Let Us Palaver #9 – The Wind Through the Keyhole Debrief

About this episode

In this bonus episode, the hosts discuss Chris's affection for The Wind Through the Keyhole and explore connections to Lovecraft, Tolkien, and the Dark Tower series.

A little more chat as the last of the starkblast fades. In this bonus Palaver episode, Nat and I stick around to dissect Chris’s disproportionate love for The Wind Through the Keyhole. We talk about what, if any conclusions can be drawn from this book, and then we get onto King’s intersections with Lovecraft and Tolkien – and some deep cut Dark Tower references elsewhere in the canon. Enjoy. But Do Not Listen if you haven’t read the entire Dark Tower saga!! Support Talking Scared on Patreon Check out the Talking Scared Merch line – at VoidMerch Come talk books on Bluesky @talkscaredpod.bsky.social on Instagram/Threads, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Neil McRobert

Guest: Nat

Topics covered

• The Wind Through the Keyhole
• Stephen King
• Dark Tower
• Lovecraft
• Tolkien
• literary analysis

Keywords

• The Wind Through the Keyhole
• Stephen King
• Dark Tower
• Lovecraft
• Tolkien
• literary discussion
• book analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Wind Through the Keyhole, Dark Tower

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