The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)

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Summary: Very Good Book
Review: I find King's writing hard to get into, but, the Gunslinger was a book I couldn't put down.

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Summary: very good
Review: Stephen King added a new twist to his writing humor. This book is a solidly good from start to finish. As they say a "must read".

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Summary: This book rocks
Review: If you thought Stephen King was only about horror then you my fellow readers were wrong. Stephen King has created a whole new world of adventure, love, terror and impossibilities from his own imagination. In the beginning Roland, the last Gunslinger, is chasing a man named Walter across a desert. During his chase he meets a boy named Jake from New York. Jake was sent to this world by dying in his own. Over a period of time Roland grows fond of Jake. And Jake like wise grows fond of Roland. But Roland is so obsessed with the Dark Tower that he would rather Jake die than loose the trail of the man named Walter. In the end Roland finally catches up with Walter and learns about his future from him. A future that looks rather promising.

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Summary: I rather enjoyed this book.
Review: I rather enjoyed this book. I found it quite entertaining and exciting. The book had a lot of action, although it was quite violent, I still enjoyed it. I feel that Stephen King should continue writing further on this series, past "Wizard and Glass". I, myself, will coninue to read, and keep up with the Dark Tower series as long as it continues on. Thank you for listening.

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Summary: My review is good
Review: A review of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger." by Robert Tyler Gasperson. It has taken me almost seven years to sit down and actually read this novel. I was 13 or 14 years old when I checked out the audio tape from the library. I got about halfway through the first side of the first tape. Then I had to turn it off. It was too wordy for me at the time. The story moved to slow and the words were over my head. I was young and couldn't get interested in the story. I wanted things to move fast, to get interesting, instead of actually thinking about what King had to say. At the age, if I couldn't get through "The Gunslinger", I wonder what my thoughts would have been about a book like "It" or "The Stand". I think I would never have gotten interested in King's work if that was the case. I started this novel about three weeks ago, just reading in my spare tie. Now with an older mind and a little ore reading experience, my interest was sparked and just about couldn't put it down I took a trip with Rolland to the old man's house in the desert and listened as he told the story of how he killed everyone in the small city of Tull. I walked with him through the desert and watched as Rolland found the boy, Jake, at the Waystation. I observed the relationship between the boy and the Gunslinger as they crossed the desert and entered the forest. I watched as they chased the Man in Black. The first four parts of the book was just an intro. They told of the long Journey that Rolland took to find the Man in Black. It told of the past, how Rolland won his guns. It told of how the boy ended up at the Waystation. The chapters also explains some of how our own planet Earth is connected to Rolland's home world. These chapters tell of the magic that fills the lands. They tell about the entities that scour the surface for the food that they desire. They also give all the details about the life of Rolland. The final chapter is the essence of the book, or even the essence of the universe. The Man in Black meets the Gunslinger with the anticipation of telling him what he needs to know to complete his quest for "The Dark Tower." The Man in Black went to explain the finite essence of Rolland's mind. He explains how much more there is to the universe or, more than that, universes. In the words of the Man in Black he says: "Imagine the sand of the Mohanie Desert, which you crossed to find e, and imagine a trillion universes - not world but universes - encapsulated in each grain of that desert; and within each universe an infinity of others. We tower over these universe an infinity of others. We tower over these universes fro our pitiful grass vantage point; with one swing of your boot you may knock a billion billion worlds flying off into darkness, in a chain never to be completed." When I read this, I thought about it. I have had this kind of thought before. I always wondered what was beyond the proton, neutron, and electron. What if there was a universe inside each particle. It could even get smaller than that. Each atom in that universe had universes in its particles and so on and so forth. Mind boggling isn't it. I would have to give this novel three out of five King points. There was not enough detail and interest in the first four chapters, yet the final chapter did very well.

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Summary: A non stop thriller!
Review: This being the first Stephen King book I have ever read really made me want more. As soon as I was finished with the book I went to buy the next in the series, "The Drawing of the Three". And I hardly ever read books. I am a student and was required to read a book and was actually glad to read this one. I recommened this book to anyone who likes alot of action, doesn't everyone?

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Summary: Fascinating blend of genres.
Review: This blend of sci-fi meets western might not be what is expected from everybody's favorite boogieman, but the way the story unravels page by page will keep you enthralled. As Roland journeys from his home after the world moves on, he sees things he never dreamt of, but discovers that the lessons of his childhood serve him well in any situation. The quest for the Dark Tower, the nexus of worlds becomes his obsession. Long time Stephen King readers will find nuances and innuendos from previous stories interwoven into the story line. Fantastic read.

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Summary: Without Question, This is Stephen King at his BEST!
Review: I will keep my thoughts and veiws breif, because I am not a professional writer,but I have to tell the world that this series of novells by King is Brilliant, and to those who read this, you have to go and find Wizard And Glass. This is the 4th book in the series of the Dark Tower. It is avalible now, and if you are a cassette junkie like myself who loves to hear King read his work It is going to be avalible on November 4th

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Summary: great!
Review: Jorma Knowles: "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger" is, in my view, one of the best novels that the author, Stephen King, has written. The main character, Roland The Gunslinger, is complex and fascinating, and worthy of the series of books that he is featured in. The story of the book seems at first glance to be simple, but deeper into it you realize that it is much more complicated then you first thought. Roland is the last Gunslinger, a sort of knight who is charged with protecting the bleak and violent world that he lives in (it is referred to as having "moved on"), and his quest is simple: he is searching for a strange, distant thing called "The Dark Tower," something that has been seeked by the other Gunslingers before him. As he walks across a vast desert, he encounters various obstacles and other supernatural things (althought this NOT a horror novel) and finds a young boy from our universe named Jake, who actually died where he came from and was transported to the Gunslinger's world by an evil wizard who Roland is pursuing named simply "The Man In Black." (who is really a man from the Gunslinger's past named Walter) i wont tell you the end of this volume (the first) in the Dark Tower saga, but i promise that it will surprise you. Overall, the novel is well-written, with wonderful prose that is much different from Steve King's other work, and so utterly involving that you will find yourself caring for it's characters and it's story so much that you will jump right over to the next book in the series ( The Dark Tower: The Drawing of The Three) and not be able to put it (or any of the other's; the latest, the fourth, is coming out in November) down

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Summary: Can't wait for the next installment, due summer '97!
Review: I wasn't real hot on reading this series. My 18-year old son always recommends books to me that he wants to share, and this was a definite winner. King starts out piquing your interest from the very beginning and then you can't wait to finish. I read The Drawing of the Three and am now reading The Wastelands. Anxiously awaiting the next installment