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1、DarkTower:TheGUNSLINGER___________________STEPHENKING©1982DonaldM.GrantThisspeciallimitededitionissignedbyauthorStephenKing.Thiseditionislimitedto500copies.Thisiscopy382TOEDFERMANwhotookachanceonthesestories,onebyone.THEGUNSLINGERThemaninblackfledacro
2、ssthedesert,andthegunslingerfollowed.Thedesertwastheapotheosisofalldeserts,huge,standingtotheskyforwhatmighthavebeenparsecsinalldirections.White;blinding;waterless;withoutfeaturesaveforthefaint,cloudyhazeofthemountainswhichsketchedthemselvesonthehoriz
3、onandthedevil-grasswhichbroughtsweetdreams,nightmares,death.Anoccasionaltombstonesignpointedtheway,foroncethedriftedtrackthatcutitswaythroughthethickcrustofalkalihadbeenahighwayandcoacheshadfollowedit.Theworldhadmovedonsincethen.Theworldhademptied.The
4、gunslingerwalkedstolidly,nothurrying,notloafing.Ahidewaterbagwasslungaroundhismiddlelikeabloatedsausage.Itwasalmostfull.Hehadprogressedthroughthekhefovermanyyears,andhadreachedthefifthlevel.Attheseventhoreighth,hewouldnothavebeenthirsty;hecouldhavewat
5、chedownbodydehydratewithclinical,detachedattention,wateringitscrevicesanddarkinnerhollowsonlywhenhislogictoldhimitmustbedone.Hewasnotseventhoreighth.Hewasfifth.Sohewasthirsty,althoughhehadnoparticularurgetodrink.Inavagueway,allthispleasedhim.Itwasroma
6、ntic.Belowthewaterbagwerehisguns,finelyweightedtohishand.Thetwobeltscrisscrossedabovehiscrotch.TheholsterswereoiledtoodeeplyforeventhisPhilistinesuntocrack.Thestocksofthegunsweresandalwood,yellowandfinelygrained.Theholstersweretieddownwithrawhidecord,
7、andtheyswungheavilyagainsthiships.Thebrasscasingsofthecartridgesloopedintothegunbeltstwinkledandflashedandheliographedinthesun.Theleathermadesubtlecreakingnoises.Thegunsthemselvesmadenonoise.Theyhadspilledblood.Therewasnoneedtomakenoiseinthesterilityo
8、fthedesertHisclothesweretheno-colorofrainordust.Hisshirtwasopenatthethroat,witharawhidethongdanglinglooselyinhand-punchedeyelets.Hispantswereseam-stretcheddungarees.Hebreastedagentlyrisingdune(althoughtherewasnosandhere;thedesertwashardpan,and