Talk:The Eyes of the Dragon

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I laughed at the parts when the king killed the dragon and as a celebration the urinated on the dragon’s head. It was just perfect for the situation and he thought Stephen King would write something like that. The book made me smile when the wizard outsmarted some of the towns people and the town’s people thought that they were a lot smater and trickier than the wizard. I felt that this book was a book full of lots of emotions and it’s a happy and sad book all together because of what happens in the story.

synopsis
Really needs one. If someone else doesn't make it I might. --66.146.59.114 01:04, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Similarities to Real Life
King uses timeless archetypes of good son/bad son here and I'm sure people of different political persuasions can give their own example. I read and lost track of this book decades ago. But when the stories started to break about Karl Rove's abuse of the media to deceive the public (including defaming men from his own party who challenged his agenda), I dug around until I discovered the story was from The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. Now that I have re-read the book, it really does creeps me out because of the similarities I see between Karl Rove and Flagg -- always behind the scenes, manipulating those in public office, preying on their insecurities, encouraging personal immorality and self-deception, planting lies and encouraging policies that will bring chaos and misery to the ignorant public. Even G.W. Bush reminds me of Thomas in that prior to entering politics, he was incompetent in other endeavors and  and and unfavorably compared to his younger brother, Jeb Bush and his father.


 * Since none of those sources mention The Eyes of the Dragon, we can't mention it in the article, and I don't think King had the Bush family on his mind when he wrote it, so it should stay out, unless there's a reliable source, as opposed to the similarities that you note. --MwNNrules (talk) 04:33, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Literary References
Huh? Rohan and Hari Seldon? What does that have to do with this book? Please clarify. -- MiguelMunoz 12:07, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

What's that word in parenthesis after Flagg's name? Atsushi? I've never encountered that word in all of King's works. Why is it there?


 * I have no idea. Ours18 00:47, 3 March 2007 (UTC)


 * As it seems to be crazy talk, or at least uncitable as no one knows what it means, I shall remove it. ArchangelX777 06:47, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

King Roland
I'm guessing the description of King Roland as a 'Pimp' who 'hit Sasha up' isn't quite what Mr King had in mind. However, I've not read the book so I can't undo the vandalism.


 * That's one way of putting it... but, yeah, it was definitely vandalism. --MwNNrules (talk) 05:57, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Eyesofthedragon.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:47, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

It's Possible
Friendly head's up: Using phrases such as 'it's possible' is generally deemed original research, not something wiki likes. But considering this is Stephen King mythos...I dunno. Lots42 (talk) 02:12, 29 April 2008 (UTC)


 * King mythos or not, it's all fair game when it isn't reliable or cited. --MwNNrules (talk) 04:33, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Dubious 'Misery' inspiration claim
The claim of "Misery" being inspired by critical reaction to this novel is dubious. King's official website includes a description of the inspiration for "Misery" that makes no mention of "Eyes of the Dragon": http://www.stephenking.com/library/novel/misery_inspiration.html. Also, "Misery" was published just over four months after "Eyes of the Dragon." It is not impossible, but improbable, that a new mass-market novel could be inspired, written, edited, published and marketed in less than four months.Jtcarpet (talk) 04:46, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
 * the reference should probably be re-worded. My interpretation from the Steven King story is that the critical reaction colored the "story within a story" of the protagonist's arc of writing in a different genre. My two cents. MoviePhan (talk) 21:55, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Misery wasn't inspired for backlash for people not liking Eyes of the Dragon. Misery came to Stephen King in a dream and later turned into a metaphor for Stephen King's cocaine addiction. That is facted. Deac7117 (talk) 23:39, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

lead section template remove?
Lead section template was added January 2014 - since then appears to be edited so that it no longer qualifies. If no objection will remove this template. MoviePhan (talk) 22:06, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Removed February 20, 2018 MoviePhan (talk) 21:51, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Incorrect information about Misery..
Misery wasn't inspired for backlash for people not liking Eyes of the Dragon. Misery came to Stephen King in a dream and later turned into a metaphor for Stephen King's cocaine addiction. That is facted. It is stated in his book On Writing and also in interviews. Deac7117 (talk) 23:42, 5 February 2024 (UTC)