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The Gunslinger
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Athena Shardbearer
Jun 02, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fantasy
This is not the beginning but the beginning's end

I have been reflecting over the past year, 2013, and I have wasted a whole year on lousy reads. There were some good, some really bad but nothing really stayed with me like I think Gunslinger will.

Roland Deschain of Gilead is my homeboy. He's the kind of man you need by your side in a fight. The entire time reading this I felt like I was watch Dirty Harry and Star Wars, then to Indiana Jones. For a while there I was going to start calling him the
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Richard Rutledge
Oct 16, 2013 rated it it was amazing
An outstanding beginning to a promising series. I know, I know.. I am coming to the party late.. forgive me. It is a hard book/series to describe.. kind of a mix of western, high fantasy, science fiction, apocalyptic fiction, multi world, other dimension, time travel, and horror. Pretty much everything I enjoy reading about. What intrigues me most is that it ties most of King's body of work together into some sort of connectedness. If this series even comes close to maintaining what it has begun ...more
Mark Gerlach
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Elizabeth Stultz
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Brandon
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Mindy
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Mashkai
Nov 24, 2011 rated it it was ok
Davis
Nov 25, 2011 rated it it was ok
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Lamora
Dec 09, 2011 rated it really liked it
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Fernando Barrocal
Sep 09, 2012 rated it it was ok
Nihar
Nov 25, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Apr 11, 2013 marked it as tbr-in-my-library
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Kate
Sep 16, 2014 marked it as to-read
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