The Gunslinger--Bracket 3 Runner-Up

[Tiffany]

I liked the original better. I didn't hate the revised...just liked the original better. I liked the mystery and intrigue of it.

I voted 5. No other book, ever in life, has hooked me so completely from the very first line to the very last.

[Brice]

My initial reaction when the revised came out was then I read it and went back and read the original again. I really think King made the wrong decision on this one. He really should have walked away from the pen/pencil/computer that day.

[Letti]

My initial reaction when the revised came out was then I read it and went back and read the original again. I really think King made the wrong decision on this one. He really should have walked away from the pen/pencil/computer that day.

And on the following day just to be on the safe side.

[Brice]

Yes, absolutely.

[Melike]

If I could I would give it 10.

Me, too.

[wiccangdess13]

I liked the original Gunslinger. But I have also read the revised Gunslinger and was highly disappointed in the changes King made to adapt it to the later books. It just made it so trivial by changing the original work that brought him to the later books/stories in the 1st place. Like how Steven Deschain was originally refered to as Roland the elder not Steven.

[Aaron]

Meh, the changes amounted to so little, and they werent rather significant...I don't see that it was a big deal one way or the other. I don't feel that it so much changed the story as it gave a bit more detail and tied it in a bit better with the backstory given in Wizard and Glass. It is like what King says about his books that are adapted into films. If you don't like it, big deal. The original work will always exist for you to enjoy.

That was the biggest reason that I combined both versions into just one listing for the vote. There is no sense in having two stories that are nearly identical compete with each other. Though I do think that we need to set up a comparison page in the manner that the old .net site had. If nothing else, I think that the conversation in this thread shows it is something desirable.

*has someone perfect in mind for the project*

[John_and_Yoko]

Meh, the changes amounted to so little, and they werent rather significant...I don't see that it was a big deal one way or the other. I don't feel that it so much changed the story as it gave a bit more detail and tied it in a bit better with the backstory given in Wizard and Glass. It is like what King says about his books that are adapted into films. If you don't like it, big deal. The original work will always exist for you to enjoy.

That was the biggest reason that I combined both versions into just one listing for the vote. There is no sense in having two stories that are nearly identical compete with each other. Though I do think that we need to set up a comparison page in the manner that the old .net site had. If nothing else, I think that the conversation in this thread shows it is something desirable.

*has someone perfect in mind for the project*

I second the motion!

[Brice]

...and who is it?

*waits*

[wiccangdess13]

So if I have to rate them all I would have to say DT III Wastelands #1, DT IV Wizard and Glass #2, DT V Wolves of the Calla #3, DT VII The Dark Tower #4, DT I Gunslinger(original) #5, DT VI Song of Suzannah #6, DT II Drawing of Three #7, Little Sisters #8 and revised Gunslinger #9 because it wasn't necessary.

[Matt]

This entire forum is for voting on which King book overall is best.

Love your rating system but feel free to vote on the individual books out in the forum if you would like.