L'ultimo cavaliere. La torre nera

by Stephen King, Stephen King

paperback

Published June 13, 2017 by Sperling & Kupfer.

ISBN:: 978-88-6836-366-6

(229 reviews)

[The Dark Tower][1] I

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) ([source][2])

[1]: openlibrary.org/works/OL81600W/The_Dark_Tower_1-7 [2]: stephenking.com/library/novel/dark_tower_the_gunslinger_the.html

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The Gnome King reviewed The Gunslinger by Stephen King (The Dark Tower, #1)

Review of 'The Gunslinger' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Such a tough book to read, not Mr King's best. But it is worth sticking with it, I did enjoy it in the end and once you get past this one the series is amazing. Roland is one of my favourite characters of all time and I can't wait for his cameo appearance in Harry Potter... all guns blazing!

So if you don't like this book, then don't give up on the series, have one more go and try book 2 and you'll see what all the fuss is about.

Michael @ Knowledge Lost reviewed Gunslinger by Stephen King

Review of 'Gunslinger' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

This book has been recommended to me over and over and over again, but I can’t really see why. There are things I do like about the book but there are also a lot I didn’t like. My main issue with this book is I think Stephen King was trying way too hard to write a metaphor and that didn’t really help this book tell a decent story. I’ve been lucky to read a decent western style book recently in [b:The Sisters Brothers|9850443|The Sisters Brothers|Patrick deWitt|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1291999900s/9850443.jpg|14741473], so I think that this book feel really short when comparing the two. The writing style of this book was one of the things I really did enjoy, King’s prose were bleak and matched the book style perfectly, I was just never sucked in completely.

chriskirk reviewed The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger by Stephen King (The Dark Tower I)

Review of 'The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

King too often relies on vagueness to create mystery and suspense. But it is nevertheless a memorable tale, epic in its stark images of decay and solitude.

Shack70 reviewed The Gunslinger by Stephen King (The Dark Tower, #1)

Review of 'The gunslinger' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I absolution love the Dark Tower series. I read it once several years ago and got the itch to do so again. I can't believe how many things from the other books in the series are laid out in The Gunslinger. The Dark Tower series is definitely worth reading more than once. I Can't wait to read [b:The Drawing of the Three|5094|The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, #2)|Stephen King|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517583s/5094.jpg|2113248] next!

Jesper Hauge reviewed The Gunslinger by Stephen King (The Dark Tower, #1)

Review of 'The Gunslinger' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Stephen Kings take on a epic adventure novel, in the form of a cross between The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Alice in Wonderland, modelled after The lord of the rings.