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The Way Station

Stephen King

First published April 1980
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series The Dark Tower › Roland

Synopsis

While tracking the Man in Black through the wilderness of a parallel universe, Roland the Gunslinger is near death when he comes upon a way station where he encounters a young boy who has suppressed memories of dying in New York City in our universe. While resting there, he reminisces about his youth, and an incident during his early training when he learned that a cook who was a friend of his was involved in a treasonous mass poisoning plot, and the feelings he had when he turned him in and watched him hang. Then Roland and the boy set off to follow the Man in Black, while Roland feels that they are being led deliberately, and the boy will be a sacrifice.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1981 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1981 Nebula Award Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (31)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1980 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1980 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 82
1982 The Gunslinger Donald M. Grant Collection 71
1982 The Gunslinger Donald M. Grant Collection
April 1984 The Gunslinger Donald M. Grant Collection
1988 The Gunslinger New Audio Library Collection
September 1988 The Gunslinger Plume / New American Library Collection 71
1989 The Gunslinger Sphere Collection
July 1989 The Gunslinger Signet / New American Library Collection 95
July 1989 The Gunslinger Signet / New American Library Collection 95
1997 The Gunslinger New English Library Collection 61
November 1997 The Gunslinger Plume / Penguin Collection 71
1998 The Gunslinger Donald M. Grant Collection
November 1998 The Gunslinger Signet / New American Library Collection 95
2003 The Gunslinger Penguin Audio Collection |77
June 2003 The Gunslinger Viking Collection 71
June 2003 The Gunslinger Viking Collection 71
July 2003 The Gunslinger Plume / Penguin Collection 71
July 2003 The Gunslinger Signet / New American Library Collection 91
August 2003 The Gunslinger New English Library Collection 74
May 2004 The Gunslinger Plume / Penguin / SFBC Collection 71
January 2009 The Little Sisters of Eluria Donald M. Grant Collection
March 2010 The Gunslinger Hodder & Stoughton Collection |40
June 2011 The Gunslinger Amereon House Collection
February 2012 The Gunslinger Hodder Paperbacks Collection
January 2016 The Gunslinger Scribner Collection
April 2016 The Gunslinger Scribner Collection 77
May 2016 The Gunslinger Turtleback Books Collection
October 2016 The Gunslinger Pocket Books Collection
June 2017 The Gunslinger Hodder Paperbacks Collection
June 2017 The Gunslinger Hodder Paperbacks Collection
July 2017 The Gunslinger Scribner Collection