The Dark Tower?

I read the first two books, and they were awesome.  not sure about different editions. just grab whatever the library has.

Now I'm all excited about reading books 3 through 7!!! YES!!!!!

But my library is missing books 3, 4, 5.  And yet they have three or four copies of the last two. Weird, eh?

King is a genius, though. A pure genius. A prolific genius.  I am inspired by him right now.  MUST WRITE!!!  AAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

p.s: I'm reading For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway right now and it is awesome.

You are in for such a threat with 3 and 4, amazing books. 3 carries on the story and four goes back to before the Gunslinger, Im jealous you are reading them for the first time.

well it sounds like im gonna have to get into these books after im done with lullaby and diary. thanks guys for the positive stuff, im looking forward to checking out the series.

You can now get the Dark Tower graphic Novels. I think it came out in 7 issues and most good comic stores should have them.

not sure what you mean about the editions. they are the same as any other book. hardcover, softcover, paperback. etc.  I know there are some limited editions, and I think they may vary in the artwork, but as far as the actual writing goes, they are all the same no matter which one you get for each specific book.

Now there is one book that has an alternative version and that is the first one, The Gunslinger. The difference is that the original edition contains some minor details and concepts that were introduced, but that the author decided to either not talk about or just drop alltogther in later books.  The new versions eliminates these, and then adds some more stuff in that better relates to the later books and just more content in general to make up for the cuts.

Either one is up to you, I personally feel that the revision wasn't neccesary. You can just ignore the stuff that doesn't matter and use your imagination to try and fill in the gaps for the rest. Maybe you should read the original and then the series all the way through, and if you ever want to reread it again, then start with the revised version that time.

That's what I did the second time I read the series.

As far as the graphic novels go, they aren't just comic adaptations of the books. They technically are prequels that take place before the first book, although they do contain some sequences that appeared in the original series in the form of flashbacks as well as brand new stuff exclusive to the comics. So pretty much all of the stuff in books 2, 3, most of 5, and 6, 7, aren't in the comics.

oh yeah, and this a lot of reading.. but I started the series right after the 4th book came out, and it was five years later until the next one, and then a year after that for the following two. so it gave me plenty of time to get caught up. readers that picked up the very first book on publication had to wait over 20 years for the series to complete!