Tag: essay
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A Return to the Dark Tower – Revisiting My Friends from the Ka-tet of Nineteen
I first read The Gunslinger way back in my college years. It was a strange experience. I’d yet to read any Stephen King at that point. I’d read Lord of the Rings a few times plus some classic science fiction (plus the stuff they force-fed us back in AP English, but I don’t count that).…
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Lessons Learned from Josh Malerman’s Bird Box – An Essay
The first time I attempted to read Bird Box I did not like it. I made it only a couple chapters in, and the thriller style pacing turned me off. Over the months, the story bugged me until I picked it back up. That time I finished the full story and loved it. But, for…