The Eyes of the Dragon--Voting Closed

[Aaron]

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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]

Um...wasn't it 1987, not 1984?

[Brice]

I believe the Viking was '87 and the Philtrum Press one was '84. I may be wrong though.

[Aaron]

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]

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]

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

[mae]

And the 1987 edition had been revised for what I understand. How extensively I don't know.

[Sam]

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]

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]

4. THIS IS A GOOD ONE. A TOTALLY NEW TAKE ON FLAGG.

[Letti]

4. THIS IS A GOOD ONE. A TOTALLY NEW TAKE ON FLAGG.

Dear BROWNING'S CHILDE, please forget the Caps Lock for awhile. Thanks. :)

[Jean]

Only a "2"; could have been "1", but there are a few nice pages - namely, about that horse.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

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]

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]

gave this a '4'. Always enjoyed this one.

[Daghain]

Five. This is another one of my favorites.

[Melike]

This is really an awesome book. 5

[The Lady of Shadows]

meh. only a 2. maybe i should reread it. that seems to work with his other stuff. :unsure:

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

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]

Everyone who thinks SK is just a horror writer and no more (like so many people around me) should read this book.

[Sam]

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]

4, Liked it well enough but not all books are a 5 :thumbsup:

[Jon]

A great fantasy-adventure story.

[Darkthoughts]

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]

5

It was written as a children's book and it does exceedingly well as a children's book of the fantasy genre.

[Girlystevedave]

I loved this one! It's one of my top 5 SK books and I've read it many times. :)

[Bangoskank19]

This book does very well for its genre, but on the whole, it wasn't my favorite.