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Gunslinger by Edward Dorn, for all the horses, hippees and wild westers who read poetry. #48 The Gunslinger
I'm not sure what the big who-ha is - nothing really happens; a lot of flashbacks, and hints as to what's going on, but nothing really goes on. ... it does do. (Wait, nevermind, I checked your library and see you've read it. Well then!)
I also might suggest King's Gunslinger series - it's not my cup of tea, but I have many, many friends who adore it, and it lives in that weird space between genres that often gets shoved into fantasy. ... ... by King's works including The Stand and The Dark Tower series. I just read the first book in the Dark Tower series, Gunslinger and there were themes and character lines that reminded me of LOST. The Dark Tower series is completely different than King's other books, at least the first ... #75: The Gunslinger - Stephen King
Read: Sept 15-25, 2009
Synopsis: The first book in King's self-described epic The Dark Tower series begins with the titular character Roland chasing the mysterious stranger known as The Man in Black across the barren desert of his dying land. Througho ... I'm almost done The Gunslinger by Stephen King. It's not that bad... very different from his other works. I just wish life would slow down so I could finish it! ... book also receives massive kudos due to the fact that it is the first book I ever read out loud from cover to cover.
1. The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
I read this book in Junior High - probably grade seven, so that puts it somewhere between 1988 and '89. Even though this book isn't meant ... ... - It
July - It
August - The Eyes of the Dragon
September - Misery
October - The Tommyknockers
November - The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
December - The Dark Half "I'm trying,"
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
"Up there? Do you think -" "I want three burgers and a beer, would it please ya."
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
"What's a channel?" A wild idea occurred to him. "Is it like a beam?" The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed...
^ The opening line to the Dark Tower series, not just my favourite line of Stephen King's novels, but my most favourite line of any novel, of all time, it's simple yet memorable...
Btw, hi I'm Jordan and I'm new ... Finished The Gunslinger, and the more I read, the more I liked it. I'm definitely looking forward to the second book in the series.
About 100 pages into John Grisham's The Firm, which is enjoyable, although I have a hard time reading more than 20 or 30 pages in a sitting.
Also have ... I'm about halfway through The Gunslinger (Book 1 in Stephen King's Dark Tower series), and while I'm enjoying it more than the first time I attempted it, it's still not completely grabbing my attention...maybe it's just not my genre. Either way, I plan to finish the book and at least start the ... ... I wonder what sort of depression King was going through? That was the darkest King book I can remember (except maybe for The Gunslinger or Cell). ... and I have already met Randall Flagg - he is also one of the characters in the Dark Tower series.
The opening line of The Gunslinger actually mentions him, just not by name yet (and what an opening line it is!): "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." The ... ... you do try to take the plunge, my advice is don't make a decision until after you've read the second book. The first book, The Gunslinger is a bit different (for example, it was initially a collection of stories that have later been slightly redone for continuity purposes rather than one whole ... ... Skeleton Crew, and The Firm. Whenever I finish one of these, I'll be starting on a couple other Stephen King novels: The Gunslinger and Lisey's Story. ... Crew. I also have four other books that I checked out from the library the other day: Lisey's Story (Stephen King), The Gunslinger (Ditto), The Firm (John Grisham), and Deliverance (James Dickey). Looking forward to another busy week of reading! ... The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy by Maya Slater, 4 Stars
62. The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney, 2 1/2 Stars
63. The Gunslinger by Stphen King, 2 1/2 Stars
64. The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys, 4 Stars
Favorites for June
The Indifferent Stars Above
Earth Abides
... ... The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy by Maya Slater, 4 Stars
62. The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney, 2 1/2 Stars
63. The Gunslinger by Stphen King, 2 1/2 Stars
64. The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys, 4 Stars
June Favorites:
The Indifferent Stars Above
Earth Abides
July:
... ... down 5 books unfinished without a glance backward. Some of them were even books others loved, but they did nothing for me. The Gunslinger was the latest. BOOK 63 The Gunslinger by Stephen King
300 Pages
I first read this book a long time ago and did not like or understand it (and I certainly can't review it). I read it again because so many people have told me what a great series it is. I didn't like it any better with this second reading. I ... ... Schlink
The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys
In the Wake of the Plague by Norma F. Cantor
Currently reading The Gunslinger by Stephen King. I read it about 25 years ago and didn't much like it but I'm trying again at the urging of several friends who love The Dark Tower series. ... ... online shopping spree -- mostly things for the laptop, I was a good girl and only got one, ONE book!
