Kingslingers | A Dark Tower Podcast

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3.84: Fairy Tale (Part 4) Oct 03, 2024

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Our journey through Stephen King's Fairy Tale continues with chapters 15-18! Charlie finally enters the Emerald City of Lilimar where he manages to save Radar, returning her to a dog in the prime of her life. Unfortunately on the way out, Charlie and Rader get lost. Uh oh.

Discussion Question: What is your favorite creepy city?

Next week, Fairy Tale continues with chapters 19-23

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3.83: Fairy Tale (Part 3) Sep 26, 2024

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At long last Charlie heads into the land of Empis! It's a beautiful but sad place. We're chatting about chapters 11 through 14 of Stephen King's Fairy Tale!

Discussion Question: What is your "favorite" curse?

Next week, Fairy Tale continues with chapters 15-18

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3.82: Fairy Tale (Part 2) Sep 19, 2024

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Our journey through Stephen King's Fairy Tale continues as we read and discuss chapters 6-10 of the novel! Charlie's time with Howard Bowditch comes to a sudden end, but not before he learns about the Well of the World and the land that exists beyond it.

Discussion Question: What is your favorite Old Man befriends a kid and then dies leaving him all his wealth but also his responsibility story? Aka your Great Expectations

Next week, Fairy Tale continues with chapters 11-14

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3.81: Fairy Tale (Part 1) Sep 12, 2024

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For the final time on Kingslingers, it's new book week! For our last book of the show, we've decided to read Stephen King's 2022 novel: Fairy Tale. This is a new read for both Matt and Scott. This week we're introduced to our characters as we read chapters 1-5. So far, we're loving it!

Discussion Question: What is your favorite fairy tale?

Next week, Fairy Tale continues with chapters 6-10

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3.80: Mr. Mercedes (Season 1) Sep 05, 2024

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This week we finish off our coverage of King's crime fiction by taking a look at season 1 of the adaptation of King's Mr. Mercedes. We chat about the excellent depictions of Brady Hartsfield, the changes to Bill Hodges, and the satisfaction of filling in some of the side characters.

Next week our final book of the show begins as we read and discuss the first 5 chapters of Stephen King's Fairy Tale. A reminder, Scott hasn't read this one either!

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3.79: Mr. Mercedes (Overview) Aug 29, 2024

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This week it's time for our overview episode as we take one last look at Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes. We chat about Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney and what the book was ultimately talking about.

Then we read and answer some of your questions before finally revealing what's next for us after Kingslingers comes to an end.

Next week we'll be chatting about the first season of the Mr. Mercedes TV show!

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3.78: Mr. Mercedes (Part 5) Aug 22, 2024

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This week on the show we reach the end of Mr. Mercedes as we chat about Kisses on the Midway through the end of the novel! Bill has a heart attack! Holly steps up! Chekhov's Happy Slapper! We chat about this and more!

Next week is a mailbag and overview episode of Mr. Mercedes! Send in your questions

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3.77: Mr. Mercedes (Part 4) Aug 15, 2024

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It's a sad day here at Kingslingers as we cover chapter 5 of Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes: Call for the Dead. As Bill and his new team get closer and closer to finding The Mercedes Killer, Brady strikes out against the Det.-Ret. and misses. Only for someone to end up in his crosshairs.

Discussion Question: In your opinion what is the most effective late recontextualization of a character's past that changes your feelings about them?

Next week, Mr. Mercedes concludes!

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3.76: Mr. Mercedes (Part 3) Aug 08, 2024

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Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes continues with the 4th chapter: Poison Bait! We chat about Bill's new relationship and Brady who is managing to be both incredibly gross and tremendously lame.

Discussion Question: Who is your favorite poisoning in fiction? (bonus points for an oops, accidental poisoning)

Next week, Mr. Mercedes continues with the fifth chapter: Call for the Dead

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3.75: Mr. Mercedes (Part 2) Aug 01, 2024

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Our coverage of King's Hard Boiled Mr. Mercedes continues as we cover the third chapter: Under Debbie's Blue Umbrella. We chat about how King is making us hate Brady, the examination of classic tropes of the genre, and the delightful new characters.

Discussion Question: Who is your favorite hard boiled detective in fiction?

Next week, Mr. Mercedes continues with the fourth chapter: Poison Bait

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