The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger

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dark fantasy novel fantasy Western novel

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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The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger canonical 5
The Dark Tower 2
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
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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Referenced by (9)

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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)