It's a used copy of The Gunslinger. I already have it, but I lent it to a friend years ago and I haven't been able to contact him. :( I figure if he ever returns it (*), I'll have two copies ... ... physical world do. Love you all.
ETA: This was brought to my attention when reading_fox expressed doubt as to my liking The Gunslinger even before I knew I didn't care for it. Kind of spooky and comforting at the same time! Well, I just gave up on The Gunslinger. I was to the point where I didn't want to pick it up to read, even when I had free time at work, so I would dust and clean instead. Any time I choose dusting over reading, somethings wrong. It was just making me feel bad.
So now I'm reading my ER book, B ... ... of East Aurora and The Sandman Preludes and Nocturnes. Now I'm beginning Augustine Confessions and Enchiridion and The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger. And Roland Deschain of Stephen King The Gunslinger..... ... Wright has one about watching graceful horses and feeling like he's about to "break into blossom". Edward Dorn's epic Gunslinger and Allen Ginsburg's Howl get me. Ancient: The Odyssey by Homer - I like the Robert Fagles translation.
26) Essay?
Well, it's pretty long ... Personally I wouldn'd recommend anyone read dark tower It starts quite well in the gunslinger which is quite intruiging and sets the world up well, but it rapidly (hah well over the course of a few 1000 words) descends into a very muddled and confused approach limping into a gratuitously weak ... ... and Iron: A novel of the Promethean Age
6. Tantric Stripfighter Trina
7. Grave Goods
8. The End of the Affair
9. The Gunslinger
10. Drawing of the Three
11. You Suck: A Love Story
12. Fool: A Novel
13. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
14. Jane Eyre
15. Coraline
16. ... ... in the series, and have had the three final ones on hold for about two years now. I might pick the series up right from The Gunslinger again soon (ack! sketchy grammar, sorry!) ...
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Jean Tannen (The Lies of Locke Lamora) and Roland Deschain (The Gunslinger)
5) What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)?
Probably the ... ... The novel is fun and witty, and a joy to read. Recommended for those who may not even be Jane Austen fans.
3. The Dark Tower Book I- The Gunslinger by Stephen King ... The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy by Maya Slater, 4 Stars
62. The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney, 2 1/2 Stars
63. The Gunslinger by Stphen King, 2 1/2 Stars
64. The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys, 4 Stars
June Favorites:
The Indifferent Stars Above
Earth Abides ... It's more "artsy", I think, for lack of a better word, where the other six are very straight forward. I wasn't a fan of The Gunslinger(the first book) when I read it the first time but now that I've finished the series, it's a favorite.
Also, The Drawing of the Three is the second book ... ... be put off by too much. It is really not horror. The series ranks as one of my favorites of all time. Try the first one The Gunslinger as it is a short and quick read. If you don't like, you haven't wasted much time. If you like, stay with it through the third book The Drawing of the Three ... ... History- beginning with a murder/ burial and then telling the story of how things led up to it...
I have now started The Gunslinger, by Stephen King. Again on the Babbling Books site there is a daily Trivia quiz, and some days loads of the questions are about The Dark Tower series of ... I haven't read The Gunslinger but I have read The Last Cato I haven't read A short History of Nearly Everything but I have read The Gunslinger ... mine to get it at the local bookstore for me, we kinda did an exchange of books, he gets me The Book Thief and I give him The Gunslinger to keep it coz I didn't really like that one...But as soon as I get it I'll read it LOL, maybe the fact that I am single would help! I would read the series in the right order, didn't know then The Gunslinger is part of the The Dark Tower series ... a list of stories and a short review of each.
Warning! The Dark Tower is the last of the Roland books that start with The Gunslinger. You'll want to read them in order. And there are seven of them...plus assorted side material. ... read are The Green Mile and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Had already planned on reading The Stand, will also add, The Gunslinger, Salems Lot, Dead Zone and Needful Things to the list for this year. ... his take on fantasy is a cool mixture of Authurian legand and Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns. The first is called The Gunslinger and is a quick read. If you like it, there are six books that follow.
