The Dark Tower (series) From Wikiquote (Redirected from The Dark Tower Series Jump to: navigation search The Dark Tower is a series of seven books by American writer Stephen King that tells the tale of lead character Roland Deschain's quest for the "Dark Tower." Part of Roland's fictional quest lies in discovering the true nature of the Tower. The series incorporates themes from multiple genres, including fantasy fiction, science fantasy, horror, and western elements. Contents Vol II: The Drawing of the Three Vol III: The Waste Lands Vol IV: Wizard and Glass ... edit Vol I: The Gunslinger - The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
- Opening text Go then, there are other worlds than these.
- Jake I don't like people, they fuck me up. The desert was the apotheosis of all deserts, huge, standing to the sky for what looked like eternity in all directions. It was white and blinding and waterless and without feature save for the faint, cloudy haze of the mountains which sketched themselves on the horizon and the devil-grass which brought sweet dreams, nightmares, death. An occasional tombstone sign pointed the way, for once the drifted track that cut its way through the thick crust of alkali had been a highway. Coaches and buckas had followed it. The world had moved on since then. The world had emptied. hollow grandeur in place of true passions which might once have built kingdoms and sustained them.
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