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Loading... The Gunslinger (Dark Tower S.)by Stephen King
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Not my favorite book. I particularly disliked how all of the women were nothing more than sex objects. However, I've heard many rave reviews for this series, so I might continue on to the next book. Hard to say, though. (  )FeegleFan2 | Jun 25, 2009 |   This book is always the hardest for me to read in the series. A great intro to the hero of the series (Roland, the gunslinger), but sometimes dry and slow. Don't let this book stop you from reading the series. (  )bookwormteri | Jun 23, 2009 | I quit reading this book about half way through. It's not a bad story, but it's not the story for me. I loved the poetic images in the beginning, but it took such a dark turn with much detailed gore and ugly sentiments that I found myself not wanting to pick it up to read. When that happens, it is time to stop and move on. I'm really not even concerned with how the story ends. (  )MrsLee | Jun 15, 2009 | The search for the tower begins. The opening book of the series introduces us to Roland, the gunslinger. He spends most of the book pursuing the dark man and at the end has a long palaver in which he learns clues about the tower and the being inside. "The universe (he said) is the Great All, and offers a paradox too great for the finite mind to grasp. As the living brain cannot conceive of a nonliving brain-although it may think it can-the finite mind cannot grasp the infinite." "The Gunslinger" by Stephen King (  )RonCon62 | May 23, 2009 | A bit disjointed and assumed that the reader was following along and filling in the gaps as it went along. Clearly very imaginative and visual, it almost read more like someone dictated a movie rather than wrote down a novel. It was very easy to picture the action and what was going on throughout this book. Amazing to think of how young Stephen King was when he wrote it! That being said, this did not entice me to follow up with the rest of the series though. (  )bfertig | May 19, 2009 | 0.104 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com (ISBN 0451210840, Mass Market Paperback)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 (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:00 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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