Loved itAnd this is a story that starts with the very famous memorable line, "The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed." It sucked me in right away and kept me all the way to the end of the series.
The Gunslinger (1976)
Others: Mixed The Dark Tower I The Gunslinger is a dark-fantasy by American author Stephen King. It is the first volume in the Dark Tower series. The Gunslinger was first published in 1982 as a fix-up novel, joining five short stories that had been published between 1978 and 1981. King substantially revised the novel in 2003; this version has remained in print ever since, with the subtitle RESUMPTION. The story centers upon Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, who has been chasing his adversary, "the man in black," for many years. The novel fuses Western fiction with fantasy, science fiction, and horror, following Roland's trek through a vast desert and beyond in search of the man in black. Roland meets several people along his journey, including a boy named Jake Chambers, who travels with him part of the way. "The Gunslinger" (October 1978) "The Way Station" (April 1980) "The Oracle and the Mountains" (February 1981) "The Slow Mutants" (July 1981) "The Gunslinger and the Dark Man" (November 1981)
- ISBN:
- 9781473655546
- Length:
- 244 pages
Genres: fantasy, science fiction, horror, thriller
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Loved it
Mixedthe writing was like fine in this. the story is like intriguing enough. this first book I was just like, why did this turn into like this big phenomenon that everyone loved? I don't really get it.
MixedI feel like the first book The Gunslinger is not overly representative of the series so I would recommend trying at least the first two books in The Dark Tower
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MixedI loved the opening of this book you guys the World building the writing style the atmosphere of the book was so mysterious and Abstract but in a way that I felt very immersed in which is rare for me and I loved it. And then I got about 20 to 25% in when the Gunslinger reaches a town and as soon as we got to the town the amount of sexual content that was in this book just skyrocketed.
Not a fanit felt like a weird fever dream that didn't go anywhere it was odd
Review 1 of 5
Loved itwhat a series it is he takes iconography from the Western from the Epic Fantasy from horror it is a love letter to all those and more it is a love letter to every way of telling a story it is a multiversal tale
MixedI think it's got an amazing start and an amazing end but the beef of the book we're gonna put it at the top of good