If you like more his original, simple horror type books, The Shining, 'Salems L ... ... Vendetta, Alan Moore, pp 286
5. I know why the caged bird sings, Maya Angelou
6. Mudbound, Hillary Jordan pp324
7. The Gunslinger, Stephen King pp238
8. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
9. The Drawing of the Three, Stephen King
10. I spit on your graves, Boris Vian
11. Batma ... ...
73. Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton 272 pages
74. The Folk Keeper - Franny Billingsly 162 pages
75. The Gunslinger - Stephen King 300 pages Op dit moment lees ik De Scherpschutter van Stephen King, deel 1 van De donkere toren-cyclus. ... Himes ...
so that's 4 already :)
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I am also going to add Stephen King's Dark Tower series
1. The Gunslinger
2. The Drawing of the Three
3. The Waste Lands
4. Wizard and Glass
5. Wolves of Calla
6. Song of Susa ... 199. Gunslinger by Stephen King
200. Death in Paradise by Robert Parker
... keeping the non-fiction works: Danse Macabre and On Writing.
As for the Dark Tower I'm not sure! I started reading The Gunslinger once, but gave up just a couple of pages in. I guess the fantasy genre is really not my bag either. I agree with 'beeg' that these novels maybe are best ... ... to have lighter months. I think your idea of splitting The Bachman Books is a good idea for the same reason.
As for The Gunslinger whatever you (or whoever) decides is fine with me. I'm just excited to be along for the ride.
Thanks again for guiding this group read in a good direction ... ... into the mix? I'm thinking Danse Macabre and The Talisman probably belong, but think the group should decide.
Also, The Gunslinger was originally released as a very limited edition in 1982, but the wide release was years later; 1988 and it was revised and expanded in 2003. Where should ... ... by Larry Niven
Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
The Farmer's Daughter by William Carlos Williams
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Angry Young Spaceman by Jim Munroe ... books.
I am now starting Wizard and Glass.
If you wish to read them, I posted reviews on the previous books: The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, and The Waste Lands.
I am really enjoying this series.
Onward! hmm, to me it sounds like a description of Walter, so I will guess that it is from The Gunslinger. hmmm, maybe The Gunslinger? I finished The Gunslinger. I feel like it was just a mere 230 page-long introduction to a much bigger work...
Well, on with The Drawing of the Three... I finally finished Lord of the Rings over the weekend. It was sad and lovely, actually...
I had also started The Gunslinger and am nearly finished with it. I think I'll continue that series.
... really well and enjoying their journies. The extra material helped there. I felt the same way when I happened on The Gunslinger years ago and began reading about Roland's journey. In some ways, I wish that his journey never ended and that the story could continue. But 7 books is ... Is that the first DT book... The Gunslinger? ... the books I was reading.
I too am never without my backpack, usually carrying at least 3 different books. Today I have The Gunslinger, In Search of Mockingbird, and a 10 pound biology teachers text. ... Louis Stevenson (I have a 1911 edition that has apparently never been read, so I'm enjoying it for that reason as well)
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
trying to finish Pandora's Star by Peter Hamilton
and starting the 2009-10 MASL Gateway nominee list with In Search of Mockingbird ... "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed"
- Stephen King's The Gunslinger ... Salem's Lot is a great place to start, or something newer like Duma Key If you are ok with more of a fantasy twist try The Gunslinger. ... drivel or It's the most brilliant book ever. It'll be interesting to see which camp I join.
From BookMooch: The Gunslinger and The Drawing of Three, both by Stephen King. They're the first two Dark Tower books. After getting book three and not realising it, I had to get the ... Well, just to make sure the whole series is represented...is it The Gunslinger? ... three of the Dark Tower books (I read them when they first came out) and I thought they were very good, although I think The Gunslinger is my least favorite, it basically sets it all up for the rest of the books. The Drawing of the Three was great and so was The Waste Lands, I sped ... ... author's work down and so I'll mention one more, though it's more of a set. With The Stand, King's fantasy series The Gunslinger is seen as his best work. I think it's as good as any fantasy series available, even next to Narnia or Lord of the Rings. It combines apocolyptic type ... ... went on and on with no end in sight Xanth and still others kept me on edge worrying that they might never get finished (Dark Tower and Wheel of Time). In the case of Wheel of Time, I stopped reading the series at about book 4 or 5 and decided to wait until Robert Jordan (God rest his soul) ... it's Salem's Lot, but The Gunslinger is a good guess 46> The Gunslinger? I'm reading A Time of Exile, The Gunslinger and Dies the Fire. They're three quite different styles. ... somewhere on LT and had to get it.
