STEWY said in a message to LAWRENCE GARVIN:
 LG> The Afterword to Dark Tower IV, dated October, 1996, indicates that
 LG> six or seven is still the target number for total number of volumes.
 S>  You know something Lawrence, you blew my mind when I read the list
 S> at the  end of this msg...cuz I mean I have been reading SK since I
 S> was 15; and I  did not know there were other DT books...I have DT:
 S> The Gunslinger, and  the two that follow that(can't remember what
 S> order they go in)...I did not  know there were prior publications to
 S> these...so are these books part of  the series?  Do I need to read
 S> them...I just can't believe this!!!  
My apologies if my 'listings' confused the issue, Stewy. The five "DT I" 
stories listed below are listed as such because Volume I of The Dark Tower 
was originally published in serial fashion, as five separate stories over 
that four year period of time.
Today, you'll see them published as one book, with five "chapters" in the 
volume.
 LG> 78 DTI: The Gunslinger "The Gunslinger" HuH..never knew!!
 LG> 80 DTI: The Gunslinger "The Way Station"...HUH again..totally lost me
 LG> 81 DTI: The Gunslinger "The Oracle and the Mountains"HUh, Huh...where?
 LG> 81 DTI: The Gunslinger "The Slow Mutants"Huh x3...
 LG> 81 DTI: The Gunslinger "The Gunslinger and the Dark Man"...Where
 LG> did these come from? 
These are the five "chapters" of the book now published as The Dark Tower 
Volume I: The Gunslinger (c) 1981
 LG> 80 Danse Macabre..read it...did not much like it:-(
 LG> 84 Cycle of the Werewolf...was sokay..
 LG> 84 Talisman...tried to read it couldn't gave up...
 LG> 86 It...read it...and read it again...liked it
 LG> 93 Nightmares and Dreamscapes...read it..definetly loved it
I've not read these five.... in fact, I'm currently "negotiating" with the 
SKL book club to find out if they can be bought through the club or not.
 LG> 96 Desperation...tried to read it...
 LG> 96 The Regulators (R.Bachman)read it...like it...
Interesting... I suspect one's perspectives on these two stories might make 
for an interesting psychoanalysis of the reader. 
I know -about- the stories, as a colleague of mine at work has read both, but 
I've not read either yet. I have a copy of Desperation, waiting on the stack 
(after Rose Madder and Green Mile). I'll need to go 'find' a copy of 
Regulators.
 LG> 97 DTIV: Wizard & Glass...can't wait to read it....
This one is -different- also.... It's actually the story of Roland betwixt 
the time he earns his guns, and (apparently, although I've not finished it 
yet), sometime before he begins his quest to find The Dark Tower.
Based on what I've read, so far, I'd be inclined to recommend to the new 
reader of The Dark Tower series, that they read the middle part of _Wizard 
and Glass_ after The Gunslinger, but before The Waste Lands. It could put a 
whole new perspective on how one reads The Waste Lands!
I actually had that opportunity, but in stead, boring, fashion, went out and 
bought Waste Lands before diving into Wizard and Glass -- although one -does- 
need to read Waste Lands before reading the first 100 pages of Wizard!
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