View Full Version : The Eyes of the Dragon--Voting Closed
Aaron
11-27-2008, 06:08 PM
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The Eyes of the Dragon
Philtrum Press, 1984
Bracket #5
Voting for this Book is Closed
Final Average Score:
4.071428571
The Eyes of the Dragon will not advance to Round 2
John_and_Yoko
11-27-2008, 07:08 PM
Um...wasn't it 1987, not 1984?
Brice
11-27-2008, 07:11 PM
I believe the Viking was '87 and the Philtrum Press one was '84. I may be wrong though.
Aaron
11-27-2008, 07:11 PM
The Viking edition, which is pictured, was released in 1987, but the true first edition was released in 1984 by Philtrum Press. It just didn't have a cool cover, so I used the more commonly known edition's image.
John_and_Yoko
11-27-2008, 07:12 PM
The Viking edition, which is pictured, was released in 1987, but the true first edition was released in 1984 by Philtrum Press. It just didn't have a cool cover, so I used the more commonly known edition's image.
:unsure:
I did not know that....
Brice
11-27-2008, 07:12 PM
The Viking edition, which is pictured, was released in 1987, but the true first edition was released in 1984 by Philtrum Press. It just didn't have a cool cover, so I used the more commonly known edition's image.
I beat you. ^^^ :dance:
:P
And the 1987 edition had been revised for what I understand. How extensively I don't know.
I would dearly love to own the original printing of this book. It is one of my favorites stories period, and I would really like to read the original tale.
Letti
11-27-2008, 10:28 PM
Loved it a lot. King is good at writing books to children. If I ever have one I will read out this one for them.
BROWNINGS CHILDE
11-27-2008, 11:14 PM
4. THIS IS A GOOD ONE. A TOTALLY NEW TAKE ON FLAGG.
Letti
11-27-2008, 11:37 PM
4. THIS IS A GOOD ONE. A TOTALLY NEW TAKE ON FLAGG.
Dear BROWNING'S CHILDE, please forget the Caps Lock for awhile. Thanks. :)
Only a "2"; could have been "1", but there are a few nice pages - namely, about that horse.
BROWNINGS CHILDE
11-27-2008, 11:57 PM
wow letti. You must be really bored with the polling if all you can contribute is a comment about my offensive capital letters. Just for you I'll try to take it off. I work in a program that requires caps, and I go back and forth between work and the forum.
Letti
11-28-2008, 12:06 AM
wow letti. You must be really bored with the polling if all you can contribute is a comment about my offensive capital letters. Just for you I'll try to take it off. I work in a program that requires caps, and I go back and forth between work and the forum.
Bored? Interesting idea. :)
If not me someone else would have said. I didn't mean to be rude or anything (I hope I wasn't).
Thank you for turning it off. Hope to see you all around the board.
ManOfWesternesse
11-28-2008, 04:00 AM
gave this a '4'. Always enjoyed this one.
Daghain
11-28-2008, 09:05 AM
Five. This is another one of my favorites.
Melike
11-28-2008, 09:40 AM
This is really an awesome book. 5
The Lady of Shadows
11-28-2008, 08:14 PM
meh. only a 2. maybe i should reread it. that seems to work with his other stuff. :unsure:
BROWNINGS CHILDE
11-28-2008, 08:18 PM
I think this book has a feel all its own. He wrote the book for his kid, and intended it to be on their level. So the story is told in a much more straight forward manner with a more digestable vocabulary. It is also a little censured. So, I think to really enjoy the book you should read it through a childs eyes.
Letti
11-28-2008, 10:32 PM
Everyone who thinks SK is just a horror writer and no more (like so many people around me) should read this book.
I think this book has a feel all its own. He wrote the book for his kid, and intended it to be on their level. So the story is told in a much more straight forward manner with a more digestable vocabulary. It is also a little censured. So, I think to really enjoy the book you should read it through a childs eyes.
Fortunate for me that I have a pair in a jar in my bedroom for just such books. I got them from the same guy who supplied Sai King. (For those who don't remember, King once said he had the heart of a small child... in a jar on his desk.)
alinda
11-29-2008, 12:45 AM
4, Liked it well enough but not all books are a 5 :thumbsup:
A great fantasy-adventure story.
Darkthoughts
11-29-2008, 05:30 AM
wow letti. You must be really bored with the polling if all you can contribute is a comment about my offensive capital letters.
Mate, theres no need to be impolite. Letti is a moderator and it's part of our job to remark on these things.
Back to the book, I gave a 5. I love fairy tales and for me this is on a par with Gaiman's Stardust.
jayson
12-01-2008, 10:37 AM
5
It was written as a children's book and it does exceedingly well as a children's book of the fantasy genre.
Girlystevedave
12-01-2008, 01:46 PM
I loved this one! It's one of my top 5 SK books and I've read it many times. :)
Bangoskank19
12-01-2008, 05:10 PM
This book does very well for its genre, but on the whole, it wasn't my favorite.
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