I will start Middlemarch for the group read this weekend.
I am also reading The Gunslinger by Stephen King as it is one of the few older SK works I never read. And so many people are raving about it. ... thinking about it.
I'm not even going to bother summing this book up. If you haven't read the previous books, pick up The Gunslinger right now. I mean, now. I'll wait for you to catch up... If you've read through book 6, you can't just stop (even though Song of Susannah was a little ... Rocking and sobbing, the congregation became a sea; the woman seemed to point at all of them and none of them.
The Gunslinger by Stephen King Jake looked back at him, his eyes clouded, puzzled. "No." They went on.
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
"Have you decided if I'm an enchantment yet?" ... morally ambiguous, although maybe too SF?
Stephen King seems an obvious choice particularly fantasy wise his Dark Tower series.
Stephen Donaldson is another candidate Thomas Covenant is not evil, but hardly pure either.
The dark fantasy ... ... from the Dark Tower series:
Only enemies speak the truth. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
The Gunslinger
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True love, like any other strong and addicting drug, is boring -- once the tale of encounter and discovery is told, kisses quickly grow stale and ... When I picked up The Gunslinger by Stephen King I hated it. I didn't buy it until about seven years later and then only because it was on sale and I thought I might as well give it another try.
I had to go right out to buy the other three books (he had only just published Wizard and Glass in ... ... have just never made it quite to the top of the list, though they're about the only ones I haven't read outside of the Gunslinger series and his newest. I will say that The Stand took forever to read for me, but it was mostly because I'd gotten the hardback as a gift, and couldn't bring ... #103 I've been reading the Tower series myself, and so far, The Gunslinger was my least favorite of them all, The Drawing of the Three is probably my favorite so far, I just finished Wizards and Glass which was good too - but it's definitely livelier with Eddie and Odetta/Susannah. Currently reading The Drawing of the Three. It is going much faster than The Gunslinger did. Probably because the POV switches fairly frequently. It's not The Gunslinger or anything by King.
Quote 2:
"In short, the wily old ____ had the boy in his toils; and, having prepared his mind, by solitude and gloom, to prefer any society to the companionship of his own sad thoughts in such a dreary place, was now slowly instilling into his soul ... Is it The gunslinger? 9. The Gunslinger by Stephen King (300 pp)
Working on The Drawing of the Three now. Reviews for Time and Again and The Atlas of Pern are on my profile if anyone is interested.
Still reading The Gunslinger. It's going faster than Time and Again, but I don't have a lot of time to read. ... but about 130-150 pages in it picks up and then the last 150 pages or so the pace was really fast.
Now I'm starting The Gunslinger by Stephen King. I've never read the Dark Tower books and I'm looking forward to reading all seven of them straight through. ... Tower is very story-driven. A lot happens in this book to drive the story forward, vastly different than the scene-setting Gunslinger or the character-driven Drawing of the Three. Ka is pushing the characters along in this book, and a lot of the story happens because ka was there to ... ... dear constant readers? http://www.librarything.com/groups/kingsdearconstantrea
*end of shamelessness*
For me it's The Gunslinger. It started the series and is just a solid book. ... give it a try. It's fun and fast-paced, and I had a blast reading it. (And thanks for adding the touchstone!)
6. The Gunslinger by Stephen King - The Dark Tower is my favorite series, as it has been since I stumbled upon it in the mid-90s. I've been meaning to reread the whole thing ... Finished Blaze a little while ago, and I've just started rereading The Gunslinger (the revised edition). This jumped out at me as I read:
When Roland hypnotizes Jake to find out how he got to the Way Station, Jake mentions that he reads "a sports novel or a Clay Blaisdell Western from the ... ... series and Sandman is listed as 1 book. Preludes and Nocturnes is the first book of the Sandman Series.
