Dark Tower Palaver

📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter have wrapped the Book Club series on Wizard & Glass so they spend some time talking about the big takeaways that they both got from the Book Club unencumbered by spoiler restrictions in the Book Club episodes. They talk a bit about the Rhea vs Cordelia in terms of who is worse, and also the much bigger part the Wizard's Glass played in t...

📖 Section Covered: Part 4 Chapter 4, Chapter 5 Subchapters 1-5, Afterword 📢 Episode Summary: In the final Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter follow the ka-tet into the Grapefruit to see the final chapter of Roland's tragic origins story. Roland goes looking for his mom after his return from Mejis and after he is given his birthright guns. The New Yorkers are "in" Gilead watching. Rola...

📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter go through a few emails that Tadd fumbled a few months back, then they dive into the challenge for the episode which is to list their Top 10 King Short Stories (not counting novellas).    📋Shownotes: darktowerpalaver.com  💬 Join the Conversation: 📫Email: show@darktowerpalaver.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darktowerpalaver/ Tw...

📖 Section Covered: Part 4 Chapter 2 Subchapters 5, Chapter 3 Subchapters 1-8 📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter re-join the ka-tet outside the Emerald Palace as they get their new ruby shoes/boots on and get ready to click their heels, but it does not work and they realize that it is because Oy is not doing it as well. Once they help Oy the gate opens....

📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter Palaver on a few things, first they discuss the ending (yes again) through the lens of people who were disappointed in it and how their desires don't align with King in general and this story in particular. Then similar to the discussion last month on Jake being the most important character to get right the boys go through all 8 book and...

📖 Section Covered: Part 4 Chapter 1 Subchapters 4-5, Chapter 2 Subchapters 1-4 📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter the Ka-Tet is tormented by the thinny's warble and when it finally subsides a few followup questions are asked about some of the dangling threads and Roland answers them, including Clay Reynolds, Cordelia Delgado, and Sheemie. The also see...

📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter break down and discuss the final few Rounds of March Insanity where there were some upsets and surprises and even an overall winner neither of them could have predicted. Then in the news there is an article that talks about Jake Chambers being the most important character to get right in an adaptation which the boys discuss at length and...

📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 10 Subchapters 23-27 & Part 4 Chapter 1 Subchapters 1-3 📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter reach the moment the entire book was counting down to. Susan is taken into town on Rhea's cart and as she sees a farmer she finally understands what she is headed for, and she prays to her father for strength for what is to come...

📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter revisit the first round of March Insanity Brackets, including a few upset. Then look at what Round 2 has to offer in the final few days before the round ends. Then they cover an article saying Flanagan might do Wizard & Glass nonlinerly like he has done so often in his great works. Also Flanagan renews his deal with Amazon for more years...

📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 10 Subchapters 15-22   📢 Episode Summary:   In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter continue into the final chapter of Part 3 and in this episode the boys take out the tankers and ambush Latigo and his men in the desert but rather than taking some shots at Latigo himself they bait him and his men towards Eyebolt Canyon. Latigo has to wake  u...

📢 Episode Summary:   In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter first unveil the March Insanity Brackets. Then they talk through all of the big news including Talisman 3's title 'Other Worlds Than These' along with the cover, the release date, and the synopsis. It sure seems like this is the first new Dark Tower book in the decade of DTP! Then in the Flanagan realm Carrie gets a release window and...

📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 10 Subchapters 7-14 📢 Episode Summary: In the first Book Club for Wizard and Glass in 2026 Tadd and Peter continue into the final chapter of Part 3 and in this episode Sheemie and Olive are working together at Seafront trying to free Susan without much success. Finally with Marias' help and some fire they clear the vaqueros out and free her. Cuthbert and Alain...

📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter find themselves at the final episode of the year and you know what that means, YEAR END BASH! They go through and talk about the massive year that was for King as well as look ahead at the year to come. Of course the "phone" lines were open as is tradition!  📋Shownotes: darktowerpalaver.com  💬 Join the Conversation: 📫Email: show@darkt...

📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter find themselves at the final episode of the year and you know what that means, YEAR END BASH! They go through and talk about the massive year that was for King as well as look ahead at the year to come. Of course the "phone" lines were open as is tradition!  📋Shownotes: darktowerpalaver.com  💬 Join the Conversation: 📫Email: show@darkt...

📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 10 Subchapters 1-6 📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter enter the final chapter of Part 3 and in this we have Coral Thorin now in custody of Susan at Seafront and like everyone else this day she hits Susan for some of the barbs she throws. The Traveller's Rest is packed with more than 200 people but it is as quiet as a...

📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 9 Subchapters 18-23   📢 Episode Summary:   In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter are now arriving at the Battle of Reaping Day. Reynolds is hurrying Susan back to Seafront, getting more uneasy as time goes. Cordelia is visited by the nearly depleted Rhea and the two begin to conspire & Rhea is refreshed by Cordelia. Roland and his  Tet wai...

📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk about the Flanagan Carrie wrapping and a social media post calling it "Season 1" and speculate if it was a mistake or a sign of more Carrie to come. Then they talk about Welcome to Derry, Peter's Wife (who is scared of clowns) watching both IT films, and then a bit about what the modern day might offer Pennywise. Then the rest of th...

📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 9 Subchapters 10-17 📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter are still in the pre-dawn morning of Reaping Day. Our Tet sees Jonas's party split up. Susan decides to sleep outside and Sheemie goes to pee as Jonas arrives and takes Susan prisoner while Sheemie watches from the distance. Cuthbert is not very happy about more w...

(Note please excuse some technical difficulties. Tadd has been working on his computer and despite making sure everything was working an hour or so before the stream it of course went ot shit right as the show started) It is mostly fine but there is a bit of roughness in the first few minutes.) In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk about The Long Walk and a bit about The Institute (Peter h...

(Sections Covered: Part 3, Chapter 9 Subchapters 4-9) In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter find themselves in the pre-dawn hours of Reaping Day. Roland and his Ka-Tet regroup after blowing up Citgo and take stock of their  weapons and lay out their plans. Roland and Susan talk about the odds she sees them again. Jonas and Clay with a small group (including Rhea and the ball)...

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver through all of the happenings, including a date for Welcome to Derry and Muschietti overtly mentioning The Dark Tower, King to collaborate on a new post-apocalyptic book, King did an AMA, King's one condition for The Long Walk, King is asked if Roland wears a hat, The Institute gets a Season 2, The Running Man delayed a week, and Tadd asks a few hyp...

(Sections Covered: Part 3, Chapter 8 Subchapters 10-13 & Chapter 9 Subchapters 1-3) In the latest Book Club for Wizard & Glass Tadd and Peter find Susan executing her plan to spring our boys out of jail, and she takes her first two lives which understandably rattles her. They all regroup after the events in the jail and decide to roll through their plan and set Citgo to burn. Jonas and Coral are i...

(Sections Covered: Part 3, Chapter 8 Subchapters 1-9) In the latest Book Club Mejis is still reeling and hedging on panic from the murders from early that morning. Susan sees this panic and is taken up in it herself, but her panic is more for the accused. She rides quickly through town and winds up back at her old house and has a huge blowup with Cordelia and ashes. Later she sees the Coffin Hunte...

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk through some articles on if the Dark Tower is needed to "get" King, how The Institute is a perfect teaster for Flanagan's Dark Tower, some SDCC news for The Long Walk and Welcome to Derry including new trailers for both, The Girl Who Loves Tom Gordon is getting an adaptation, and a bunch more, also a few emails including Peter's wife (terrified of clow...

(Sections Covered: Part 3, Chapter 7 Subchapters 5-12) In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter get to one of the more underrated  great moments in the series, when Roland identifies the backstory of Jonas as a failed gunslinger. Susan is shaken awake and told of the murders. The Coffin Hunters prepare the rest of their plan now that the boys are jailed. Rhea sees the peculiar habits of a specific w...