Gunslinger; Roland

So... I finally started reading Stephen King's series The Dark Tower, and have to say his abilities of comfortably expanding ONE moment across a whole page via descrpitive imagery tops even Lovecraft in this novel. Book One, The Gunslinger, has been the funnest and fastest read I've ever experienced; I'm nearly done with this book, and have had it since saturday. I usually take a couple months on a novel due to school and other responsibilities/burdens of mine, but this has rearranged my priorities in a great and fresh way. I can't wait to finish so I can get to The Drawing of the Three