Books like the dark tower iv: wizard and glass

Wizard and Glassis a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King. It is the fourth book inThe Dark Towerseries, published in 1997. Subtitled "Regard", it placed fourth in the annual Locus Poll for best fantasy novel.

The novel begins whereThe Waste Landsended. After Jake, Eddie, Susannah and Roland fruitlessly riddle Blaine the Mono for several hours, Eddie defeats the mad computer by telling childish jokes. Blaine is unable to handle Eddie's "illogical" riddles and short-circuits.

The four gunslingers and Oy the billy-bumbler disembark at the Topeka railway station, which to their surprise is located in the Topeka, Kansas, of the 1980s. The city is deserted, as this version of the world has been depopulated by the influenza of King's novelThe Stand. Links between these books also include the following reference to The Walkin' Dude fromThe Standon page 95, "Someone had spray-painted over both signs marking the ramp's ascending curve. On the one reading St. Louis 215, someone had slashedwatch out for the walking dude", among others. The world also has some other minor differences with the one (or more) known to Eddie, Jake and Susannah; for instance, the Kansas City baseball team is the Monarchs (as opposed to the Royals), and Nozz-A-La is a popular soft drink.