Also, The Gunslinger is part of the Dark Tower series. Dark Tower is also on the list. ... King
9. The Third Translation - Matt Bondurant
10. Dead Man's Walk - Larry McMurtry
11. Cell - Stephen King
12. The Gunslinger - Stephen King
13.Griffin and Sabine - Nick Bantock
14. Sabine's Notebook - Nick Bantock
15. The Forgetting Room - Nick Bantock
16. People of the B ... - The ultimate for me from The Gunslinger
"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed" #101 I'm in the midst of reading the Dark Tower series, though I'm spacing the books out, I am enjoying them. The Gunslinger is so far my least favorite, but books 2 and 3 are great! I could barely put them down. #4 is next for me. If you've read King's other stuff like The Talisman or Eye ... ... I'm trying to decide between The Fourth Bear and The Sirens of Titan, although I might just start Stephen King's The Gunslinger. I got the first five books of the Dark Tower series for Christmas. Believe it or not, my love with fantasy began with an unlikely work: Stephen King's The Gunslinger. From that simple beginning, I've fallen in love with the genre, even going so far as to write some minor papers on the subject while I was working on my master's degree. That's what I remember ... It was my first King book and so I've always liked it. Outside of that I love The Gunslinger book, it's just solid. I love the whole series, especially where he weaves in his own life into the book. Also, The Stand is of course a classic.
Overall though, I like The Gunslinger best, that ... I think I'm probably on the flip side, having seen several SK-inspired movies but only having read one of his books. (The Gunslinger) I've never seen The Stand, so the closest I've gotten to a good SK-inspired horror movie would be Apt Pupil. ... got around to it.
I like the idea of House of Leaves.
Not crazy about Stephan King because I just tried to read The Gunslinger and I thought it was absolutely horrible. I have been told by King readers that the Dark Tower series is not that good and I should try his other works like ... #1 ==> "The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed." from Stephen King's The Dark Tower I, The Gunslinger
That's one of my all-time favorites too. :)
(BTW, I could've sworn I had already posted something here... I'm having the strongest sense of ... So many good ones! Kudos to The Gunslinger, 1984, and everything Douglas Adams!
One of my personal favorites is the very clever and instantly hooking intro to Howl's Moving Castle:
"In the land of Ingary where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really ... I decided to go with The Dark Tower finally. Read The Gunslinger on Saturday, and about half of The Drawing of Three on Sunday. Got to say I was pretty impressed. Roland might just be the only character Ive read about who is as tough as Lan is. Dark Tower! Dark Tower! Dark Tower!
Dark Tower is not a horror series. There are moments of horror, but it is so much more than that. It mixes Western with fantasy, with a little of every other genre thrown in. I think it's the strongest fantasy series of the latter 20th century. It also ... ... ."
As far as Stephen King goes, his Dark Tower series is something I want to get around to reading, starting with The Gunslinger. Since you say you like LotR, maybe this will fit the bill since Tolkien is cited as one of his influences for the series (plus a Clint Eastwood-type main ... I've finished The Gunslinger and The Good Earth, and listened to The Handmaid's Tale on CD. I'm still working on Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded and Paradise Lost, and will start Lord Edgware Dies (aka Thirteen at Dinner tonight. I'm reading The Gunslinger, Paradise Lost, and Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded. And now that I see them listed together, it strikes me as a slightly strange combination, but I think that happens to me a lot.
"The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed." from Stephen King's The Gunslinger ... into his books is making me question my own sanity in giving him my money.
Never liked Piers Anthony.
King's Dark Tower was decent, but easily not everyones forte. I never finished it, apparently I wasn't that taken with it.
I am reading through Jordan now... I think I am ... #34 - Welcome, kernunrex! I just finished a reread of The Gunslinger and I'll begin Blaze in the next day or so. I plan on reading the The Dark Tower Series over the summer.
**touchstones for Blaze not working** #34 - Welcome, kernunrex! I just finished a reread of The Gunslinger and I'll begin Blaze in the next day or so. I plan on reading the The Dark Tower Series over the summer.
**touchstones for Blaze not working** So far this week, I have read The Shipping News and The Gunslinger. Tonight, I will begin To Ride Hell's Chasm by Janny Wurts for a group read. 42. The Gunslinger by Stephen King, 300 pages ... Zone (1979)
Firestarter (1980)
Roadwork (1981)
Danse Macabre (1981)
Cujo (1981)
The Running Man (1982)
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (1982)
Creepshow (1982)
Different Seasons (1982)
Christine (1983)
Pet Sematary (1983)
Cycle of the Werewolf (1984)
The Talism ... ... henson
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
I also have the entire Dark Tower series by Stephen King in my stack to reread. What do I tackle first? :)
What do you have at the top of your "to be read" stack? ... Suns today. The waiting list (even with ILL) at the library was very long. I didn't want to wait.
