The Gunslinger
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The Gunslinger is a dark fantasy western novel by Stephen King that introduces Roland Deschain’s quest toward the enigmatic Dark Tower.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gunslinger Book I | 1 |
| The Gunslinger and the Dark Man | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy Western novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (short story series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Allie
NERFINISHED
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Cuthbert Allgood NERFINISHED ⓘ Jake Chambers NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland Deschain NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Delgado NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man in Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Michael Whelan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expandedFrom |
The Gunslinger (1978 short story)
NERFINISHED
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The Gunslinger and the Dark Man (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Oracle and the Mountains (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Slow Mutants (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Way Station (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Drawing of the Three NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsInSeries | none ⓘ |
| genre |
Western fiction
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dark fantasy ⓘ fantasy ⓘ horror fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (comic book series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEdition | The Gunslinger (2003 revised edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducesCharacter | Roland Deschain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducesQuest | Roland Deschain’s journey to the Dark Tower ⓘ |
| ISBN | 0-937986-50-7 ⓘ |
| LCClassification | PS3561.I483 G8 1982 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Roland Deschain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| OCLC | 8497515 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCountFirstEdition | 224 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Dark Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| protagonist | Roland Deschain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1982-06-10 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
NERFINISHED
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New American Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedEditionYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| series | The Dark Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Mid-World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | quest for the Dark Tower ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Gunslinger and the Dark Man