The Man in Black Fled or Ka Like the Wind

This is the revised and expanded edition with illustrations.  It had been a very long time since I read the original version, as you can tell from my previous review of "The Dark Tower 1".  The 5 color illustrations evoke a sense of nostalgic magic, but for the one in the town of Tull.  The townspeople are laid out in a straight line, as if they had stood in polite turn to attack the Gunslinger.  At least the woman with the dress is true to print. 

I had forgotten altogether that there was a peyote trip in the book--quite a haunting portrait in the chapter "The Oracle in the Mountains".  "The Slow Mutants" was an intriguing chapter as well.  A Passage under the mountains, railway cars, mutants, an apocalyptic subway station scene with mummified authorities...  I was a bit disappointed at the abrupt end to Jake, though the bone-place with the Man in Black made up for it.

I believe the expansion came at the very end of the story--a teaser for "The Drawing of the Three", a bit of quantum philosophy, and a clue as to what the tower is.  I plan to continue the series after my refresher, though I most likely will surf a few genres before coming back.