Driftless Reflections
Season 1
Stephen King's The Gunslinger - Review
Re-Education: A Purpose for Content
by IRobertson
In this episode, I discuss Stephen King's first book in his Dark Tower series, the Gungslinger, originally published in 1982. While not a first time reader of the book, I discuss how I discovered it and some of my favorite aspects explored in the short novel. For those interested, I am planning to release a video covering each book in the series followed by a short video discussing the series as a whole after I have concluded the final volume.
This episode oulines the goal I set for the podcast: an audtitory commonplace book, as well as the reasons behind it, including continuous learning, intentionality, and growth. As this podcast is largely filtered through the len of books and reading, there is also some discussion of the material I plan to cover in the coming episodes.
In this episode, I discuss the recent impetus to slow down my brain and reduce my cognitive load by engaging with fiction books, outside the confines of technology. I also share an update on a long term reading project, of Stephen King's The Dark Tower, that I am nearing completion on.