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Has there been any criticism of Bryan Smith's depiction in The Dark Tower series?
Yes.
I don't know what degree of 'notability' you're looking for in criticism of how harshly King portrayed Smith in his book, but certainly there has been public criticism.
In a Cracked article ...
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What are the Stephen King connections in The Dark Tower series?
All of them. By the end of The Dark Tower, it is revealed that the story takes place
If you're looking for a list of every explicit reference, Wikipedia had a good list going that you can edit, but ...
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How do I analyze the stress/unstress in this Stephen King based novel?
In spoken languages there's an idea of "stressed" and "unstressed" syllables. A stressed syllable is pronounced with more force and emphasis. In English there are words like "...
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About Jake's fate in The Gunslinger
The actual situation that Jake ends up in after Roland left him behind is...a little odd, primarily because of other events later in book 2, The Drawing of the Three. It's not exactly like "nothing ...
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