![]() Many of the magical aspects have vanished from Mid-World, but traces remain as do relics from a technologically advanced society. Politically organized along the lines of a feudal society, it shares technological and social characteristics with the American Old West but is also magical. In the story, Roland Deschain is a member of a knightly order known as gunslingers and the last of the line of "Arthur Eld", his world's analogue of King Arthur. The series is referred to on King's website as his magnum opus. However, after revising The Gunslinger, "he is trying to decide how much he can rewrite." Stephen King saw The Dark Tower series as a first draft, initially planning to rewrite it. Tolkien's work.Ī film serving as a sequel to the events of The Dark Tower was released in August 2017. King's style of location names in the series, such as Mid-World, and his development of a unique language (High Speech), are also influenced by J. He identifies Clint Eastwood's " Man with No Name" character as one of the major inspirations for the protagonist, Roland Deschain. In the preface to the revised 2003 edition of The Gunslinger, King also identifies The Lord of the Rings, Arthurian legend, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as inspirations. The series was chiefly inspired by the poem " Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" by Robert Browning, whose full text was included in the final volume's appendix. In addition to the eight novels of the series proper that comprise 4,250 pages, many of King's other books relate to the story, introducing concepts and characters that come into play as the series progresses. The series, and its use of the Dark Tower, expands upon Stephen King's multiverse and in doing so, links together many of his other novels. Incorporating themes from multiple genres, including dark fantasy, science fantasy, horror, and Western, it describes a "gunslinger" and his quest toward a tower, the nature of which is both physical and metaphorical. The Dark Tower is a series of eight novels, one short story, and a children's book written by American author Stephen King. Among prestigious awards, he is a recipient of the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2014 National Medal of Arts.Michael Whelan, Phil Hale, Ned Dameron, Dave McKean, Jae Lee, Bernie Wrightson, Darrel Andersonĭark fantasy, science fiction, horror, Western Stephen King is the author of more than 50 novels, many of them works of horror and all of them worldwide best sellers. Like his predecessor, Guidall masterfully voices the intrigue, adventure, and danger of The Dark Tower. George Guidall, a prolific Audie Award-winning narrator, took over the series after Muller’s death. Frank Muller, an acclaimed master of narration and Audie Award winner, was hand-picked by King to read his books, and here he pulls out all the stops. Two masters of narration, personally chosen by Stephen King, command this epic series. In seven volumes written over a 30-year span, The Dark Tower follows Roland on his quest through parallel worlds and into the unimaginable, encountering unexpected allies and evil forces along the way. Roland sets out in search of the Dark Tower, the nexus of the universe, which, he believes, holds the key to the world’s unsettling state. Roland of Gilead is the last gunslinger to walk the earth before the world “moved on” to raging wars, vanishing cities, and oddly flowing time. Stephen King’s magnum opus, The Dark Tower masterfully mixes horror, fantasy, and the Wild West!
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