Join hosts Tadd and Peter for in-depth discussion and analysis of Stephen King's Magnum Opus The Dark Tower series. Explore the Novels, comics, upcoming film/TV adaptations, and all things Dark Tower. Join in on both the Round Table Discussions covering the entire series, as well as the Book Club where each book is systematically read, analyzed and discussed in order from the first line to the last. Come let's Palaver Gunslinger!
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📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter have a tidal wave of Carrie stuff to talk about. San Diego Comic Con had a full fledge panel for Flanagan's series. They released the first trailer and there have been a number of articles that really give us a good sense of what this series is going to be and how different from the novel it is going to be. There were also a few 'First…
📖 Section Covered: Prologue 📢 Episode Summary: In the first episode of a brand new book, Tadd and Peter dive into Book 5 Wolves of the Calla. In a first for this series we start the book with someone other than Roland or our Ka-Tet. We find a farmer named Tian Jaffords in a cursed part of his field. He is working his very tall but simple-minded twin sister. A robot named Andy comes and Tian…
📢 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…
📖 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.…
📢 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/…
📖 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…
📢 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…
📖 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 up…
📢 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:…
📢 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:…
📖 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 wait in…
📢 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…
📖 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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
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…
(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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 and…
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…
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…
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…
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 at…
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…
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…
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 will…
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…
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 the…
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…
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…
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 by…
