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OK. Here's a relatively easy one..also music related, if it please ya.

In the City of Lud, Eddie swore that the music being played over the loudspeakers by Andrew Quick's men was what song?
"I use my gun whenever kindness fails"



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dude! easy peasy!! :P ZZ Top! Velcro Fly!!! :twisted:

now here's one...don't know how many of you read the revised version
of The Gunslinger...if you haven't, you prob'ly won't get this one.

While in Tull, Roland meets Sylvia Pittson, the town's holy rollin' evangelist, and discovers that she is pregnant. in the original version, she's pregnant by [insert correct answer here] but in the new version she's pregnant by [insert correct answer here]!!
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
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i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



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gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
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Walter O Dim/Flagg/Farson

Crimson King?
"I use my gun whenever kindness fails"



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YEP!

your turn
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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dang. he's takin too long.

how's about this one Avatar (for i know you are about) while we wait for Guns' question...




in Topeka, Jake finds a note on the windshield of an abondoned camper.

what does it say?
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Damn! Can't remember it word for word. Something about the dark man being in the west, and that they were going to Mother Abigail instead?

(They revised The Gunslinger to change who made her pregnant? (In the original it was Walter, the Man in Black.) What else did they change, and why? )

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Avatar wrote:Damn! Can't remember it word for word. Something about the dark man being in the west, and that they were going to Mother Abigail instead?

(They revised The Gunslinger to change who made her pregnant? (In the original it was Walter, the Man in Black.) What else did they change, and why? )

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The old woman from the dreams is in Nebraska. Her name is Abagail. The dark man is in the west. Maybe Vegas.

here's what the DT Net says:
The Revised edition of The Gunslinger was released in June of 2003 in preparation for the final volumes of the Dark Tower saga. The Revised edition has added and fixed material in order to, as King put it, make it flow better with the rest of the series. Many argue about whether or not it is better or worse than the original Gunslinger. Along with the addition and removal of certain things in this version there is a distinct change in style and tone that gives power to those who prefer the original.


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A very thorough collection of differences can be found in this book. GET THIS ONE!!! here.

thedarktower.net/gunslinger/index.php

Notable ones Include
Roland has a feeling similar to todash in the beginning, foreshadowing the loop.
The number '19' is introduced.
Maeryln and the Beast are changed to Legion and the Crimson King
Walter is really Marten (thus making him another form of Flagg)
SEEE! that's why i didn't get that other question...i'm completely confused by the walter/marten/flagg thing!!! :?
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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So I got that answer huh? :lol:

No damnit! We're gonna start calling King George Lucas. Bad changes. Bad. I ignore the revised edition.

Question:

What only act of real magic did Roland ever witness?

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"real" magic? pft. got me!

was it when he thought he was seeing Rhea and shot his mother?
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
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~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
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gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
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Nope. :D

Real as in that's how he described it, contrasting it specifically to the tricks of charlatans etc.

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Avatar wrote:Nope. :D

Real as in that's how he described it, contrasting it specifically to the tricks of charlatans etc.

--A
oh come ON!! it's seven friggin BOOKS of magic!! 8O urg. gimme another little teeny hint! pretty please?
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you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



a straight edge for legends at
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gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
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It was done by Marten...to a man who was annoying him.

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gah! now i'll have to get out THAT book too! urg. it must be in W&G, yes? :?
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have you ever tried explaining yourself
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~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



a straight edge for legends at
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gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
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Nope...he's reminiscing. Think it's in the first book actually.

(I thought looking it up was cheating?) It's just where he talks about seeing Dennis and the other kid from Eyes of the Dragon in the ruins of Gilead afterthe war with Farson.

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I'm back! Lordy the questions!!!!

Real Magic? Laws, I'm going to have to think!
"I use my gun whenever kindness fails"



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The link about the differences in the Gunslinger is brilliant, cheers.
But if you're all about the destination, then take a fucking flight.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.


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A Gunslinger wrote:I'm back! Lordy the questions!!!!

Real Magic? Laws, I'm going to have to think!
Laws yes! m-o-o-n that spells can't remember! :lol:
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Lucimay wrote:
A Gunslinger wrote:I'm back! Lordy the questions!!!!

Real Magic? Laws, I'm going to have to think!
Laws yes! m-o-o-n that spells can't remember! :lol:
Luci took my joke!!!! Hmph!
"I use my gun whenever kindness fails"



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C'mon people. :lol:

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ok man...i've just gone cover to cover in Gunslinger and do NOT find this reference.

the man in black lights the fire with blue flame at the palaver but other than that, i could not find the incident you refer to. it must be in W&G, Av.


(don't mind me, i like research)
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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