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ISBN: 9781444723496(ISBN-10: 1444723499)
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
1 August 2004 | Publication | The shortest novel in the series and the most openly metafictional, including passages from King's diary and culminating in a direct encounter between Roland's ka-tet and King himself. Nominated for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 2005. Reception was mixed - some readers found the metafictional strand exhilarating, others found it self-indulgent and disruptive to the narrative momentum. Published just months after Wolves of the Calla, it functioned primarily as a bridge to the final volume, and most readers treated it as such. The Daily Express called it "magic," while others felt it was the weakest entry in the later sequence. |
June 2005 | Award Nominated | Locus Award Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel |
Locus Award
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel