<p> One of the writers on <a href="http://tor.com">tor.com</a> elected to take on Stephen King&#39;s <em>The Dark Tower</em> series. The significant difference is that where most of the posters on Tor are doing &#34;re-reads&#34;–guiding others through the books–this is a read-along, so you get to watch as someone else encounters the book for the first time.</p> <p> Of course, I could do that just fine by myself–I&#39;d never read it, though I remember Patrick talking about it when the first volume was finally widely-released in a trade paperback format in &#39;88–so I figured what the hell, I&#39;d follow along. Unlike my recent plunge into Patrick O&#39;Brian&#39;s Aubrey-Maturin books, though, I decided I would take advantage of my local library. I don&#39;t necessarily see these as being evergreen re-reads.</p>