The Anatomy of a Great Fantasy Sequel

Описание: Stephen King’s The Dark Tower has one of the best fantasy sequels ever written, perhaps even the very best.

The jump in quality between The Gunslinger and The Drawing of the Three is not a small one—and today we’re diving into why. From worldbuilding to prose style, we’ll be deep diving into Eddie Dean and why his character matters in this transition.

This video was inspired by Reddit—when I saw that post about the best fantasy sequel, and the top comment was the exact book series I was (re)reading, I thought it was a fortuitous coincidence.

So join me for some good ol’ Dark Tower discussion, analysis, and appreciation.

Also, we’re back, baby. We’re so back.

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Chapters

00:00 The best sequel
01:22 Legendary first line
02:18 The Gunslinger’s prose
03:50 The interesting ideas
07:15 Worldbuilding
09:16 Characterization
10:20 Specific language
11:30 Reality clash
13:34 That’s why
14:54 I’m a human, hello

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Evidently I do not own The Dark Tower. It’s a series of books by Stephen King:
https://stephenking.com/darktower/

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A special thanks to all my collaborators in this video!

Tim Hickson, host of the ‪@HelloFutureMe‬ channel

Dice, host of the ‪@lostmagics‬ and ‪@DiceTry‬ channels

And Billy, an authentic New Yorker who so graciously lent me his accent for Eddie’s dialogue.

Illustrators who brought this video to life:

Henrik Wilhelm Sissener
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Natali Hall
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Soundtrack:

Most of the music is from a game pack I purchased, but featuring the return of a fan favorite:

Jokabi - Forest Temple (feat Mikel)
From the dream-inducing Chilltendo Deluxe album
   • Chilltendo Deluxe  
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Courtesy of ‪@gamechops‬
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