The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower 1)

Thirty-three years, a horrific and life-altering accident, and thousands of desperately rabid fans in the making, Stephen King's quest to complete his magnum opus rivals the quest of Roland and his band of gunslingers who inhabit the Dark Tower series. Loyal DT fans and new readers alike will appreciate this revised edition of The Gunslinger, which breathes new life into Roland of Gilead, and offers readers a clearer start and slightly easier entry into Roland's world.

King writes both a new introduction and foreword to this revised edition, and the ever-patient, ever-loyal constant reader is rewarded with secrets to the series's inception. That a magic ream of green paper and a Robert Browning poem, came together to reveal to King his ka is no real surprise (this is King after all), but who would have thought that the squinty-eyed trio of Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach would set the author on his true path to the Tower? While King credits Tolkien for inspiring the quest and magic that pervades the series, it was Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly that helped create the epic proportions and almost absurdly majestic western backdrop of Roland's world.

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