![]() I think the longest lapse might have been six years (between The Waste Lands and Wizard and Glass). How long were the lapses between the individual books that make up the entire story? In truth, Constant Reader, I do not know. 1 Outside the story-in what we laughingly call “the real world”-thirty-two years passed between the first sentence and the last one. It’s hard to tell how much time passes “inside the story,” because in Roland Deschain’s where and when, both time and direction have become plastic. The tale of Roland of Gilead’s search for the Dark Tower is a single tale, picaresque in nature (think Huckleberry Finn with monsters, and characters who raft along the Path of the Beam instead of the Mississippi), spanning seven volumes, involving dozens of plot twists and hundreds of characters. References to Stephen King’s Own Work Excerpt ![]() With hundreds of characters, Mid-World geography, High Speech lexicon, and extensive cross-references, this comprehensive handbook is essential for any Dark Tower fan. The Complete Concordance covers books I-VII and The Wind Through the Keyhole and is the definitive encyclopedic reference book that provides readers with everything they need to navigate their way through the series. Eight books and more than three thousand pages make up this bestselling fantasy epic. ![]() The Dark Tower series is the backbone of Stephen King's legendary career. The Complete Concordance is an entertaining and incredibly useful guide to Stephen King’s epic Dark Tower series by Robin Furth and features a foreword by Stephen King himself. ![]()
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