I myself can't wait for the next book to come out. "Wizard & Glass" was very good, but it didn't really advance the story much; just gave the background of Roland.
There has been lots of criticism of the recent Stephen King books as being nothing new with recycled ideas (even though I liked Bag of Bones myself). I think the Dark Tower series probably gives him a chance to go wild in exploring this whole other world, where everything is as fresh and exciting to him as it is to us. With that said, I think this series so far is his best stuff.
Let's just hope they don't turn it into a TV mini-series, starring the guy from "Wings."
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