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<blockquote data-quote="Petros2015" data-source="post: 77492102" data-attributes="member: 388403"><p>Oops! "Fairy Tale" was another one that was recommended to me by a stranger, I have not read it yet. The one that I read was "Eyes of the Dragon", just realized that last night loaning it to a friend. I have edited my previous post. Sorry about that!</p><p></p><p><strong><em>The Eyes of the Dragon</em></strong><em> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_novel" target="_blank">fantasy novel</a> by American writer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King" target="_blank">Stephen King</a>, first published as a limited edition slipcased hardcover by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philtrum_Press" target="_blank">Philtrum Press</a> in 1984, illustrated by Kenneth R. Linkhauser. The novel would later be published for the mass market by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_Press" target="_blank">Viking</a> in 1987, with illustrations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Palladini" target="_blank">David Palladini</a>. This trade edition was slightly revised for publication. The 1995 French edition did not reproduce the American illustrations; it included brand new illustrations by Christian Heinrich, and a 2016 new French version also included brand new illustrations, by Nicolas Duffaut.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eyes_of_the_Dragon#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[1]</a></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>At the time of publication, it was a deviation from the norm for King, who was best known for his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_fiction" target="_blank">horror fiction</a>. The book is a work of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_fantasy" target="_blank">epic fantasy</a> in a quasi-medieval setting, with a clearly established battle between good and evil, and magic playing a lead role. The Eyes of the Dragon was originally titled The Napkins.</em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eyes_of_the_Dragon#cite_note-2" target="_blank"><em>[2]</em></a></p><p></p><p>I would not say that magic played a lead role in the book; other than that the villain was a force of evil which liked to wear guises as it attempted to influence history for the worse, and in this case was the King's wizard. Heart played a lead role. I don't recall the human characters resorting to magic.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/the-eyes-of-the-dragon[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Petros2015, post: 77492102, member: 388403"] Oops! "Fairy Tale" was another one that was recommended to me by a stranger, I have not read it yet. The one that I read was "Eyes of the Dragon", just realized that last night loaning it to a friend. I have edited my previous post. Sorry about that! [B][I]The Eyes of the Dragon[/I][/B][I] is a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_novel']fantasy novel[/URL] by American writer [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King']Stephen King[/URL], first published as a limited edition slipcased hardcover by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philtrum_Press']Philtrum Press[/URL] in 1984, illustrated by Kenneth R. Linkhauser. The novel would later be published for the mass market by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_Press']Viking[/URL] in 1987, with illustrations by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Palladini']David Palladini[/URL]. This trade edition was slightly revised for publication. The 1995 French edition did not reproduce the American illustrations; it included brand new illustrations by Christian Heinrich, and a 2016 new French version also included brand new illustrations, by Nicolas Duffaut.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eyes_of_the_Dragon#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] At the time of publication, it was a deviation from the norm for King, who was best known for his [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_fiction']horror fiction[/URL]. The book is a work of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_fantasy']epic fantasy[/URL] in a quasi-medieval setting, with a clearly established battle between good and evil, and magic playing a lead role. The Eyes of the Dragon was originally titled The Napkins.[/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eyes_of_the_Dragon#cite_note-2'][I][2][/I][/URL] I would not say that magic played a lead role in the book; other than that the villain was a force of evil which liked to wear guises as it attempted to influence history for the worse, and in this case was the King's wizard. Heart played a lead role. I don't recall the human characters resorting to magic. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/the-eyes-of-the-dragon[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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