Dark Tower Palaver

In the latest Round Table King posts that Talisman 3 is almost done and confirms we will find ourselves back in Mid-World! Then some articles talking through some Flanagan things like should he change the end and where should Kate Siegel be cast in the series. Also Carrie is now filming! We are also getting a new adaptation of The Stand.... a single film..... Okay. Some bits on The Institute that...

Sections Covered: Part 3, Chapter 6, Subchapters 9-13 and Chapter 7 Subchapters 1-4) In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter are right on the verge of Reaping. Olive has a nightmare and shares her last hours in bed with her husband, Roy makes sure the Sheriff and his men are ready to arrest the boys, Susan and Roland have their last love making together (as King himself tells u...

In the latest Round Table Flanagan talks Dark Tower a bit on the circuit for Life of Chuck, also a whole ton of news on Carrie that will be beginning production any day now. And King is killing WB's copyright license for Shawshank! Tadd and Peter also discuss the new (since the last Round Table at least) trailers for Welcome to Derry and The Institute. Engage with the show by Email or Social Media...

Sections Covered: Part 3, Chapter 6, Subchapters 1-8)   In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter find Mejis with a matter of days until reap and the Barony is hard at work to finish the harvest and get ready for Reaping Day. Sheemie delivers some graf to Seafront and with the help of Susan smuggles some fireworks out in the empty barrels. Reynolds checks in at Citgo where a number of towns folks are...

In the latest episode Tadd and Peter palaver about Never Flinch which has finally announced the narrator for the audiobook and King has a video reading an excerpt, they dive deep into an article breaking down how Flanagan's DT can take inspiration from Castle Rock. Also there is a first look for The Long Walk and a bunch more!   Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Check the website at D...

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 5, Subchapters 6–9)   In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter rejoin Susan and the boys in the graveyard where they talk about Sheemie and Jonas as well as Rhea. They then hypnotize Susan to figure out about the pink dead zone in her mind and they finally figure out what Rhea has. We also flashback to Steven's final words to the boys before they left on this journey....

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver about the latest news in the King realm including; Flanagan getting a greenlight for Carrie at Amazon as well as he has his Carrie and Sue Snell, Netflix is doing the first re-adaptation of Cujo (Carrie has 4 soon to be 5 and Cujo only has 1 soon to be 2, wild), The Long Walk gets its release date, and Peter is able to react to the March Insanity re...

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 5, Subchapters 1–5)   In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter start to see the final plans of both sides. First Jonas meets with Depape, Reynolds, Coral Thorin, and Latigo and they talk about the movement of the tankers that is actively going on. We find out Latigo brought 100 Soldiers and the plan is to kill Mayor Thorin and Rimer and frame the boys as responsible a...

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 4, Subchapters 13–19) Tadd and Peter go back into Mid-World and find Jonas meeting Randall Flagg and being as shaken, if not more, than Roy seemed to be. Then Cuthbert returns to the bunkhouse and we see the biggest blowup with the boys yet including a sucker punch and showing the Rhea note to both Alain and Roland. Then after simmering down Roland and Cuthbert go a...

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk about the wild day or two of news that King was writing for the Flanagan Dark Tower, then they hit an article breaking down why adapting The Dark Tower is so difficult (and Peter makes his true feelings known about Tull hahah). Then Gwendy is getting an Omnibus, King is writing a Hansel and Gretel book, and Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream is getting adapted...

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 4, Subchapters 1–12) In the first Book Club of 2025 Tadd and Peter dive back into Wizard & Glass. They find the young Ka-Tet leaving for the day and Roland sees something before they leave. Sheemie has to go up the Cöos to deliver something to Rhea and is given something to deliver to Cordelia. Alain senses that something is wrong back at the Bar K, Roland doesn't s...

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talks super briefly about a new Animal in Mid World, and a few King bits before diving into the March Insanity Bracket reveals (Voting Starts March 1st of course) and then they dive into the Top 10 King Books with Dark Tower not being counted as one entry!    Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Check the website at DarkTowerPalaver.com or Patreon...

In the first Round Table of 2025 Tadd and Peter palaver about King's upcoming Talisman 3 confirmation, some updates from the early marketing for Welcome to Derry including the planned run and what each seasons' time period, and a few other news bits. And in the Palaver section Tadd throws out a challenge for next episode and talk about the nature of the Crimson King, Farson, and if Mid-World is he...

