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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Book Review of the Week - Stephen King's "The Gunslinger"

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."




This is the opening line of Stephen King's "The Gunslinger," the first in a series of seven novels about the adventures of the series protagonist Roland Deschain. I am currently rereading the series and have immediately fallen back in love for it again.

To many, this series is just too long or oft full of too much detail. But for me, that is exactly how I would want the world of The Gunslinger to be. King delves deep into the mind of a man who has been forced to kill because of the actions of The Man in Black - a sorcerer who was once the man that had tricked Roland in killing his own mother.

It is essentially a post-apocalyptic western with magic and time travel. King even brings himself into the story later on down the line. The series is a great read and I highly recommend anyone interested in sci-fi horror to look into it. (it isn't too much horror, it just happens to be under that category at times)

If you are fond of graphic novels, Marvel has been putting out graphic novels about the beginning of it all. Check it out at your local B&N, they probably have at least one of them ;P

If you do get a chance to read any of it, post back with your thoughts about King's "Dark Tower" series.

Enjoy!

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P.S. just checked out Dark Tower Movies and they had posted earlier this year that Brian Grazer is still willing to do the HBO television series. Hopefully this happens. If it does, I think it may have the effect that "The Game of Thrones" had on the viewers.

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