Sean McGurr

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2,946 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 9 Sep

Sean McGurr’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came: A Podcast about Stephen King and His Books · Ep. 197 Black House, Part 2, chapters 5-14 · 9 Sep 2026 podcast

Or if they are, they don't need whole chapters devoted to them. voice-verified

They can very much be piecemealed together across the board. voice-verified

And all of that's fine, but it doesn't seem to advance the plot much, at least at this stage of the game. voice-verified

Maybe we're going to be surprised later on. voice-verified

But ultimately, what happens at the end of this is the police chief of French Landing gets taken off the case and the FBI takes over. voice-verified

And that was a long way to go to have what is relatively unimportant because Jack's the main character. voice-verified

We've already been told that there's a major clue that's in the territories. voice-verified

It only seems natural that Jack's going to be the protagonist and the one to figure this case out and has to travel to the territories. voice-verified

And all these other characters are not involved. voice-verified

But as you said, for us to get halfway through the book to get to that point, and really, it's at the end of this section that we learn Jack now feels motivated and empowered to take on this case. voice-verified

That's something that could have been done 10 pages in, 20 pages in, not 300 pages in. voice-verified

That's not the way I remember it, Jay. voice-verified

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And I'm not going to be the one to tell King or Straub how to do their job, but this is a sequel. voice-verified

But as somebody who's coming to this book fresh, I don't know if they'd have anything, like you said, to latch onto. voice-verified

And you do have an intriguing character in Jack Sawyer. voice-verified

And as somebody who has read The Talisman, like... voice-verified

If he's going to be the draw for this book, I want him introduced early, which he wasn't. voice-verified

He wasn't introduced until like two-thirds of the way through part one. voice-verified

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