In the 2024 Year End Bash as is tradition the phone lines are open and Tadd and Peter get a page count for Never Flinch, a date for Life of Chuck, a change of date for The Running Man, a first glimpse of The Institute, along with plenty of tangents and Peter with a very cool Jack Mort theory from his latest read-through of the series.  Remember to get your March Insanity nominations in before the...

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 3, Subchapters 1–8)   In the latest Book Club, and last one of 2024, Tadd and Peter join the story with Hambry entering the rainy season. Eldred Jonas runs into Cordelia and takes her for a cup of tea as she spills the tea to him about her suspicions that Susan had slept with Will Dearborn.  We also see Rhea absorbed in the glass and being reminded of Susan and her...

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver about the latest in the Dark Tower and King world including Flanagan asked about Casting The Dark Tower, King more solidly teasing a new Dark Tower Book, title and date for the 2025 King novel, also some details about Flanagan's Carrie (including why do it), some actors talking about Life of Chuck and The Long Walk, some King adaptation recommends f...

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 2, Subchapters 1–8)   In the penultimate Book Club for 2024 Tadd and Peter jump into Hambry as they begin the harvest and await the coming Reap Festival. Rhea makes up with Musty and the Glass while thinking of a way to pay Susan back. Alain and Cuthbert have it out with Roland and out of it comes and idea for moving to The Drop after warning the Town where they wil...

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter announce the topics for the two March Insanity Brackets for 2025, then dive into all of the DT and King news including King tweeting he is back in Mid-World! As well as Flanagan doing a Carrie Series for Amazon, First Look at Welcome to Derry, Fairy Tale is a series now, The Running Man is coming in 2025 and the cast is legit, and ample tangents because tha...

Sections Covered Interlude and Part 3 Chapter 1, Subchapters 1–5)   In the 19th Book Club on the 19th Day of October 2024 Tadd and Peter visit Roland's Second Ka-Tet as they realize the night is holding despite the long tale, and Roland warns them about the rest of the story but they want him to finish. In Mejis the Huntress moon and the Reap begins, and Roland and Susan are delirious in love at t...

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter celebrate the 9 year anniversary for the show which WB was nice enough to release Salem's Lot on. Then they cover the news including The Life of Chuck winning a prestigious award at TIFF and lands a distribution deal. Also The Institute adds 11 to its cast, including Luke Ellis. They talk Tarantino's influence on one King adaptation.  Also James McAvoy is a...

(Covered in this episode Part 2, Chapter 10, Subchapters 6-14) In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter follow Susan fleeing her aunt onto The Drop to her private place where Roland follows her and consoles her. Then duty and honor are finally thrown to the wind and they two finally give into their desires. All the while Rhea watches, but is interrupted and Musty pays for it. Then Susan finally foll...

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter come together to Palaver about a tidal wave of news. Including King teasing a new Dark Tower Book! Also articles and first looks for Life of Chuck and Salem's Lot as well as a Flanagan interview where we find out he has had the rightst to the Dark Tower for MUCH longer than we realized. And a teaser for The Monkey and some smaller looks at The Running Man a...

In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter re-join Roland and Susan as they investigate Citgo and find what the Big Coffin Hunters went to so much work to hide. Susan asks Roland to ask her to break her vow and he refuses. After they part Roland sees Roy return in a rush. Then we follow Susan into the most important day of her life, as she has a horrible run-in with the Mayor.   Engage with the show b...

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk the news including Amazon having weekly discussions with Flanagan that include The Dark Tower! Also Flanagan saying The Exorcist won't get in the way of The Dark Tower, then a ton of news on The Long Walk that is filming now, The Running Man is filming this year! And they have a Palaver about what the podcast looks like WHEN the Flanagan series starts...

In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter find Susan working herself to exhaustion to avoid a sleepless night, then Sheemie delivers a note to Roland from Susan setting up a meeting near Citgo, when they meet they kiss meanwhile on Cöos Hill we see Rhea looking through the Wizard's Glass and spying on Susan.  Then we follow Roland and Susan into Citgo where they explore it seeing signs of the Coffin...