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In the list of King's other works, beneath Christine, was something called The Dark Tower. In 1983, Stephen King had far fewer publications under his belt than he does today, and readers cracking open their fresh copies of Pet Sematary noticed something unfamiliar. If you own any books, you've probably noticed that they'll usually list other titles by that author in the opening pages. Grant publishing, The Gunslinger was a collection of five stories that were all published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction beginning in October 1978 with the first piece, "The Gunslinger ", and ending in November 1981 with the final piece, "The Gunslinger and the Dark Man." (In the revised edition of The Gunslinger, published in 2006 by Scribner, the final section was retitled, "The Gunslinger and the Man in Black").Ĭonsidering that The Dark Tower was, at the time, quite a departure for King, its publication was severely limited, and it wasn't until the following year that people started to take notice. So, how did King's short story turn into a novel that spawned seven sequels? Well, it's kind of an interesting story if you have a few minutes…

Volume 2, The Drawing of the Three, turns thirty-five, and finally, most importantly, and the reason that I'm here with you all today, Volume 1, The Gunslinger, turns forty. In 2022, Volume 8, The Wind Through the Keyhole turns ten, Volume 4, Wizard and Glass, turns twenty-five. This year, four of those volumes are celebrating milestone anniversaries. Of course, we could celebrate the existence of The Dark Tower cycle every day, but this year is a bit different. Now, 52 years later, King's eight-volume series sits on bookshelves across the planet thousands of pages open a door to one of the most enchanting worlds this particular FANGORIA contributor has ever had the pleasure of visiting.

On June 19th, 1970, still four years from publishing his first novel, an author named Stephen King wrote the following sentence: "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." In doing this, Stephen King sealed his fate, and became destined to write his magnum opus, The Dark Tower. Sometimes good things come to pass, sometimes bad regardless, it is a wheel that turns, undeterred. Fate, if such a thing exists, begins when it chooses.