Stephen King's The Dark Tower Concordance

Robin Furth

• Publisher: Scribner
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9781451694871
• eBook ISBN:
  9781451695045
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

The Complete Concordance is an entertaining and incredibly useful guide to Stephen King’s epic Dark Tower series by Robin Furth and features a foreword by Stephen King himself.

The Dark Tower series is the backbone of Stephen King's legendary career. Eight books and more than three thousand pages make up this bestselling fantasy epic. The Complete Concordance covers books I-VII and The Wind Through the Keyhole and is the definitive encyclopedic reference book that provides readers with everything they need to navigate their way through the series. With hundreds of characters, Mid-World geography, High Speech lexicon, and extensive cross-references, this comprehensive handbook is essential for any Dark Tower fan.

Includes:
-A Foreword from Stephen King
-Characters and Genealogies
-Magical Objects and Forces
-Mid-World and Our World Places
-Portals and Magical Places
-Mid-, End-, and Our World Maps
-Timeline for the Dark Tower Series
-Mid-World Dialects
-Mid-World Rhymes, Songs, and Prayers
-Political and Cultural References
-References to Stephen King’s Own Work

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Tarot Reading
• Foreword by Stephen King
• About This Book
• The Wind Through the Keyhole and the Winds of Mid-World
• Abbreviations and Text Guide
• Gilead Fair-Days
• Mid-World Moons
• Introductions: Parts One and Two
• Characters, Magical Objects, Magical Forces
• Mid-World Places and Borderland Places
• Our World Places and the Multiple Americas
• Portals, Magical Places, and End-World Places
• Appendix I: Mid-World Dialects
• Appendix II: A Brief History of Mid-World (All-World-That-Was) and of Roland Deschain, Warrior of the White
• Appendix III: Mid-World Rhymes, Songs, Prayers, and Prophecies
• Appendix IV: Mid-World Miscellany (Dances, Diseases, Drugs, Games, Holidays, etc.)
• Appendix V: The Tower, the Quest, and The Eyes of the Dragon
• Appendix VI: Political and Cultural Figures of Our World Mentioned in the Dark Tower Series
• Appendix VII: Maps of Mid-World, End-World, and Our World
• Appendix VIII: Reading Group Guides
• Appendix IX: Versions of the Commala Song
• About Robin Furth
• Endnotes
• Copyright