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The Gunslinger
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
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Sean DeLauder
Feb 19, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
From the Beginning to The Gunslinger and the Man in Black

This review could easily bump up to 5 stars once I understand the full story, but to reach that point would require a massive undertaking--seven more novels follow this one. King is, in my mind, not a writer who creates the kind of book one can digest in just a few days. Granted, I've never read anything else by King, but I've seen his works bending the shelves at bookstores and libraries with their bulk. This work, too, by King's own ...more
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