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*"Blue Heaven" and "Algul Siento," terms revealed in the final books, are mentioned.
*A single Taheen appears early in the revised version. The Taheen are a race of creatures that wouldn't originally appear until the final three books.
*A major textual change is the fate and identity of the menman in black. In the original text, Walter's death at the end of the story is of no uncertainty to Roland. In the revised edition, Roland speculates whether his discovery of Walter's bones is some trick or whether Walter has truly died. The original text also kept Walter and Marten Broadcloak completely disambiguated. Even after the death of Walter, Broadcloak was still to be found and killed. Later, in ''Wizard and Glass,'' Walter and Marten, along with [[Randall Flagg]], are all revealed to be the same person. Although no reference to the name "Flagg" is made in the revised edition of ''The Gunslinger'', all references to Walter and Marten are altered so that it is plausible they are the same man.
*[[Jake Chambers]], originally nine years old, was made 10–11 years old in the revised edition.
*In general, the world the gunslinger walked through in the original text was a run-down version of our own. The text mentions England, the star Polaris, Mars, Jesus and other biblical figures, Easter, All-Saint's Eve (Halloween), and [[Greek mythology|Greek]] and [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] [[gods]]. In the revision, most of these references were removed to make Roland's world only vaguely like ours.
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