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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780452284692
ISBN: 0452284694
Label: Plume
Manufacturer: Plume
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: June 24, 2003
Publisher: Plume
Sales Rank: 4166
Studio: Plume
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Product Description:
Filled with ominous landscapes and macabre menace, Stephen King's latest mass market novel features The Gunslinger, a haunting figure in combat with The Man in Black in an epic battle of good versus evil. A spellbinding tale that is both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike.
Amazon.com Review:
Thirty-three years, a horrific and life-altering accident, and thousands of desperately rabid fans in the making, Stephen King's quest to complete his magnum opus rivals the quest of Roland and his band of gunslingers who inhabit the Dark Tower series. Loyal DT fans and new readers alike will appreciate this revised edition of The Gunslinger, which breathes new life into Roland of Gilead, and offers readers a 'clearer start and slightly easier entry into Roland's world.'
King writes both a new introduction and foreword to this revised edition, and the ever-patient, ever-loyal 'constant reader' is rewarded with secrets to the series's inception. That a 'magic' ream of green paper and a Robert Browning poem, came together to reveal to King his 'ka' is no real surprise (this is King after all), but who would have thought that the squinty-eyed trio of Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach would set the author on his true path to the Tower? While King credits Tolkien for inspiring the 'quest and magic' that pervades the series, it was Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly that helped create the epic proportions and 'almost absurdly majestic western backdrop' of Roland's world.
To King, The Gunslinger demanded revision because once the series was complete it became obvious that 'the beginning was out of sync with the ending.'While the revision adds only 35 pages, Dark Tower purists will notice the changes to Allie's fate and Roland's interaction with Cort, Jake, and the Man in Black--all stellar scenes that will reignite the hunger for the rest of the series.Newcomers will appreciate the details and insight into Roland's life. The revised Roland of Gilead (nee Deschain) is embodied with more humanity--he loves, he pities, he regrets. What DT fans might miss is the same ambiguity and mystery of the original that gave the original its pulpy underground feel (back when King himself awaited word from Roland's world). --Daphne Durham
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - intriguing, but slow and convoluted
Roland, the last gunslinger, pursues the man in black across a Western landscape, a land where time is winding down, meets up with a woman and a kid (from our world), and flashes back to his past and his destruction of an entire town. While the story has potential and intriguing imagery, it is written in so convoluted a manner that the characters and story suffers. I've been told that the sequels are much better, so I will try them. Grade: C
Rating: - The introduction to an epic, and all that entails
"The Gunslinger" is the first volume of Stephen King's epic, seven volume, "Dark Tower" saga, and like the first volume in any series of books, serves primarily to set the scene for the later books in the series. As a result, very little happens in this book. We are introduced to our hero, Roland of Gilead, the last gunslinger, who is a cross between Clint Eastwood in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and Aragorn from "The Lord of the Rings", and follows him across the desert, over mountains and through ... Read More
Rating:  - wow
I'd always wanted to read some Stephen King, but I scare far too easily. A friend suggested this, and I was instantly hooked! I'm not usually a fast reader, but I finished this in one weekend...One of my fav's now!
Rating: - readinisfun
This is one of my all time favorite books and finding an extremely cheap copy in such great condition is a rare and lucky purchase.Thank you so much
Rating:  - A Rare Stephen King Misfire
While reviewing the first book, "The Gunslinger", of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series, I am trying to not let the brilliance of the subsequent editions cloud my judgment on this one.I am a "late" fan of King (still working my way through all his novels), and I finally decided to begin the journey to the Dark Tower.However, after reading this first installment, it took an editor's note from King himself to get me excited about continuing with Roland on his quest.
The main problem I had ... Read More
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