An edition of The Gunslinger (1976)

The Gunslinger

1st Plume printing (4)
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An edition of The Gunslinger (1976)

The Gunslinger

1st Plume printing (4)
  • 4.25 ·
  • 36 Ratings
  • 568 Want to read
  • 36 Currently reading
  • 97 Have read

In the first book of this brilliant series, Stephen King introduces readers to one of his most enigmatic heroes, Roland of Gilead, The Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which frighteningly mirrors our own, Roland pursues The Man in Black, encounters an alluring woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the Kid from Earth called Jake. Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, The Gunslinger leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next chapter.

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Publish Date
Publisher
Plume
Language
English
Pages
224

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The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
2016-11, Pocket Books
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2013, W F Howes Ltd
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2013, W F Howes Ltd
Paperback in English - Large print edition (1)
Cover of: The Dark Tower I
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
2005, Hodder & Stoughton
Paperback in English - New English Library edition (1)
Cover of: O Pistoleiro - Col. A Torre Negra Vol. I
O Pistoleiro - Col. A Torre Negra Vol. I
2004, Objetiva
Paperback in Portuguese
Cover of: De scherpschutter
De scherpschutter
2001, Poema Pocket
Mass Market Paperback in Dutch - Vijftiende druk
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Schwarz: Der Dunkle Turm
1998, Heyne
Paperback in German - 4. Auflage
Cover of: The Gunslinger
The Gunslinger
1997?, Plume
Paperback in English - 1st Plume printing (4)
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Le tour sombre: Le Pistolero
1993-11, Éd. de la Seine
Hardcover in French
Cover of: Schwarz
Schwarz
1989, Heyne
in German - Deutsche Erstausgabe

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Book Details


Published in

New York, USA

First Sentence

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."

Edition Notes

US/CAN

Series
Dark Tower (1)
Copyright Date
1982

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3561.I483 G86 1988

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
224

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7590795M
Internet Archive
gunslingerthedar00step_2
ISBN 10
0452279607
ISBN 13
9780452279605
LCCN
88009938
OCLC/WorldCat
906731463, 37968767
Google
wudPLalbIkIC
Library Thing
3411
Goodreads
995116

Work Description

The Dark Tower I

The Gunslinger is a dark-fantasy by American author Stephen King. It is the first volume in the Dark Tower series.

The Gunslinger was first published in 1982 as a fix-up novel, joining five short stories that had been published between 1978 and 1981. King substantially revised the novel in 2003; this version has remained in print ever since, with the subtitle RESUMPTION.

The story centers upon Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, who has been chasing his adversary, "the man in black," for many years. The novel fuses Western fiction with fantasy, science fiction, and horror, following Roland's trek through a vast desert and beyond in search of the man in black. Roland meets several people along his journey, including a boy named Jake Chambers, who travels with him part of the way.

"The Gunslinger" (October 1978)
"The Way Station" (April 1980)
"The Oracle and the Mountains" (February 1981)
"The Slow Mutants" (July 1981)
"The Gunslinger and the Dark Man" (November 1981)

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The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
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