I'm rereading The Gunslinger by Stephen King and I'll begin A Thousand Splendid Suns as soon as I can get to the book store today. ... sont des femmes
En prévision: lire l'assassin royal de Robin Hobb
et finir Harry Potter et se remettre à la Tour Sombre de Stephen King afin de relire les 3 premiers et finir la série paghababian, Yes you're right I live in France and Dark Tower 7 was not published but this is not the matter . I will try to explain more clearly what I mean. Reading Stephen King's book I'm expecting to be taken from reality to terror, fright,fantasy, horror...and in hearts in Atlantis ... ... and dream greenmantle, Nina kiriki hoffmans a fistful of sky or stephen kings Talisman & Black House or Dark tower series. I don't think that I would recommend Robert Holdstocks Mythago wood series though, they are very dense, and a bit of an acquired taste. When it ... ... fun and it really took the world by storm, it's not well written, like Child_of_Light said.
I think Stephen King's Dark Tower series will stand up because, while it is pop fiction, it is also heavily literary, and you could argue that it is carrying on the epic tradition.
And while I ... ... that I actually have). It doesn't always work out but this time I was lucky.
I have a copy of Stephen King's The Gunslinger up to be mooched. The most popular edition is on several mooch lists but I didn't want anybody to get the wrong idea about it so I finally found a more ... #60 - Oh yeah, I agree on King's Dark Tower series, great fun if you can stick it out. As always, I love his wonderfully flawed characterizations, and the web he weaves throughout all of his books, masterfully tying things together! ... read Wizard and Glass first and loved it, then she went back and read the first ones. She said if she had started with The Gunslinger she would never have kept reading. I read the first three and never got around to finishing the series (of course that was before 5, 6, and 7 came out). I ... I finally bought and read them last year, after a huge wait from reading the gunslinger when I was at school. yes they had remained in my mind all that time. They are not a forgettable story. Ditto on The Gunslinger by Stephen King
And from a secular, pure literature point of view you have to love:
"1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." from The Bible
... and heard about this group. I read the first couple posts and it reminded me of the problem I had yesterday listing The Gunslinger. Even when I put in the ISBN the copy I had wouldn't come up. About 4 pages into the Gunslinger list of books I found one which listed no isbn but had the ... I've read - though not reviewed -the Dark tower series, starting with The Gunslinger. Its not horror per se, Though as Jenson says it is dark fantasy with a lot of violence in places, ther eis not that creeping sense of terror that a good horror story can produce.
It is a really odd 7 part ... My review of The Gunslinger is up on the book page.
Shortride- I checked out your library and picked one that you haven't starred yet so hopefully that means you haven't read the book yet. My choice for you is Advance and Retreat which actually looks pretty good. I would have never ... Sixty-First Book The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Review -
In a world either past, present or parallel to our own a lone Gunslinger searches for the Man in Black in an effort to learn what he "Knows". During his journey he will encounter people destined to either assist or hinder him in ... I'm reading the non-romance The Gunslinger by Stephen King. I thought perhaps a "fantasy" by Mr. King would be less scary than his regular novels, but I'm not finding that to be the case.
Will be happily back to reading romance when I'm done :-)
edited to get touchstone to work I started The Gunslinger by Stephen King yesterday. I haven't read any of King's books since high school and had forgotten how incredibly dark his writing is. I guess that's the reason he's the King of Horror! ... without getting a book hurdle in her path. I note that you've managed to do the same - so take this...
How about The Dark Tower Vol. 1: The Gunslinger by Stephen King?
