5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it
Never Read
Bracket #3: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (1982)
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, 1982
Please vote for The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger using the following scale:
5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it
If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.
You may base your vote on the 2003 revised version as well as the 1982 original. Please base your vote only on this book's own merits, not how it fits into the series as a whole.
I give this one an Average.
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It was good. Good enough to get me to be interested in reading the next six. I mean, that deserves at least a 4 imo.
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I didn't really like it, but I think it is good; then, in the light of further developments it does make some more sense. A 4.
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I gave it a 4. I found it pretty good and very surreal, and certainly unlike any book I've ever read, but it only got me interested in the other Dark Tower books. Let's face it, it's only with volume 2 that it really begins to kick off!
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Um, 5? I loved The Gunslinger. But, I'll agree that the story really gets moving in book II.
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Which is why I placed a notice in the poll advising to judge the book solely on its own merits.Originally Posted by Ageless Stranger
Well, I spose i could say "I loved it!", but even judging it on its own merits, I wouldn't have given it a 5. That I usually reserve for the best of the best stuff. A fantastic read, but not perfect, and a little hard going, sometimes.
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I had to give this one a 3. It was one of the very few SK books that I couldn't originally get through. I must've started it 4 or 5 times and couldn't make it anywhere near half way. I continued to buy the subsequent books as they came out, but it wasn't until I got DT VII that I finally pushed my way through it. Once I made it past the point I'd quit all those times, I did enjoy it. And it was the beginning of a wonderful read!
And yes - I did a marathon read of I - VII over the span of just over a week!!
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Yeah, I saw that after I had posted. I was agreeing with the two posts above me. I still give it a 5. I loved the book.Which is why I placed a notice in the poll advising to judge the book solely on its own merits.
"May your luck rise, Roland" -Cuthbert Allgood
That's about it for me, except that puts it in my "3" category.
I liked it a bunch. It really had me on edge wanting more, so for me it gets a 4.
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as somebody who didn't start reading the series until the revised version was out, What's the added material in the new book? I voted loved it. I loved every book in the series.
This, exactly.
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I have always wondered the same thing.
But anyway I gave it a 5. I was hooked with the first one
It would be so very strange to see someone vote never read. I mean it could happen, but still...
Imo, the differences between the two versions are substantial. I highly recommend that anyone who hasn't read the original do so.
i gave it a 5, on first read it was enough to get hooked and looking for the other books in the series, and unlike some of the others in the series i have never got bored re-reading this one
That would be weird considering where we are and stuff.
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
Although not entirely strange. Some people might join just because they're Stephen King fans and want to know what the Dark Tower is like, or just to talk about Stephen King books in general.
And we do have the best online community in the world! (Certainly one of the nicest, as far as this cat's concerned (i really need to stop saying that!)) Hell, i come on here less for discussing Dark Tower (although I always feel a need to discuss when reading) and more for the random discussion! Our combined awesomeness is bound to attract more awesomeness, whether they've read Dark Tower or not!
Never be cruel and never be cowardly. And if you ever are, always make amends.
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I only readed the original version... And i´m giving it a 4. To me, it was kind of slow, but interesting enough to read the next book (and the other 5 to!)
"Pretty good and very surreal, and certainly unlike any book I've ever read" doesn't put it above average?That's about it for me, except that puts it in my "3" category.
As a kid, I absolutely loved it. However, this---- brought my vote down to a 4.
Personally, I'd have preferred two separate polls for the original and revised. They are vastly different, imo
Hm. What I'd favor, if it's not too abstract a concept, would be a poll for the existing The Dark Tower series as a single work, considered separately from the individual volumes.
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