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So I just completed my second trip to the Tower. I initially completed the series almost twenty years ago when the final book was first released. The ending of this book has been talked to death, but there is one idea that hit me on this reading that I would like to share. That thought is regarding the Horn of Eld and the next trip to the tower.

I have often seen people that believe that Roland’s next trip to the tower will be the one to end the time loop because this time he is carrying the Horn. I think that the presence of the Horn proves the exact opposite; he is doomed to repeat the journey again.

There are two endings to this book: Susannah in New York and Roland at the tower (okay three if we count Patrick in the wilderness with a can of beans). Susannah cries off her quest for the tower and is literally given exactly what she wanted. it even says in the text that ka has given her this ending as a gift. Roland, on the other hand, ignores a million warnings and continues to the tower anyway, dooming himself.

This shows that only by choosing the ones you love over the tower will you be saved. So how is the Horn of Eld supposed to help Roland do this? In my mind, the presence of the Horn of Eld and the hope that this will save Roland ensures his doom another time. It means that he is going back to the tower having missed the point. Again.

I was reading about the publication history of Carrie and learned that King had published a number of short stories prior. This is his first professional written work, first published in 1967 for Startling Mystery Stories.

I just noticed that after I finish my business transfer degree that I will have enough credits for a general studies degree as well. Do most people just grab that one if they’re able to or skip it?

Just bought this Blue Oyster Cult album on vinyl and it got me thinking about it