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I'm a fan of the theory that King actually did include a real ending, the story of the final loop, and hid it in plain view. The final loop: Robert Browning's "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came". Roland comes to the Tower with his horn and the realization that he is not ever meant to enter the tower. And thus, the end of the story is Roland's (20th?) arrival at the Dark Tower.
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I really like that explanation given what was put to page, but I'm still left unfulfilled. The "Coda" was a complete waste to me. I really should've heeded King's own warning and left the book after the epilogue, since that ending was much more satisfying.
"Groundhog Day" was good and all, but I liked it much better when it starred Bill Murray. Roland doesn't have quite the same comedic timing.