The Dark Tower is a weird series for King in that a) it’s more post apocalyptic sci-fi than it is horror and b) the books were written so far apart. If I remember correctly, King had a draft of The Gunslinger ready among his first manuscripts, but only finished the series like 30.years after he started. If you were to put the first and last books side by side, you’d be able to pick out plenty of places where King improved as an author.

I’ll also say that the characters as written in The Gunslinger do leave something to be desired. I have t read the series in some time, but my recollection is they get better in book 2 but really improve by book 3.

So, if you like King and are a fan of extended universe stuff, I’d say stick with it as it gets closer to his more modern stuff as the series progresses.

She’s not here to give social media pointers. Get that through your thick skull.

Yeah, what would we ever do without today’s billionaires? I can’t imagine a world without guys like Elon Musk spending their endless money on controlling narratives on social media instead of contributing a much larger share to social programs and infrastructure. He’s always finding ways to innovatively call people pedos, and without that, we’d be much worse off as a society.

This is the right tip. If you can’t dry brine with salt overnight, then salt right before you hit heat.

That being said, give me a 24 dry brine plus reverse sear any day.