No there wasn't anything like that.Originally Posted by wildfire1290
Original Gunslinger
Revised Gunslinger
No there wasn't anything like that.
Ha ha alright, cool. Now I just gotta wait till i have some money again to spend. Stupid expensive college...No there wasn't anything like that.
Opinion in politics, and politics, is an evil which has caused many a fellow to be hung while he’s still young and pretty.
When is someone going to revise YOUR stupid fucking ass??!!
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
Revised for me. Own em both. I like the way it was pretty minimal but effective to fill some holes. The original will stay sentimentally strong and classic though.
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Forgive the noob, but....
Is there a thread here (or something somewhere online) that describes in detail the differences between the two?
I'm fairly certain it has been covered in this thread.
I seem to remember anyway...
IMO, they are so small and rather insignificant that they don't merit detailed descriptions. Why don't you just read it and decide for yourself it they are important?
Err.... I don't have the original....I'm fairly certain it has been covered in this thread.
I seem to remember anyway...
IMO, they are so small and rather insignificant that they don't merit detailed descriptions. Why don't you just read it and decide for yourself it they are important?
Anyway, I was hoping for the kind of thing thedarktower.net had.... You know, when it was actually online?
That's what I'm saying dude...get the original. All hard-core junkies should have both.
(not a fan of .net either)
Any idea where I might FIND this elusive original...? Or how much it might cost?That's what I'm saying dude...get the original. All hard-core junkies should have both.
(not a fan of .net either)
Elusive?
I just saw about a dozen copies of it at Half Priced Books, for about a buck fifty. Also, I see it in mass market paperback and trade paperback on eBay all the time for very cheap.
I pick the original, because (and this might seem sort of odd) but I owe a debt of gratitude to it. The original is the first I ever read, the first that introduced me to Roland and his world.
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It's not odd at all, moreover. I wish I had the original one in English.
Roland would have understood.
Find a nice friend who has a second english copy to send to you?
Opinion in politics, and politics, is an evil which has caused many a fellow to be hung while he’s still young and pretty.
I think I have a second Original at home, I will look as soon as I am back
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And maybe if you get lucky enough, you can find someone here with 2 copies of the revised version for you to read, or possibly they bought and sent you one, and well...me too, but i'm going to check again at a different book store after school tomorrow.
Opinion in politics, and politics, is an evil which has caused many a fellow to be hung while he’s still young and pretty.
If my revised Gunslinger hadn't been a present I would send it to you with pleasure (however I have just one).
Roland would have understood.
Whoa wait a minute there are two versions of the Gunslinger ? how do you know if you have the original or the revised version ?
It says it on it.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
Mines an original then.
"It's not your bullets I fear, Roland. It's your idea of answers that scares me.
Revised gunslinger is like light coke. They can say it tastes the same but it doesn't.
Roland would have understood.
Which Version of The Gunslinger Should I Give My Girlfriend To Read?
I'm a big DT fan. My girlfriend's about to read the series for the first time, and I was wondering, which version of The Gunslinger should I give her, the original or the revised edition? DT fans know there's a big difference between the two. I own both, and tend to prefer the original.
I'm really excited to share this great series with another person, but I feel this is a big decision, not only because it's the book that's going to introduce her to the series, but also because The Gunslinger is my favorite book of the seven.
I too prefer the original, but my advice is to give her the revised.
Should she go on to become a fan, then she'll still appreciate the original on the inevitable re-read.
The Drawing of the Three.
Couldn't agree more.
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