The Gunslinger
About this book
[The Dark Tower][1] 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)
[1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81600W/The_Dark_Tower_1-7
The Dark Tower · 9 books
In publication order- 1 The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger 1982 This book
- 2 The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three 1987
- 3 The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands 1991
- 4 The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass 1997
Subjects
- adventure fiction
- adventure stories
- american fiction
- ciencia-ficción
- cuentos de terror
- dark tower (imaginary place), fiction
- demons
- fantastic fiction
- fantasy
- fantasy fiction
- fiction
- fiction, fantasy, epic
- good and evil
- heroes
- horror
- horror fiction
- magic
- new york times bestseller
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- reading level-grade 10
- reading level-grade 11
- reading level-grade 12
- reading level-grade 7
- reading level-grade 8
- reading level-grade 9
- roland (fictitious character)
- roland (fictitious character : king)
- roland (fictitious character : king), fiction
- roland of gilead (fictitious character)
- science fiction
- succubus
- supernatural
- suspense
- thrillers