The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger

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The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger is a dark fantasy novel by Stephen King that introduces Roland Deschain, a lone gunslinger on a quest through a desolate, Western-inspired world toward the enigmatic Dark Tower.

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instanceOf dark fantasy novel
fantasy Western
novel
antagonist The Man in Black
author Stephen King
basedOn five previously published short stories
centralQuest journey to the Dark Tower
characterRoleOfRolandDeschain gunslinger
containsCharacter Allie
Cort
Jake Chambers
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Michael Whelan
featuresCharacter The Man in Black
firstEditionFormat hardcover
followedBy The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
genre Western fiction
dark fantasy
fantasy
hasCategory 1982 American novels
American fantasy novels
hasRevisedEdition The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (2003 revised edition)
isbnFirstEdition 0-937986-50-7
linkedToOtherWorksBy Stephen King multiverse
mainCharacter Roland Deschain
mediaType audiobook
print
narrativePerspective third-person limited
notableTheme fate and destiny
obsession
quest
originalLanguage English
pageCountFirstEdition 224
partOf The Dark Tower series
surface form: The Dark Tower universe
positionInSeries first book
precededBy none
protagonist Roland Deschain
publicationYear 1982
publisher Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
Plume
Signet
series The Dark Tower (novel)
surface form: The Dark Tower
settingDescription Western-inspired world
desolate world
shortStoryComponent The Gunslinger
The Gunslinger
surface form: The Gunslinger and the Dark Man

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The Dark Tower series firstBook The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
Stephen King bibliography containsWork The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
Roland Deschain notableWork The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
Roland Deschain firstAppearance The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
Mid-World appearsIn The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
this entity surface form: The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
Jake Chambers appearsInSeries The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
this entity surface form: The Dark Tower
Jake Chambers appearsInWork The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
Oy appearsIn The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
this entity surface form: The Dark Tower
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger hasRevisedEdition The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (2003 revised edition)