Basically an adaptation of the flashback portion of Wizard and Glass, The Gunslinger Born helps visualize a world that previously only existed in prose form and in a handful of painted illustrations.
Marvel Comics first journeyed into this universe with 2007's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born. Both the Dark Tower comics and the live-action movie are worth consuming as companions to the novels. If I could, this would be an 11.The Dark Tower saga may be rooted in the prose world, but it's also expanded into other media in recent years.
This book is by far the best in the series for me because it’s able to evoke so many different emotions. It takes you even deeper into Roland’s world and offers a glimpse into a history few tales every really offer their fans.Īnd while it’s a great take on how to do a flashback, it’s executes it with perfect precision, drawing on the reader’s already invested connection to Roland. The tale Roland tells is like an in-depth flashback that pulls the reader in from the start. It’s a continuation of Roland’s journey, but it’s also a story within a story
I think it’s because I always saw this particular book as a bonus. This has always been my favourite when it comes to the Dark Tower series. By the time the tale ends, all will know the secrets that drive the gunslinger onward, in his quest to find the Dark Tower. The ka-tet listen intently as they learn about the gunslinger’s beginnings, his relation to the man in black and his first true love.īut not every story has a happy ending and Roland will show them why some memories are best left in the far corners of one’s mind. As they begin to discover significant differences between the world they know and the world they now find themselves in, Roland and his friends take refuge for the night.Īs the fire begins to crackle, Jake, Eddie and Susannah begin to learn about the Gunslinger’s past, Roland offering them a tale from his youth. After managing to defeat the crazed train, Blane the Mono, Roland and his ka-tet find themselves in an alternate world of the 1980s.
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