What a neat tale from a man who knows the human psychology so well. I'm usually not much of a King fan. Not because of his writing but because I have enough stress in my life I don't need the added burden of the fictional variety. However, when I saw there was a movie out and it had this fantasy-gunslinger twist. I decided I'd like to read the real story first. Little did I know I was about to embark upon the deep water of a series.

Reading the reviews many people just get confused. You don't know everything, things aren't spelled out for you, there are puzzles and unknowns that not even the characters know. A magic without form, insanity beyond reason, a world spoiled and some devilish weirdness abounds all set in something kind of normal to our past west or future dystopia west maybe. Regardless after a few years of reading science-fiction that is sometimes mind-bending hard to follow without careful consideration, The Gunslinger is an easy walk down a myriad of psychological fractures, freaks, and mysticism.

This journey is not the beginning but many leagues down it. There is much to uncover and learn. Only a dry dessert and some strange and many times decrepit adventures await Roland, his memories, and acquaintances.