The Dark Tower Companion: A Guide to Stephen King’s Epic Fantasy

✍ Scribed by Bev Vincent

• Book ID: 100264609
• Publisher: New American Library
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 392 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 1101615109

✦ Synopsis

AN ALL-NEW COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY CONSTRUCTED WORLDS IN ALL OF FICTION Stephen King's bestselling multi-volume Dark Tower series is the author's most inspired and imaginative creation. The story of Roland Deschain of Gilead, the last gunslinger, and his lifelong quest to reach the tower and save humanity across infinite parallel worlds is one that has consumed King throughout his career as characters and concepts crossed back and forth between the series and the rest of his fictional universe. The mythos continues to be chronicled and expanded in graphic novels overseen by King, interactive adventures on his website, a proposed film adaptation, and in a new Dark Tower novel. The Dark Tower Companion is the ultimate compendium to King's evolving magnum opus, presenting the mythology, history, and geography of this epic fantasy that has captivated generations of readers. Featuring interviews with Stephen King, Ron Howard, Dark Tower expert Robin Furth and others, Bev Vincent reveals The Dark Tower's influential literary origins, examines its connections to the vast majority of King's other novels, explores the expanded universe, catalogs the major characters, locations and concepts, and includes a travel guide to the story's real-world locations, giving fans who have followed Roland's journey'or those who are discovering it for the first time'a fascinating overview of the series and an inside look at the creative process of one of the world's most popular authors.;Machine generated contents note: Inspiration and Influences -- "The Little Sisters of Eluria" -- The Gunslinger: Resumption -- The Drawing of the Three: Renewal -- The Waste Lands: Redemption -- Wizard and Glass: Regard -- The Wind Through the Keyhole -- Wolves of the Calla: Resistance -- Song of Susannah: Reproduction -- The Dark Tower: Resumption -- Books and Stories Related to the Dark Tower -- Salem's Lot -- The Stand -- The Talisman -- Skeleton Crew -- It -- The Eyes of the Dragon -- Insomnia -- Rose Madder -- Desperation -- The Regulators -- Bag of Bones -- Hearts in Atlantis -- The Plant -- Black House -- From a Buick 8 -- Everything's Eventual -- The Colorado Kid -- Ur -- Mile 81 -- 11/22/63 -- An Interview with Stephen King -- Discordia -- An Interview with Brian Stark -- A Few Words with Robin Furth -- The Dark Tower: The Movie -- An Interview with Ron Howard -- An Interview with Akiva Goldsman -- The Artwork of the Dark Tower -- The Gunslinger -- "The Little Sisters of Eluria" -- The Drawing of the Three -- The Waste Lands -- Wizard and Glass -- The Wind Through the Keyhole -- Wolves of the Calla -- Song of Susannah -- The Dark Tower -- Other Artists -- Marvel Graphic Novels: The Gunslinger Born -- Introduction -- The Gunslinger Born -- The Long Road Home -- Treachery -- The Sorcerer -- Fall of Gilead -- Battle of Jericho Hill -- Marvel Graphic Novels: The Gunslinger -- Introduction -- The Journey Begins -- The Little Sisters of Eluria -- The Battle of Tull -- The Way Station -- The Man in Black -- Sheemie's Tale -- Marvel Graphic Novels: Guides and Almanacs -- The Dark Tower Sketchbook -- Gunslinger's Guidebook -- End-World Almanac -- Guide to Gilead -- Marvel Graphic Novels: The Contributors -- Introduction -- Robin Furth -- Peter David -- Jae Lee -- Richard Isanove -- Michael Lark -- Stefano Gaudiano -- Laurence Campbell -- Dark Tower Guide to Manhattan -- Our World People, Places and Things -- People -- Places -- Things -- The History of Mid-World -- Time Lines -- The Geography of Mid-World -- Mid-World People, Places and Things -- People -- Places -- Things -- Mid-World/Manni/Calla Words and Expressions -- Some Stories Last Forever -- Roland Deschain's Enemies -- The End and What It Might Mean.