I read my first Stephen King book when I was 9. I stayed up all night and nearly fell out of bed when I heard an errant car honk from outside because it was so creepy. I thought I had read all of the King stuff there was. Somehow I kept missing The Eyes of the Dragon. It's one of the rare out of print King books (although I just learned it will probably be re-released soon). It is not nearly as bone-chilling as his horror works but like the Dark Tower series, it is haunting and lovely. I picked it up for some paltry sum from alibris.com *In places the story is predictable, the themes done, the stock fantasy tropes glaring, but above all of that, for me, the prose is magical. What a wonderful gift, to be able to write with such magic. I tried to explain to a friend my attraction to most things written by King but to magical words (and worlds) and she did not get it.I'm writing this because I am doing something I have not ever done with a book before -- I am trying not to finish it! I have a few dozen pages left to go to the end. I know that the story does not have a sequel, so unlike the Dark Tower series 0that I was able to spread out with care over years certain that there would be more -- when this ends it is over and I don't want it to be over.I've decided to go on a treasure hunt for books like this - books that people find magical, that they do not want to end -- what's yours?*I am a bargain book shopper. Alibris.com is a great resource for out of print and hard to find sci-fi books. I usually just search for books that are 2.99 or less and that ship directly from alibris. Last time I ended up with 40 books for less tan 45 dollars and they were delivered in less than a week. I highly recommend them.
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