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.
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