sentences: "Book I" was first published in 1968, "Book II" in 1969, "The Cycle" ('Book 2 1/2') in 1971, "The Winterbook" (Book III) in 1972, "Bean News" ("Gunslinger's" 'secret book') in 1972, and 'Book IIII' as part of the complete "Slinger" (minus "Bean News") in 1975.