tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post6398466461420469273..comments2024-03-29T06:56:12.797-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Stephen King’s The Gunslinger (Dark Tower Series, vol. 1)Billie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-87299445107555872822009-07-13T12:54:13.239-04:002009-07-13T12:54:13.239-04:00Thanks Josie! Nice meaty review :-) You've con...Thanks Josie! Nice meaty review :-) You've convinced me to add The Gunslinger to my high pile of summer reading threatening to topple of my bedside table. My own Dark Tower if you will. Going to reserve it from my library now :-)Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14245717671321835284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-80832160260329444042009-06-13T14:01:38.980-04:002009-06-13T14:01:38.980-04:00Hi Paul.
It doesn't look like he revised the ...Hi Paul.<br /><br />It doesn't look like he revised the 2nd - 7th ones: the front cover just says "with an intro by the author."Josie Kafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892717530356699008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-74524412619483148362009-06-13T06:23:04.334-04:002009-06-13T06:23:04.334-04:00Nice review Josie,
I just finished this book a mo...Nice review Josie,<br /><br />I just finished this book a month or so ago and I have to say, the revised/expanded version is so much better. I read the 1982 version back when it came out (which means I had to use a time machine because I'm so young and all). I still have a copy of the old version sat on my bookshelf. The changes, however, are numerous (even on just the first page). When I first read the old version it did feel like a young man's book and I struggled with it. With the revised version, however, the glitches didn't seem as apparent and I sailed through it. <br /><br />I don't think the first volume is typically King-esque (unlike the second volume where he seems to find his feet). But it's a good read and introduces us nicely to the Gunslinger's world.<br /><br />I'm currently half way through volume two and it feels much more like a King book. Not looking forwards to the last volume though. In the paperback version the text is tiny :-(<br /><br />Paul<br /><br />P.S. Do you know if he revised the second volume? Maybe I should get the more up to date version if he has.Paul Kellynoreply@blogger.com