The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)

Posted on 20 January 2018 by Stephen King

Beginning with a short story appearing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1978, the publication of Stephen King s epic work of fantasy what he considers to be a single long novel and his magnum opus has spanned a quarter of a century.Set in a world of extraordinary circumstances, filled with stunning visual imagery and unforgettable characters, The Dark Tower series is King s most visionary feat of storytelling, a magical mix of science fiction, fantasy, and horror that may well be his crowning achievement.Book IIn The Gunslinger originally published in 1982 , King introduces his most enigmatic hero, Roland Deschain of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger He is a haunting, solitary figure at first, on a mysterious quest through a desolate world that eerily mirrors our own Pursuing the man in black, an evil being who can bring the dead back to life, Roland is a good man who seems to leave nothing but death in his wake.This new edition of The Gunslinger has been revised and expanded throughout by King, with new story material, in addition to a new introduction and foreword It also includes four full color illustrations in the hardcover and trade paperback formats. Best Read The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) By Stephen King For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr INTRODUCTION A few things you should know before deciding how helpful this review will be for you. I think the Dark Tower series as a whole is a staggering achievement and belongs in any discussion without qualification of the Greatest Fantasy Series of All Time There are no spoilers in this review but I have read the series twice all the way through and am doing a third reading as part of a group read this month Therefore, my rev...Please don t hate me I know it seems sacrilegious to give a Stephen King anything less than 4 stars, but this one was SLOOOOWWWW for the first 75% That s not to say I didn t enjoy it, but I did find this was an easy book to put down and not feel an urgency to jump back into for days at a time I ve heard many folks describe this as a nice prologue to the series and that, in a sense, the action and story doesn t become investment worthy until book 2 That, coupled with the fact that I did becom Please don t hate me I know it seems sacrilegious to give a Stephen King anything less than 4 stars, but this one was SLOOOOWWWW for the first 75% That s not to say I didn t enjoy it, but I did find this was an easy book to put down and...The man in black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed Roland Deschain, the last of the Gunslingers, is on a quest for the Dark Tower, a mysterious edifice that is the axle of worlds and holds all existence together In this, the first volume, Roland pursues his nemesis across the Mohaine Desert He follows the man in black s trail to a little town called Tull, then throughdesert, encountering a boy named Jake from our world, and then into the mountains Will Roland finally c The man in black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed Roland Deschain, ...Great world building and atmosphere Definitely different from anything I ve read before It felt very scattered, like King didn t really have any idea what the next paragraph would hold I m sure that probably made it a blast to write, bu...Beaware that the movie s following the Ending of the Last Book But in the first book, I suffered the Hard, Dry, Boring read of following a Man in Black you don t know, in a weird hot dry desert in hot August for one reason,To reach a Dark Tower you don t know where..or why..detailed in too much adverbs and ambiguity.That didn t help much to start the following 2 books I already boughtBook one was a true disappointment for me, I never thought it d be Beaware that the movie s following the Ending of the Last Book But in the first book, I suffered the Hard, Dry, Boring read of following a Man in Black you don t know, in a weird hot dry desert in hot August for one reason,To reach a Dark Tower you don t know where..or why..detailed in too much adverbs and ambiguity.That didn t help much to start the following 2 books I already boughtBook one was a true disappointment for me, I never thought it d be from you, Mr King..I believe in Old Gods of King Salem s Lot and the new Under the Dome..but this really I hated..May be just mebut here s a confession that clear my doubts. Stephen King, on the foreword The younger man who dared to write this book had been exposed to far too many writing seminars, and had grown far too used to the ideas those seminars promulgate that one is writing for other people rather than one s self that language isimportant than story that ambiguity is to be preferred ov...An intriguing book, it draws the reader in little by little It is fantastic, imaginative but inconsistent Amid moments of brilliance there are also islands of abstraction so murky, almost Kafkaesque in absurdity, that I could not follow But it is interesting enough that I will probably read the sequels Of course that is another detraction, this book does not stand alone but leaves the reader with many questions unanswered Fun questions that lead the reader to seek further, but a work of An intriguing book, it draws the reader in little by little It is fantastic, imaginative but inconsistent Amid moments of brilliance there are also islands of abstraction so murky, almost Kafkaesque in absurdity, that I could n...The man in black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed That is the line I remembered for years and years that made me think that someday I would revisit THE GUNSLINGERAs a young teenage girl I read THE GUNSLINGER and really didn t like it that much I didn t hate it it just confuuuuuused me And to review this I will have to take you back to when I first read it as a teenStephen King is special to me Special because when I first discovered him it was the first time I wentThe man in black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed That is the line I remembered for years and years that made me think that someday I would revisit THE GUNSLINGERAs a young teenage girl I read THE GUNSLINGER and really didn t like it that much I didn t hate it it just confuuuuuused me And to review this I will have to take you back to when I first read it as a teenStephen King is special to me Special because when I first discovered him it was the first time I went out on my own and read something that wasn t influenced by anyone but me Before then my books were all hand me downs Books I borrowed from my brother like John D MacDonald s Travis McG... The Dark Tower series was one of the great joys of my reading life However, it also frustrated me to the point where I often wanted to bludgeon Stephen King with a hardback copy of It.I was baffled by The Gunslinger when I first read it way back in my high school days It had been an unobtainable limited edition that had popped up in the title card of King s other books, and when it finally went into wide release I couldn t wait to snatch it up But then I couldn t make sense of it There was a The Dark Tower series was one of the great joys of my reading life However, it also frustrated me to the point where I often wanted to bludgeon Stephen King with a hardback copy of It.I was baffled by The Gunslinger when I first read it way back in my high school days I...ENGLISH The Gunslinger ITALIANOWhen I read this novelthan twenty years ago, I did not appreciate it Clearly, Roland s story did not charmed enough my distracted and teenage mind Therefore, I decided to prematurely stop the The Black Tower series A few days ago in a bookstore I stumbled on a copy of the new edition of The Gunslinger , and reading the preface I understood a couple of things FIRST not just myself, but also Stephen King was young when he wrote the same edition ofENGLISH The Gunslinger ITALIANOWhen I read this novelthan twenty years ago, I did not appreciate it Clearly, Roland s story did not charmed enough my distracted and teenage mind Therefore, I decided to prematurely stop the The Black Tower series A few days ago in a bookstore I stumbled on a copy of the new edition of The Gunslinge...All I could think throughout this book was what the hell am I reading This western fantasy has to be the most confusing book I ve read in a long time Some parts wereinteresting than others but overall I was very disappointed After hearing everyone rave about this series I have a hard time understanding why I don t believe it would be this popular if it wasn t for Stephen King s name on it There I said it I didn t like the story very much nor the writing.I had been warned that the fir All I could think throughout this book was what the hell am I reading This western fantasy has to be the most confusing book I ve read in a long time Some parts wereinteresting than others but overall I was very disappointed After hearing everyone rave about...

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20 January 2018

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