The Wind Through the Keyhole

I am a fan of Stephen King’s, Dark Tower series.  In total there were seven books that wove their way through Mid-World that mark Roland Deschain’s, the last Gunslinger from the line of Eld, journey from Gilead to the shadow of the Dark Tower following that man in black across the desert.  Along the way he and his Ka-tet (posse, so to speak) have many epic adventures and most recently, Sai King brought the Ka-tet back together for a story that fits right between “Wizard and Glass” (book IV) and “Wolves of the Calla” (book V). 

I am not going to spoil anything save to say that if you have enjoyed the epic that the Dark Tower really is then this needs to move to the top of your reading list.  This is not ‘retirement’ King; this is King using his powers at full throttle, and it is a great read.  He “has not forgotten the face of his father.”  King uses some wonderful devices here with a trinity of nesting stories that introduce some new legends that will have you begging for more.  Also, if you are rusty with your Low and High Speech from the other seven novels, don’t fret; it will all come back to you Thankee Sai.

“The world has moved on” but fortunately Roland’s Ka-tet has returned for another round in the chamber.  I can only hope that Sai King has other tales waiting to be told along the path of the Beam.  Ye know as well as I, Gunslinger, “There will be water if God wills it.”

You will be well-met to pick it up and read it.  Do so before the Throckens dance before the moonlight and the Starkblast hits.  You won’t be disappointed.

For more of Jae Lee’s artwork see The Fire Wire right here: http://firewireblog.com/2012/02/22/jae-lees-artwork-from-stephen-kings-the-wind-through-the-keyhole-limited-edition/#comment-81345

King on Taxation

I subscribe to the original Greek meaning of the word “Politics”.  One can break down the word into its root words such as, POLY meaning, “Many” and TICKS meaning, “Blood Sucking Creatures”.  Apart from my occasional Slacktivist rantings I try to avoid talking politics here on the electronic pages of Chicken Scratch.  That being said here is an interesting article from Mr. Stephen King concerning taxation and the rich that is certainly worth the read.  Beware though, there is some colorful language and some well-reasoned thinking to be found if you click right here > http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/30/stephen-king-tax-me-for-f-s-sake.html.

Mr. King, I’ve always been a fan, Thankee, Sai.  Now I have even more reasons to make that claim.  I like the concept of setting up a Charitable Foundation and I would hope that if ever this 99%er joined the 1%ers that I would do the same.  It’s on the list, so to speak, or at least, I believe it would be.

What do you think about taxation these days, Gentle Reader?

Image by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, 'Paying the Tax (The Tax Collector)' oil on panel, 1620-1640 by way of Wikipedia.