I've been meaning to read Stephen King's Gunslinger novels for years. I never seemed to be in a rush to do so until this film came about.I understand it's spectacularly bad, going by the initial reviews, but I did want to see it. Not before reading the books first, mind you, so I ordered a boxset from Amazon and started reading them a couple of weeks back.
I'm 3/4 of the way through book four (Wizard and Glass) and the books have been enjoyable so far, although this volume does digress from the main story arc a fair way.
Well worth reading .... and can't wait to sit down and get back to them.