In which Carla explores all the different incarnations of Childe Roland and his Dark Tower quest throughout history.
Referenced and related episodes:
Episode 19: The King’s Eclipse
Episode 54: Gilead: Meaning in Place
Suggested Reading (links to Bookshop, supporting independent bookstores and There Might Be Cupcakes):
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower Concordance by Robin Furth:
https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781451694871
The Dark Tower Companion: A Guide to Stephen King's Epic Fantasy by my friend Bev Vincent:
https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780451237996
The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus by my friend Bev Vincent:
https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780451213044
The Dark Tower 8-Book Boxed Set:
https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501163562
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger:
https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501143519
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three:
https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501143533
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands:
https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501143540
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass:
https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501143557
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole:
https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501166228
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla:
https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780743251624
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah:
https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780743254557
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower:
https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780743254564
Carla's currently reading (mentioned in episode): The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why by Jabari Asim (added to Goodreads bookshelf and Bookshop bookshelf):
https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780547053493
Sources:
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
Men and Women by Robert Browning: “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, Robert Browning
The maze and pilgrimage of poetic creation in Browning's "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came", Jean-Charles Perquin, Assistant Professor of English, LYON 2 University, France victorianweb.org/authors/rb/roland/perquin
Behind “Childe Rowland”:writinginmargins.weebly.com/home/behind-childe-rowland
Faerie Etiquette: theforgottenlibrary.tumblr.com/faerie-etiquette-what-to-do-if-you-meet-one-of
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
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