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2007-05-15 14:23:12 · 5 answers · asked by upiknick 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Stephen King's time period - seriousley. It is not realy written for a specific time. The main story takes place in a world that is recognizable as the American West but exists in an alternate time frame or parallel universe to ours; Roland exists in a place where "the world has moved on." This world has a few things in common with our own, however, including memories of the song "Hey Jude" and the child's rhyme that begins "Beans, beans, the musical fruit." Vestiges of forgotten or skewed versions of real-world technology also appear, such as a reference to a gas pump in a tunnel under a mountain that is worshipped as a god named "Amoco", and an abandoned way station with a water pump which is powered by an "atomic slug".
2007-05-15 14:37:17 · answer #1 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not in any time period. It's not in any real time. It takes place in a parallel universe where time is insignificant.
The universe that is crossed to in The Drawing of the Three and The Waste Land (the next two books in the series) takes place in modern day. But when they move back into the alternate universe, there really is no time period.
It's filled with anachronisms for a reason. There are horses, trains, guns, swords, the occasional automobile, and these majestic kingdoms. None of those would be even near each other in the same century. King does that to stop people from trying to pinpoint a time period to the story and just follow what's going on as if it were in a completely different world.
I've read all the books. If you get a chance to, do the same.
2007-05-15 21:28:52 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan M 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Stephen King is a wonderful author. Have you ever read Dream Catcher, or Lisey's story?
http://www.allreaders.com/Topics/info_881.asp?BSID=0
This website/link gives you just enough information about the book, but I would suggest not reading all those none-sense paragraphs because I havea feeling a spolier is hiding in there. Well, anyway, scroll down to the bottom and you'll find a section called "Setting", I do hope I helped you!
2007-05-15 21:28:55 · answer #3 · answered by Katie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're asking what time period Roland is in, it seems to be a time so many years into the future that it seems more like the past (if you understand what I mean). A lot of remnants of modern life (as we know it) have crumbled and devolved in Roland's period.
2007-05-15 21:31:53 · answer #4 · answered by x_barrelofagun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm thinking early 1800's or 1700s
2007-05-15 21:53:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