I hope that it doesn't suck you into feeling a need to read the whole series. I'd like to read it but I can' ... ... chronologically, based on the list in the other thread:
The Stand (1978) - uncut and revised edition in 1990
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (1982) - revised in 2003
The Talisman (1984)
The Eyes of the Dragon (1987)
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (1987)
The ... Georgia, I would start with The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger first and foremost, and then The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three and
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands. THEN I would read The Talisman and Eyes of the Dragon, hmmmm, then The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass, then De ... ... of the book. My teacher put a cap on book report lengths after that one ;)
Now, I'm just generally obsessed by the Dark Tower series. I think I have recently convinced my friend who refuses to read any King to at least listen to the DT books on tape. I started reading King about 3 years ago, starting with The Gunslinger. Before that, I always thought of King as a horror writer. Now I can't wait to pick up more of his work. Not as big a fan of his movies as of his books, though I do want to see the TV miniseries that was based on The Stand. A ... I don't think there is a connection between Cell and the Dark Tower universe, nor with The Stand. ... (1980)
Roadwork (1981)
Cujo (1981)
Danse Macabre (1981)
The Running Man (1982)
Different Seasons (1982)
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (1982) - revised in 2003
Christine (1983)
Pet Sematary (1983)
Cycle of the Werewolf (1983)
Thinner (1984)
The Talisman (1984) ... ... off the top of my head.
And of course, there's King's adulation of Lost. And the fact that he sold the option for the Dark Tower to the producers of Lost for $19... ... serial release of The Green Mile. People couldn't wait for the next one to come out, just like Dickens' work.
To me, The Dark Tower is the greatest series of the late-20th/early-21st century. A lot of people won't read them, though, based on the perception of King as a horror writer. His ... ... for me.
I also have I think three books from the Dark Tower series, but I haven't gotten into them yet. I tried to read The Gunslinger but it didn't fit. I'll have to try again one of these days. I liked The Stand too, I own an unabridged copy, for basically the reasons mentioned above. ... or Mark Danielewski. Oh, and I read history and archaeology textbooks for fun.
bmjaspers, I'm with you on the Dark Tower. I extol its virtues to everyone I know. Have you read the comic books? They are fantastic and fit so well with the novels (and I'm not a comic book person).
... The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Cell by Stephen King
I think I'd also add King's The Dark Tower series.
Wow, so many great books to check out. Thanks!
14. The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger by Stephen King ... all-time faves:
"The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed." from Stephen King's The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
"Johnny James was sitting on the front porch, sipping from a glass of gasoline in the December heat, when the doomscreamer came." ... ... smack dab in the middle of a more fantastical world, and they all find their own little niches.
Or she could try the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Not quite fantasty, not quite horror, not quite western, it's a strange mix that forms it's own unique fantasy world. And quite a bit ... ... up the authors' latest. I think this is probably when my personal library actually started to explode. King starting his Dark Tower series, thankfully halted that. And I've lost track of Holt - does she even write anymore?
Then I started in on John Grisham but my interest expanded to ... ... Game out of boredom), and most of what I've read, I've enjoyed. While he has books that are exemplary (the whole Dark Tower series, The Stand), some of his work is just plain fun to read. I found Cell to be amongst the latter group - it's quick, and there's action and suspense ... ... House of Leaves, which is not only gigantic, but it also messes with your head.
Another craving: to reread the entire Dark Tower series... all 4000+ pages. My brother is reading it right now, so I want to be better versed to discuss it with him. Plus, the comics are coming out - the ... ... for $1.00 each to help the Jimmy Fund. I picked up two today from that table, Abduction by Rodman Philbrick and The Gunslinger by Stephen King. I haven't been inspired to read any Stephen King stories since high school, but when I checked out the back of this book it sounded ... ... everypart of an animal bar the squeal. I'm not one of them, and I don't like tripe.
I stcuk through Death Gate and the Dark tower Neither of which was that good. Deathgate started so well, it had good ideas in a fun world. They just couldn't keep it going. Eddings I kept on with.
Ear ... ... who don't manage 1 book a year but leave a two yr+ gap to finish a series that start to bug me. king springs to mind. Dark tower only 7 books took 17 YEARS to write. and the ending's crap. Donaldson has been pretty slow at times too.
Its not like I'm blown away with HP, I'd like to ... #14. Stephen King has said he doesn't want Dark Tower made into a movie series, that it works best as is, on paper.
I found the ending to be quite good, btw, quite logical, even if not to some's taste.
BTW, both Eyes of the Dragon and The Stand tie in with Dark Tower. I'd even go ... ... at about book 4 in my opinion. LoTR is still another of my all time favourite reads.
#184 has it dead right about Gunslinger, but it is readable, just about.
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