Reddit mentions of The Eyes of the Dragon

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King.

It's a good, self-contained story with a lot of interesting plot elements. More importantly, it doesn't have any of this pussy wand-waving-and-do-anything magic from Harry Potter. The only magic in it is described as taking years of toiling and immense effort to produce the smallest effect. It would make a great, gritty take on the high fantasy movie genre.

Agree that King should do more fantasy. One of my favourite books by him is actually "The Eyes of the Dragon" which isn't phonebook sized and is a great read start to finish.

Hobb is excellent but with a caveat IMHO - I'd level the same criticism levelled at Jordan about x-gender characterisation - Hobb can't do male characters in the same way Jordan can't do female. Her first two series were really awesome though.

Hadn't heard of 'The Book of the New Sun', will have to look it up as I think the writer of the list has generally good taste with their other selections! (Bar Harry Potter, phaw). I'd probably put J. V. Jones up there pretty high personally, her latest series, though taking ages, has some brilliant writing.

The Eyes of the Dragon

This book rocks.

Hard to say... especially out of all the Potter books... but I'd say The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King is definitely up there.

One for the Morning Glory is one of my favorites.

A Nameless Witch And some of A. Lee Martinez's other books are really enjoyable.

The Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King's venture into fantasy

The Princess Bride Some people don't seem to realize it was a book before it was a movie.

Of course, the Discworld books <3 (RIP)

I seem to favor the humorous.

You can get this for $.01 used, plus $4 for shipping.

The Eyes of the Dragon https://www.amazon.com/dp/0451166582/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_U5.FwbMQZ5FCG


I need it so I can finally start reading The Dark Tower series.

I'm going with 25 because it's a nice number.

My favorite book is The stand by Stephen King.


Thanks for the contest!!!!


Edit: Changed the link from Canadian to American because for some reason, canadian amazon increased price for shipping to $7. There's a link to my American wish list on my main canadian one that's in my flair.

Have you read any of King's early fantasy? Eyes of the Dragon is one I can definitely recommend.

I think American Gods or anything by Gaiman would be of interest to you. Also look at Iain Banks -- I can't recommend a specific book as I've been told they would traumatize me (I'm a bit timid) but I occasionally hear friends raving about him and if you like King, you're probably braver than I am (IT horrified me).

Finally, if you're interested in fantasy still, you should look at Greg Bear's Songs of Earth and Fire. I remember it being quite haunting.