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''The Gunslinger'' is a novel by American author Stephen King and is the first volume in the Dark Tower series, which King considers his ''magnum opus''. Initially a fix-up novel that strung together five short stories published between 1978 and 1981, it was first published in book form in 1982. King substantially revised the novel in 2003, which is the version in print today. The story centers upon Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, who has been chasing after his adversary, "the man in black", for many years. The novel follows Roland's trek through a vast desert and beyond in search of the man in black. Roland meets several people along his journey, including a boy named Jake Chambers who travels with him part of the way. ==Background and publication== The novel was inspired by Robert Browning's poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" (1855), which King read as a sophomore at the University of Maine. King explains that he "played with the idea of trying a long romantic novel embodying the feel, if not the exact sense, of the Browning poem." King started writing this novel in 1970 on a ream of bright green paper that he found at the library.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stephen King Biography )〕 The five stories that constitute the novel were originally published in ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'': * "The Gunslinger" (October 1978) * "The Way Station" (April 1980) * "The Oracle and the Mountains" (February 1981) * "The Slow Mutants" (July 1981) * "The Gunslinger and the Dark Man" (November 1981) It took King 12 1/2 years to finish the novel. The finished product was first published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. as a limited edition in 1982. In 1988, Plume released it in trade paperback form. Since then, the book has been re-issued in various formats and included in boxed sets with other volumes of the series. In 2003, the novel was reissued in a revised and expanded version with modified language and added and changed scenes intended to resolve inconsistencies with the later books in the series. It is dedicated to Ed Ferman, long-time editor of ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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