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The opening chapter in the epic Dark Tower series. Roland, the last gunslinger, in a world where time has moved on, pursues his nemesis, The Man in Black, across a desert. Roland's ultimate goal is the Dark Tower, the nexus of all universes. This mysterious icon's power is failing, threatening everything in existence.
The five stories that constitute the novel were originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction:
"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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succubus, demons, American fiction, fantastic fiction, adventure fiction, science fiction, horror fiction, fantasy, Fantasy fiction, Ciencia-ficción, Adventure stories, Fiction, Cuentos de terror, Good and evil, Roland (Fictitious character : King), Roland (Fictitious character), Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10People
Roland (Fictitious character), Roland (Fictitious character : King), Slow Mutants, The Man in Black, Roland Deschain, Walter o'Dim, Cort, The Crimson King, Marten, Randall Flagg, Gabrielle Deschain, Steven Deschain, Brown, Zoltan, Jake Chambers, AlicePlaces
Gilead, In-World, The Dark Tower, the desert, Earth, Tull, Manhattan, Western Sea, the way stationShowing 10 featured editions. View all 94 editions?
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The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
2005, Hodder & Stoughton
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The Gunslinger
2003, Viking
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The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
1989-07, New American Library
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Previous edition: London : New English Library, 1997.
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