STEWY said in a message to JOE PHILLIPS:
 S>  I've heard that this will be his last Dark Tower novel...I tend to
 S> think  it will be...he has taken such a long time to come out with
 S> this installment,  that it makes me think it will be our last:-(
I've heard from a semi-reliable source that word is out that this -is- the 
last book. I have the book in my possession, but have not yet started to read 
it. I need to find a copy of Waste Lands first. I am tempted, though, to 
check the book for a foreward/afterward that would give a clue....
 S> I think his last few books have not been up to snuff...I am a SK
 S> fan to the  bone; but just have noticed a real lag in his writing..I
 S> couldn't get into  Desparation at all...was it just me or what?
Must be "just you", Stewy. :)
 S>  I think his best all around book is "The Stand"..
I think it ranks right up there, but I just finished reading "The Body" in 
_Different Seasons_, and truly think it's probably one of the best -stories- 
he's ever written.

Despite what I've been "told" about King's statements that this was the last, 
the afterword to _Wizard and Glass_ implies otherwise. Read this... and 
decide for yourself. It's dated October 27, 1996. (Over one year from writing 
to publication!)
"...the book is here, after all. I don't know if it's good or bad--I lost all 
sense of perspective around page four hundred--but it's here. That alone 
seems like a miracle. And I have started to believe I might actually live to 
complete this cycle of stories. (Knock on wood.)
   "There are three more to be told, I think, two set chiefly in Mid-World 
and one almost entirely in our world..."
Of course, whether or not they ever actually get written, is another issue, 
but based on this information, it's obvious that _Wizard and Glass_ is not 
the final chapter in _The Dark Tower_.
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