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The Gunslinger Kindle Edition

by Stephen King (Author)

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Print Length: 280 pages
Publisher: Scribner (January 1, 2016)
Publication Date: January 1, 2016
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Language: English
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146 of 158 people found the following review helpful

A Well-Done Introduction To Another World

By Adam Shah on May 30, 2000

Format: Mass Market Paperback

This is the first installment of Steven King's fantasy series, The Dark Tower, which follows the story of the Gunslinger Roland, the equivalent of an Arthurian knight in the world King has created, and his quest to reach the Dark Tower in order to make the world right again.
This installment tells the story of Roland's search for a mysterious stranger who may be able to help Roland find the Dark Tower. It is long on atmosphere and short on action. Therefore, fans of Steven King's horror works will find this book a distinct change of pace. However, the book will not disappoint you if you try it, especially if you are a fan of fantasy series such as the Lord of the Rings. Furthermore, you will find in later books that elements of King's horror world also exist in Roland's world, and therefore, to have a full understanding of King's horror villains, you have to read this series.
The Gunslinger offers several intriguing views of Roland's dying world. The book is not devoid of action; there is a dramatic shoot out for shadowy reasons which one hopes will be better explained in the concluding volumes of the work. There is a lost child who provides the first direct evidence that Roland's world is connected to our own, and there is the introduction to Roland himself, a man who is capable of fantastic violence but still comes across as human and quite possibly kind (a fact which becomes more clear in later books).
I recommend this book most highly to anyone who enjoys stories involving quests such as Arthurian legends, the Chronicles of Prydain and the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

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86 of 92 people found the following review helpful

Not the best book ever, but the gateway to greater things.

By Marie Anderson on September 5, 2006

Format: Paperback

I did not find The Gunslinger itself to be an enjoyable read, at all. The pacing was odd, the voice was bleak, the writing rather juvenile, even after a clean-up attempt by a much older King, and the ending was nigh incomprehensible to me. After reading it, I had absolutely no plans of pursuing the Dark Tower series further.

But!

A friend (to whom I am eternally indebted) practically force-fed me the second book of the series, The Drawing of the Three, and from there I was hooked. The rest of the series captivated me. It made me laugh and (toward the end) cry so hard that I occasionally had to put the book down and compose myself before I could keep reading. These days I'm an evangelical DT fan, pestering everyone I know to try the series. It's just such a bother that I have to tell everyone "You won't like this, but read it, the other six are amazing."

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80 of 86 people found the following review helpful

Start of the series and writing seminars

By Neil Goldsmith on April 27, 2004

Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase

I've read a number of reviews of the series and have been told by friends how great it is, so I decided to check it out. Reading and understanding the intro/forward King has written in this revised edition helped a great deal. King wrote this book early in his career with the intention of writing a grand epic. He explains the author of this book at the time had not really found his groove so to speak and had spent a little too much time in writing seminars. One particularly revealing comment King makes about himself was that the seminars taught him to favor ambiguity over clarity and simplicity. He also goes on to mention when he revised the book he found many areas for improvement, but was able to leave the writing alone in places where he was seduced into forgetting the writing seminars by a particulary entrancing piece of story.
I find this captures the book well. Reading it, the book shifts from a very interesting tangible plot to the Gunslinger slipping into ambiguous dreaming and past thoughts within the same page. You can almost tell where King has gone back and done revisions as you can see his 30+ years of experience fixing his amateur mistakes.
Taken by itself, I didn't find the book that intriguing. Just average. Taken as a series I will definitely trek on to the future volumes as a number of people have told me the first one is sort of one you just have to get through. It's good it is a quick read and sets up alot of what will be revealed later.

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171 of 193 people found the following review helpful

Imagination to paper takes time

By Amazon Customer on May 3, 2000

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At under 300 pages, "The Gunslinger" - the first book from Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series - may seem oddly short, especially when compared to the latest volume from the epic, weighing in at around 700 pages. And still, Constant Reader, there are thousands more to go!
According to the afterword from this book, it took King twelve years to complete the writings. He wrote the opening line, "The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed" while an undergraduate, the middle portions when "`Salem's Lot" was going bad, and was inspired with another concurrent writing: "The Stand." For King to have kept the Gunslinger, the Man in Black, Jake, and the other characters - and really the entire world of the Dark Tower - alive for so long in his mind is a testament to not only the power that this held over the author, but holds over us - his Constant Readers. Moreover, since the first publishing of "The Gunslinger," around twenty years have passed, a number of newer volumes in this series have come and gone - yet with this first, partially inspired by Robert Browning's poem, "Childe Roland," and partially inspired by reams of green paper (read the afterword to the book), you know that this was a very special creation indeed.
I am not a fan of King's horror fiction. But when he gets down to writing about "other worlds than these," such as "The Stand," "Insomnia," "The Green Mile," and "The Talisman" (co-authored with Peter Straub) - there is no one better. His is an imagination to be jealous of. There is always a feeling that alternate universes exist, next to our own.Read more ›

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Five Stars

awesome

Published 1 day ago by Josephine Silano

awesome!

a great book to finish the epic series!

Published 1 day ago by James9

First book best

I'm on book three but the first book - Gunslinger - is by far my favorite so far. I did not enjoy the Drawing of 3 at all. Too much real world descriptions. Read more

Published 2 days ago by R. D. Mackenzie

Good book

Brand new as promised, quick shipping

Published 5 days ago by darrell catrett

The Best book in The Dark Tower series

With The Dark Tower movies beginning to take shape, it seems logical to assume there will be a resurgence of people wanting to see what these books are all about. Read more

Published 5 days ago by Michael

Five Stars

Love this series.

Published 10 days ago by angela galanti

fantastic series, fantastic trippy book

fantastic series, fantastic trippy book. Its kind of hard to read (to my younger self) but much easier now that I am older

Published 10 days ago by TDimaginaryBFF

I really loved the world and the story about the people in ...

I'm not a King fan, and this is only the third book of his I have read. I didn't really get into it. Read more

Published 13 days ago by Delta Stet

Five Stars

O Roland, my Roland I must return to you every few years.
Ka, it is a wheel.

Published 14 days ago by monica Ezzell

Now onto the next book!

Recommend. Definitely left me interested enough to keep reading. I don't know how I took so long to get around to reading this series.

Published 16 days ago by Jennifer Hodges

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