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Stephen King Had Zero Faith in One of His Greatest Books, Thought It Was a Tolkien Fantasy Ripoff

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Stephen King’s epic fantasy series, The Dark Tower, consists of seven main books centered on gunslinger Roland Deschain’s pursuit of the eponymous Dark Tower. The book series, published between 1982 and 2004, had a fraught history, with the writer having zero faith that his books would be well received. In an interview with Castle Rock News in March 1989, King reportedly stated why (via StephenKing.com): There were really two reasons. One-was I …
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FandomWire broke the news in on Friday, November 28, 2025.
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