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Originally Posted by Frosstbyte
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.
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But you understand why he wrote the coda. I think readers would have been pissed had they waited years and years for Roland to enter the tower and then never got to see what was inside...