume II Vol. II
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicScience Fiction & Fantasy, Thrillers / Supernatural, Fantasy / Dark Fantasy, Fantasy / Epic
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction
AuthorRobin Furth
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-054272
Reviews"I found this overview of In-World, Mid-World, and End-World both entertaining and invaluable. So, I am convinced, will you."-- From the foreword by Stephen King, "[An] invaluable aid whenever you want to puzzle out all of the references . . . or find a refresher course on who's good and who's evil." -- The New York Times, "Furth's concordance anticipates -- and answers -- virtually every question the Constant Reader might come up with." -- Locus
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Table Of ContentContents Abbreviations and Text Guide Key Door Commala (The Rice Song) Introduction: Four Characters (and a Bumbler) in Search of an Author: or, a Few Reflections on the Similarities Between Fiction and Reality Characters, Magical Objects, Magical Forces Mid-World Places and Borderland Places Our World Places and the Multiple Americas Portals, Magical Places, and End-World Places Appendix I: Mid-World Dialects Appendix II: A Brief History of Mid-World (All-World-That-Was) and of Roland Deschain, Warrior of the White Appendix III: Mid-World Rhymes, Songs, Prayers, and Prophecies Appendix IV: The Tower, the Quest, and The Eyes of the Dragon Appendix V: Political and Cultural Figures (Our World) Mentioned in Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower Appendix VI: Maps of Mid-World, End-World, and Our World Appendix VII: Reading Group Guides
SynopsisThe Dark Tower is now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba A Concordance, Volume II is the definitive guide to the many worlds, argots, characters, and cross-references-- within Stephen King's bestselling epic Dark Tower series and among the rest of King's work--that appear in Books V through VII: Wolves of the Calla , Song of Susannah , and The Dark Tower . Includes: -Characters and Genealogies -Magical Objects and Forces -Mid-World and Our World Places -Portals and Magical Places -Mid-, End-, and Our World Maps -Timeline for the Dark Tower Series -Mid-World Dialects -Mid-World Rhymes, Songs, and Prayers -Political and Cultural References -References to Stephen King's Own Work, A Concordance, Volume IIis the definitive guide to the many worlds, argots, characters, and cross-references -- within the Dark Tower series and among the rest of King's work -- that appear in Books V through VII:Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah,andThe Dark Tower.Characters and GenealogiesMagical Objects and ForcesMid-World and Our World PlacesPortals and Magical PlacesMid-, End-, and Our World MapsTimeline for the Dark Tower SeriesMid-World DialectsMid-World Rhymes, Songs, and PrayersPolitical and Cultural ReferencesReferences to Stephen King's Own Work
LC Classification NumberPS3561.I483D374 2005