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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100451211243
ISBN-139780451211248
eBay Product ID (ePID)4442030
Product Key Features
Book TitleDark Tower
Number of Pages845 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFantasy / Epic
Publication Year2003
GenreFiction
AuthorStephen King
Book SeriesDark Tower Ser.
FormatMass Market / Mass Market
Dimensions
Item Height5.4 in
Item Weight40.5 Oz
Item Length7.1 in
Item Width4.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsAn impressive work of mythic magnitude. May turn out to be Stephen King's greatest literary achievement. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution), "Gripping...compelling...King mesmerizes the reader." - Chicago Sun-Times "An impressive work of mythic magnitude. May turn out to be Stephen King's greatest literary achievement." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution, An impressive work of mythic magnitude. May turn out to be Stephen King's greatest literary achievement. ( Atlanta Journal-Constitution ), "Gripping...compelling...King mesmerizes the reader." -- Chicago Sun-Times "An impressive work of mythic magnitude. May turn out to be Stephen King's greatest literary achievement." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Number of Volumes4 vols.
Volume NumberSet
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
SynopsisSet in a world of ominous landscape and macabre menace, The Dark Tower features one of Stephen King's most powerful creations--The Gunslinger, a haunting figure who embodies the qualities of the lone hero through the ages, from ancient myth to frontier Western legend. As Roland crosses a desert of damnation in a macabre world that is a twisted image of our own, he moves ever closer to the Dark Tower of his dreams--and nightmares.
I know Stephen King is not scholarly reading, but the Gunslinger series is not easy reading. However, after giving it a chance it becomes very compelling. I got these for my 14 year old daughter because she likes the 'after world' creepy fantasy novels. I thought she was not enjoying it but it turns out she absolutely loves the books. She mentioned it took most of the first book before it started falling into place and became a real page turner. She is nearly through the third book.
Now, her imagination is working well, and her Note 4 phone is taking a side line. I like that aspect of it, because it really is a quality story and offers some paradox type shifting between worlds. She admits that she feels good reading and realizes the phone does not offer her the same brain exercise- and it is a different kind of excitement. When she puts the phone down, she told me she just stops thinking about what she was doing. When she puts the book down her mind is racing about what the next pages will be like and she is building a whole world in her head, nothing like the world she lives in.
I have to give Stephen King credit. It is an obscure novel and not a teen simple reading book, yet it is holding her attention, she said she is going read all his books. Yeah right- but I like that she is challenging me on this.
Thanks for reading. Well worth it.