FWIW, feel free to be as rude to me as you want; I operate by Crocker’s Rules.
That said, I feel compelled to point out that—as far as I can tell—whenever Roland says “thankee sai”, he does so not as some sort of a minimum-effort implementation of social protocols, but because he genuinely respects the person he’s thanking. That’s an admirable character trait, IMO.
I use “thankee sai” whenever possible in the hope that people will catch the reference. I agree that Roland specifically is awesome, and I respect people who are legitimately polite even if I think that being concerned about politeness is a bad thing and that insisting on politeness is usually just a different way to be rude, etc. But Roland’s pretty admirable and I thought he was genuine. He’s also inhumanely vicious in attempting to complete his quest.
How did you like the ending (if necessary use rot13)? I loved it. It’s even better in the context of the fact that the literature juvpu jnf jevggra orsberunaq nobhg puvyqr ebynaq nyy srngherq znal qvssrerag irefvbaf bs ubj ur pnzr gb gur gbjre. Nyy bs gurfr irefvbaf pna or fvzhygnarbhfyl gehr haqre Xvat’f raqvat, nygubhtu gung cebonoyl jnfa’g uvf vagrag. Ohg vg znxrf gur raqvat rira orggre.
Everyone got a good ending but Oy, who deserved better than he got.
I haven’t been able to discuss the ending because no one I know has finished the series.
I haven’t been able to discuss the ending because no one I know has finished the series.
I hate to disappoint you, but I am one of those people :-( I am going through the series on audiobook, which means that I make progress on it only during long trips. I was pretty disappointed by the 4th installment, Wizard and Glass, because it’s basically a giant flashback where very little actually happens, so my reading speed declined sharply after that...
Everything past the first two books is boring and kind of suckish until the very ending, IMHO. You might just want to skip to the last book after reading plot summaries of the ones you haven’t listened to yet. The ending is the best part of the entire series, hands down (except that some people hated it, I think that’s because they got emotionally invested because of Roland’s long hard journey).
The Stephen King book about Annie, an insane woman, who kidnaps a hack writer because she’s his “number one fan” is a great book. I don’t remember the title. Also, IT is one of my favorite books.
FWIW, feel free to be as rude to me as you want; I operate by Crocker’s Rules.
That said, I feel compelled to point out that—as far as I can tell—whenever Roland says “thankee sai”, he does so not as some sort of a minimum-effort implementation of social protocols, but because he genuinely respects the person he’s thanking. That’s an admirable character trait, IMO.
I use “thankee sai” whenever possible in the hope that people will catch the reference. I agree that Roland specifically is awesome, and I respect people who are legitimately polite even if I think that being concerned about politeness is a bad thing and that insisting on politeness is usually just a different way to be rude, etc. But Roland’s pretty admirable and I thought he was genuine. He’s also inhumanely vicious in attempting to complete his quest.
How did you like the ending (if necessary use rot13)? I loved it. It’s even better in the context of the fact that the literature juvpu jnf jevggra orsberunaq nobhg puvyqr ebynaq nyy srngherq znal qvssrerag irefvbaf bs ubj ur pnzr gb gur gbjre. Nyy bs gurfr irefvbaf pna or fvzhygnarbhfyl gehr haqre Xvat’f raqvat, nygubhtu gung cebonoyl jnfa’g uvf vagrag. Ohg vg znxrf gur raqvat rira orggre.
Everyone got a good ending but Oy, who deserved better than he got.
I haven’t been able to discuss the ending because no one I know has finished the series.
I hate to disappoint you, but I am one of those people :-( I am going through the series on audiobook, which means that I make progress on it only during long trips. I was pretty disappointed by the 4th installment, Wizard and Glass, because it’s basically a giant flashback where very little actually happens, so my reading speed declined sharply after that...
Everything past the first two books is boring and kind of suckish until the very ending, IMHO. You might just want to skip to the last book after reading plot summaries of the ones you haven’t listened to yet. The ending is the best part of the entire series, hands down (except that some people hated it, I think that’s because they got emotionally invested because of Roland’s long hard journey).
The Stephen King book about Annie, an insane woman, who kidnaps a hack writer because she’s his “number one fan” is a great book. I don’t remember the title. Also, IT is one of my favorite books.