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  • The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger

  • By: Stephen King
  • Narrated by: George Guidall
  • Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (1,082 ratings)

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The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: George Guidall
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Stephen King's epic fantasy series, The Dark Tower, is being made into a major movie starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. Due in cinemas February 17, 2017 USA.

In this first novel in his epic fantasy masterpiece, Stephen King introduces listeners to one of his most enigmatic heroes, Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner, on a spellbinding journey into good and evil, in a desolate world which frighteningly echoes our own.

In his first step towards the powerful and mysterious Dark Tower, Roland encounters an alluring woman named Alice, begins a friendship with Jake, a kid from New York, and faces an agonising choice between damnation and salvation as he pursues the Man in Black.

Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, The Gunslinger leaves listeners eagerly awaiting the next chapter.

And the Tower is closer....

©1982 Stephen King (P)2003 Penguin Audiobooks

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Great book ruined by narration

I really struggled listening to George as he told the story.
I first read this story in its original format when I was 19 - 30 years ago now. I've read the current format and all the books as they were released in Australia. I love this epic tale of Roland BUT George's voice was terrible. His attempts to differentiate between each character was just awful and as such..I listened for the story, not for the story teller.

I am saddened to see that he has narrated other books in this series. I am unsure now if I want to continue to listen in this format or return to the voices in my bed as I read it myself.

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Bad first book, horrible narrator. A must read.

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The first book is a must read to understand the rest of the book series. The rest of the series is fantastic, and thankfully narrated by another person. It took me a long time to get through the first book via audio reading and reading it on kindle. But stick to it! The next book makes it worth it!

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Great

One of my favourites. The narration is solid but not perfect. Character voices are fair there's just some weird inflections/accentuations that make certain places fall flat or become confusing. The timing and emphasis is fundamental when you're reading King due to his style, and it feels like this needed better direction to make sure it was read correctly.

For a first time reader, some parts may be confusing. But being intimately familiar with this book, I was only disappointed with the performance a handful of times at most, and it wasn't enough to distract or spoil my enjoyment of the story.

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Good time westernsy.

Stephen king is a good writer and I enjoyed this book about the gunslinger. You BEAUT. Read this book yo.

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A real slog

I love Stephen King and have heard the dark tower is his masterpiece. It better get better (I have heard it does thankfully!) because this first one is so difficult to get through. I’ve tried multiple times to get through it and glad to finally be done with it.

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Let down.

A story that was interesting at times but had little direction. Feels like to get anywhere this is going to drag out. A lot of seemingly pointless padding included. Perhaps redemption is waiting in the next book? Doubt it

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dark enjoyment

one of Stephen kings best novels on to
the next volume
narrative keep you captive all the way to the end

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Loved this book, a great introduction

Fast paced and mysterious, with elements of the modern day world and a new alternative future.

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Nothing but hot air

I've read long winded series and love the attention to detail in series like wheel of time game of thrones, lord of the rings etc.but this book has so much detail about stuff that doesn't matter that it ends up having no substance.

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Good first half

Good western style setting. writing is thoughtful. Enjoyed first half. second half didn't take off.

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