Search results
The Dark Tower is a series of eight novels, one novella, and a children's book written by American author Stephen King. 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 series is the backbone of Stephen King's legendary career. Eight books and more than three thousand pages make up this bestselling fantasy epic. The Complete Concordance covers books I-VII and The Wind Through the Keyhole and is the definitive encyclopedic reference book that provides readers with everything they need to navigate ...
- Shelve The Drawing of the Three.
- Shelve The Waste Lands.
- Shelve Wizard and Glass.
- Shelve The Wind Through the Keyhole.
People also ask
Is Stephen King's 'the Dark Tower' a good book?
What genre is the Dark Tower?
What happened in Book 1 of the Dark Tower?
What happens in the first book of the Dark Tower series?
Inspired in equal parts by Robert Browning’s poem, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came,” J.R.R. Tolkien ’s Lord of the Rings, and Sergio Leone’s spaghetti Western classics, The Dark Tower series is an epic of Arthurian proportions. It is Stephen King’s magnum opus, and is the center of his amazing creative universe. View Books
- The Gunslinger. "The Gunslinger" is the shortest book in the series, and the most atmospheric. It's my second favorite due to just how good of a job King does of establishing Roland as a hardened, lonely traveler who will do anything to reach the titular Dark Tower.
- The Drawing of the Three. My personal favorite of the series, this is the book where "The Dark Tower" series becomes "The Dark Tower" series. It centers around lone-wolf Roland being forced to acquire a team of companions (a ka-tet) that'll stick with him throughout the whole journey.
- Bonus Material: The Stand & The Eyes of the Dragon. Although "The Dark Tower" series as a whole mostly stands on its own, it certainly helps if you're familiar with other King works.
- The Wastelands. Often considered the best book in the series, this is Stephen King at his creative height. This book's got everything: talking trains, horny demons, robot bears, very interesting poetry.
Mar 26, 2020 · Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower, is getting another live-action adaptation. This time around, Midnight Mass' Mike Flanagan is taking on an ambitious project that could encompass several ...
Sep 21, 2004 · The seventh and final installment of Stephen King's The Dark Tower saga is perhaps the most anticipated book in the author's long career. King began this epic tale about the last gunslinger in the world more than 20 years ago; now he draws its suspenseful story to a close, snapping together the last pieces of his action puzzle and drawing Roland Deschain ever closer to his ultimate goal.
