Editing The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (section)

==Setting==
The book tells the story of The Gunslinger, [[Roland Deschain|Roland of Gilead]], and his quest to catch [[Randall Flagg|the man in black]], the first of many steps toward Roland's ultimate destination, The Dark Tower. The main story takes place in a world somewhat similar to the [[Old West]] but in an alternate timeframe or [[Parallel universe (fiction)|parallel universe]]. Roland exists in a world that has "moved on." This world has a few things in common with our own, however, including memories of the old song "[[Hey Jude]]" and the child's rhyme that begins "[[Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit]]", as well as the existence of [[hamburgers]] and [[beer]]. Vestiges of forgotten or skewed versions of real-world technology also appear, such as a reference to a gas pump that is worshipped as a god named "[[Amoco]]" and an abandoned way station with a water pump powered by an "atomic slug."