# The Dark Tower timeline (NO SPOILERS, PLEASE)

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**Created:** [November 23, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-timeline-no-spoilers-please/276213 "2004-11-23T02:04:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-timeline-no-spoilers-please/276213/1 "2004-11-23T02:04:48Z")

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I’m finally in the middle of volume seven of the series.

I know that time is all screwed up in the various worlds, but I wonder how much subjective time passes during the entire story.

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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-timeline-no-spoilers-please/276213/2 "2004-11-23T02:32:42Z")

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I don’t think there’s really any way to answer that question. As you read more, you’ll understand.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-timeline-no-spoilers-please/276213/3 "2004-11-23T13:54:39Z")

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From first word, first page to last word, last page - one year\*. Bev Vincent’s The Road to the Dark Tower covers this, as the seasons are fairly evidently changing throughout the series.

\*This discounts any massive amounts of time that seemingly pass after Roland and Walter’s palaver in The Gunslinger, as well as any flashback scenes in any of the books.

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**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-timeline-no-spoilers-please/276213/4 "2004-11-23T15:44:24Z")

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That question really can’t be answered without knowing how much time passes after Walter and Roland palaver and without reading all the way through the last book.