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Summary: A dark hauntingly beautiful world ....
Review: were a mysterious man travels through scorched deserts with slinger's guns hanging from his hips. Were a small boy watchs from a long deserted stage coach as an evil man clocked in black stagers by, never stoping. This is were we start are Journey with a man, Roland who's travels have already been endless. It is important if you start your own journey with are Mysterious Roland that you don't think of this tale as a western. You must look closely at the details, realizing their genious and enjoy them for what they are. Things will seem confussing, and little details of the gunslinger will be reveiled in this first installment. As you travel toward your destiny the ever unreachable Dark tower, the unicorn of unicorns.The hase will thin and the charecters of this masterpeice will deepin and reveal themselves for their true nature. This is novel (and serious) is worth reading. This is King at his best, showing his true talent. You will learn to love roland I'm sure, as I have, and all his friends.
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Summary: Stephan Kings best saga
Review: This book was great but you cant just read this one it gets you into tons of king books this book is so cool it even has others after it on the same story including THe drawing of the 3, the waste lands, and wizard and glass there is sure to be more coming. I really recomend this book.
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Summary: In Another World
Review: The Gunslinger is the first insallment in The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. it is a series that either people hate, or love. I'm somewhere in the middle of those two, not knowing what to think after reading this book. King does a nice job of creating a different kind of world in which Roland interacts with people, and does his best to keep the reader hooked. King throws in some actions sequences (see The Slow Mutants and when Roland leaves the town of Tull) to keep the book interesting for readers. But The Gunslinger doesn't seem to have a purpose or reason. Sure, we know that the main objective of the books is for Roland to rach The Dark Tower. But King is writing mechanically along the way, spacing things out as if they needed to be. I haven't read any of the other novel in the series, and just because The Gunslingers didn't impress me, doesn't mean I won't continue on with the series. But even King himself says in the Afterwod that when he writes a Dark Tower novel, he is taken away, and is trying to figure out where and when and even how Roland will continue on his journey, and wherehe's come from in the first place. Because even though he writes in flashback scenes in The Gunslinger, we still don't know much about Cuthbert or Jamie or even who the heck Susan is and why she means so much to Roland. Maybe things will be explained later on in the other books. Maybe.
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Summary: Not one of Kings Best, but it has possibilites
Review: I must admit that I am used to Kings books being faster paced with a lot of information about the characters. This book was not like that. Roland is a gunslinger trying to get to The Dark Tower. The book leads you through the desert of Rolands world with a few flashbacks to younger times. The flashbacks were interesting as I was always feeling that I wanted more information about Roland, the main character. I guess I will have to read the rest of the series to find out more. All in all this book is an ok start to the series "The Dark Tower" and I will read the next book "The Drawing of the Three" to see where King leads Roland.
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Summary: A Trilogy Type Series Based On A Poem
Review: Not being one who normally reads fantasy, I was surprised when I picked this book up. This was definately a new road with Mr. King. I was further surprised to discover that it was based on the poem Child Roland to the Dark Tower Came by Robert Browning.If you are looking for fast paced Stephen King horror; this isn't it. You won't be disappointed though. At times it seemed a little hard to keep up with who was who and where they were from. This book encompasses everything you can imagine. There's Roland (a knight like figure), Jake Chambers a young boy (becomes a protege to Roland), and there are Susannah and Eddie. All chosen to travel to the Dark Tower and save the world from evil. Being one who rarely if never reads fantasy, I can only compare this book/series with J.R.R. Tolken's Lord of the Rings Trilogy. If you like Stephen King, or if you like fantasy this is a must read.
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Summary: Reflections... After the World Has Moved On...
Review: As any Constant Reader of the King Experience knows, it takes some time and inner searching to glean what the man is saying. Some novels are pure pulp; some are psycholgical explorations; others, pure science fiction. In the Dark Tower series, I have felt an attempt at alienation - non specific, that is to say not aimed at any type of reader or fan(atic)- but something to say to those who believe in Vampires or sentient rabid dogs, spaceships buried beneath the soil of Maine, Insane trucks, laundry machines or malevolent lawnmowers - those who would judge the work THE GUNSLINGER simply because of the first few pages. "I don't want to read a horror Zane Grey novel! " they shout. I don't either, and I didnt. What I read was a book full of the joy and terror of a man exploring a new type of storytelling. A beginning to inflame the thirst of New and old Constant Readers. Magnificent imagery, convoluted turns of reality. Just enough to cling to the promise of the next installment of The Dark Tower. Excellent work. Superior continuity... unbearable "waiting for the next thing".
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Summary: Surreal and Involving
Review: This book was not a pleasure to read, nor did it have a particularly strong plot, but that's okay, because those aren't the point here. This novel is about a character (the Gunslinger), and an idea (the world has moved on). The world is surreal and involving, invoking the imagination and the mind. This book is more than an anthology, but less than a picaresque -- it's a series of occurences which are related but separate, each further defining and revealing the gunslinger, his past, his world, and his quest to find the mysterious "man in black," who will somehow guide him to the magical Dark Tower. This is actually the first Stephen King novel that I've read that I've liked. It is alluring, refreshing, and thought-provoking, marred only by spelling and grammatical errors -- glammer rather than glamour, etc.
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Summary: A Well-Done Introduction To Another World
Review: 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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Summary: STRONG FICTION!
Review: THE GUNSLINGER is a book that tends to be hard to explain. It is a story about a gunslinger (there's a zinger!) who is searing for the "man in black" (and it isn't Will Smith!). Upon his journey, he befriends a little boy and is forced to examine himself. It was a very well written novel. It wasn't too long like many of King's novels tend to be. One of my favorite parts was when the gunslinger battles with the SLOW MUTANTS. This book is classic fiction. It's different from a lot of the mainstream fantasy in so many ways. 1) It's dark fantasy. To be taken seriously. 2) It's not one of those "Oh, but it will have a happy ending" type novels. 3) It's real. So real you can actually walk through the pages. The illustrations were good too. If you'rw wondewring why this version costs more than a few of the others it's because of the picture. I think it's better with the pictures. It's meant to be illustrated. Buy this book. It's on of those you'll be proud to have collecting dust on your book- shelf.
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Summary: This edition contains many typos, and the odd grammar error
Review: This printing of the book is definitely not up to King's usual standard, though much of the blame may be placed on the publisher. There's numerous typos (at least in this edition of the book), with letters like h substituted for n (she raised her nands to her face, for example), and there is the odd grammar mistake. It also appears disjointed, with things happening without any explaination, or only a partial explaination. For example, a demon that possesses a woman is killed (we know this because the gunslinger says it is dead) but no explaination is given for how it was done, etc.
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