Context:
The
 Gun
slinger
 is
 the
 first
 volume
 in
 the
 Dark
 Tower
 series
,
 
which
 Stephen
 King
 consider
s
 to
 be
 his
 mag
num
 opus
.
 The
 story
 center
s
 
upon
 
Roland
 Des
chain
,
 The
 Last
 Gun
slinger
,
 in
 
a
 world
 
where
 time
 has
 
moved
 on
.
 He
 purs
ues
 The
 Man
 in
 Black
,
 
across
 
a
 desert
 on
 
a
 
journey
 into
 good
 and
 
evil
.
 On
 the
 way
 he
 en
counter
s
 an
 all
uring
 woman
 
named
 Alice
,
 and
 begin
s
 
a
 
friendship
 with
 the
 Kid
 from
 Earth
 
called
 Jak
e
.
 
Roland
'
s
 (
also
 know
 as
 
Roland
 of
 Gi
lead
)
 
ultimate
 goal
 is
 to
 
reach
 the
 the
 Dark
 Tower
,
 the
 ne
xus
 of
 all
 universe
s
.
 This
 myster
ious
 
tower
'
s
 power
 is
 fail
ing
,
 
threat
ening
 to
 
destroy
 everything
 in
 
existence
.
 It
 
took
 King
 tw
elve
 years
 to
 complete
 the
 novel
.
 The
 
finished
 product
 was
 first
 
published
 by
 Donald
 M
.
 Grant
,
 Publisher
,
 Inc
.
 as
 
a
 
limited
 edition
 in
 1982
.
 In
 1988
,
 Plum
e
 
released
 it
 in
 trade
 
paperback
 form
.
 
Since
 then
,
 the
 book
 has
 been
 re
-
issue
d
 in
 
various
 format
s
 and
 included
 in
 box
ed
 sets
 with
 other
 volume
s
 of
 the
 series
.
 In
 2003
 the
 novel
 was
 
reissu
ed
 in
 
a
 revis
ed
 and
 expand
ed
 version
 with
 
modified
 language
 and
 
added
 
scenes
 in
tended
 to
 resolve
 incon
s
isten
cies
 with
 the
 later
 books
 in
 the
 series
.
 The
 
Drawing
 of
 the
 Three
 is
 the
 second
 in
 the
 Dark
 Tower
 series
.
 Original
y
 
published
 in
 1987
 by
 Donald
 M
.
 Grant
.
 The
 story
 of
 The
 Gun
slinger
 continue
s
 and
 follow
s
 
Roland
 of
 Gi
lead
 and
 his
 quest
 for
 the
 Dark
 Tower
.
 The
 Man
 in
 Black
 is
 now
 dead
,
 and
 
Roland
 is
 about
 to
 be
 hur
led
 into
 20
th
-
century
 America
,
 occup
ying
 the
 mind
 of
 
a
 man
 running
 c
ocaine
 on
 the
 New
 York
/
Bermuda
 
s
huttle
.
 He
 en
counter
s
 three
 myster
ious
 door
ways
 on
 the
 beach
 and
 
each
 one
 enter
s
 into
 
a
 different
 person
 living
 in
 New
 York
.
 
Through
 
these
 door
ways
,
 
Roland
 draw
s
 the
 compani
ons
 who
 will
 assist
 him
 on
 his
 quest
 to
 save
 the
 Dark
 Tower
.
 The
 Was
te
 Lands
 is
 the
 
third
 book
 of
 the
 Dark
 Tower
 series
.
 
Published
 in
 1991
 by
 Donald
 M
.
 Grant
 this
 was
 original
ly
 
released
 as
 
a
 Limited
 Edition
 H
ardcover
 featur
ing
 full
-
color
 
illustration
s
 by
 Ned
 Dame
ron
.
 With
 two
 new
 members
 to
 his
 ka
-
tet
,
 Jak
e
 Chamber
s
 and
 
a
 
Input:
 "
The
 Dark
 Tower
"
 series
 is
 argu
ably
 Stephen
 King
'
s
 life
 work
.
 He
 set
 out
 writing
 the
 stories
 that
 
ended
 up
 in
 the
 first
 volume
 in
 1982
.
 I
 don
'
t
 think
 he
 realise
d
 
until
 much
 later
 that
 the
 seed
 plante
d
 in
 
those
 stories
 
could
 be
 
developed
 into
 
a
 much
 rich
er
 series
 of
 books
.
 The
 series
,
 
u
nfortunately
,
 is
n
'
t
 
finished
 yet
.
 Last
 year
 saw
 the
 release
 of
 the
 four
th
 volume
,
 in
 
which
 protagonist
 
Roland
 the
 Gun
slinger
 still
 has
n
'
t
 ful
filled
 his
 quest
 of
 
finding
 the
 elu
sive
 Dark
 Tower
.
 King
 
claims
 that
 
another
 two
 or
 three
 volume
s
 may
 
appear
 before
 the
 Dark
 Tower
 is
 found
.
 The
 first
 volume
,
 
a
 
none
 too
 volum
i
nous
 book
 
called
 "
The
 Gun
slinger
",
 is
n
'
t
 too
 good
.
 The
 
landscape
 is
 difficult
 to
 identif
y
 with
 
-
 
a
 world
 
which
 intersec
t
s
 in
 some
 
ways
 with
 our
s
,
 but
 is
 
often
 also
 total
ly
 different
.
 It
 function
s
 as
 an
 
introduction
 to
 the
 character
 of
 
Roland
 of
 Gi
lead
,
 Son
 of
 Steven
,
 
a
.
k
.
a
.
 The
 Gun
slinger
.
 He
 follow
s
 the
 Man
 in
 Black
.
 It
'
s
 
a
 
pretty
 standard
 story
,
 with
 little
 character
 
depth
.
 "
The
 
Drawing
 of
 the
 Three
",
 still
 set
 in
 
a
 
surreal
,
 night
mar
ish
 world
,
 is
 
already
 
a
 lot
 better
.
 In
 order
 for
 
Roland
 to
 find
 the
 Dark
 Tower
 he
 has
 to
 form
 
a
 ka
-
tet
 
-
 
a
 bond
 of
 friends
,
 sort
of
 
-
 or
 else
 he
'
ll
 fail
.
 
Through
 doors
 on
 
a
 
dangerous
 beach
 he
 
looks
 into
 
various
 time
slides
 of
 our
 world
 and
 
'
draw
s
'
 the
 people
 he
 
needs
:
 The
 
Prison
er
 and
 the
 Lady
 of
 Shadow
s
.
 Here
,
 King
 start
s
 to
 develop
 the
 characters
 
a
 lot
 more
,
 creat
ing
 
e
asier
 
identification
 we
 all
 know
 and
 love
 from
 his
 best
 works
.
 
Roland
 is
n
'
t
 perfect
,
 you
 see
.
 And
 the
 people
 he
 
'
draw
s
'
 into
 his
 world
 are
 also
 multi
-
facet
ted
.
 The
 book
 is
 full
 of
 suspens
e
 and
,
 with
 
a
 little
 
suspension
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