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Los ojos del dragón
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About the author
Stephen King
2,137 books901k followersStephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
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August 29, 2026
3.5 estrellas.
Esto no es una reseña. Es solo mi opinión super personal.
He intentado varias veces aproximarme a este autor y nunca lograba engancharme. Esta vez si sucedió.
¿Quizá porque hay un dragón? Puede ser. Si. Puede ser.
¿Quizá porque cada libro y autor tiene su momento? También es probable.
Me daba mucha curiosidad tratar de entender que es lo que vuelve a este autor alguien tan popular y querido.
En este libro creo que lo descubrí.
El estilo narrativo es limpio y fácil de seguir. Incluso podría decirse que demasiado simple... pero... Que más hay?
Reyes que son reyes, impostores que son impostores, amigos que son buenos amigos y malos que son el mismísimo demonio. Y en medio de persona muy definidos aparecen otros, con una ética y una autoreflexion que le permite cuestionar sus acciones y si es necesario, enmendarlos... En suma .. encontré mucha humanidad incluso en medio de una historia con dragones
El narrador tiene una figura interesante en este relato ya que con frecuencia pero no excesivamente rompe el espacio libro y dialoga con el lector.
Seguiré leyendo algo más para ver si fue siete de principiante o de verdad esto que encontré en este libro vuelve a aparecer en algún otro.
Planeo seguir con la saga de la Torre Oscura. Si alguien tiene una mejor sugerencia este es el momento de mencionarlo
Buenas lecturas para todos
Esto no es una reseña. Es solo mi opinión super personal.
He intentado varias veces aproximarme a este autor y nunca lograba engancharme. Esta vez si sucedió.
¿Quizá porque hay un dragón? Puede ser. Si. Puede ser.
¿Quizá porque cada libro y autor tiene su momento? También es probable.
Me daba mucha curiosidad tratar de entender que es lo que vuelve a este autor alguien tan popular y querido.
En este libro creo que lo descubrí.
El estilo narrativo es limpio y fácil de seguir. Incluso podría decirse que demasiado simple... pero... Que más hay?
Reyes que son reyes, impostores que son impostores, amigos que son buenos amigos y malos que son el mismísimo demonio. Y en medio de persona muy definidos aparecen otros, con una ética y una autoreflexion que le permite cuestionar sus acciones y si es necesario, enmendarlos... En suma .. encontré mucha humanidad incluso en medio de una historia con dragones
El narrador tiene una figura interesante en este relato ya que con frecuencia pero no excesivamente rompe el espacio libro y dialoga con el lector.
Seguiré leyendo algo más para ver si fue siete de principiante o de verdad esto que encontré en este libro vuelve a aparecer en algún otro.
Planeo seguir con la saga de la Torre Oscura. Si alguien tiene una mejor sugerencia este es el momento de mencionarlo
Buenas lecturas para todos
August 10, 2025
Tengo este libro por casa teeelaa de tiempo. Y por fin le llegó su turno.
Una novela de la época buena, para mi, del maestro King, los ochenta.
Y no está mal, qué va, de hecho me ha gustado. Príncipes, un mago malo mu maloso, aventurillas… entretenido y dinámico, se lee en un plis. Y mola cuando el narrador se dirige directamente a nosotros, los lectores. Ta chulo.
Tiene una leída, sin duda.
Una novela de la época buena, para mi, del maestro King, los ochenta.
Y no está mal, qué va, de hecho me ha gustado. Príncipes, un mago malo mu maloso, aventurillas… entretenido y dinámico, se lee en un plis. Y mola cuando el narrador se dirige directamente a nosotros, los lectores. Ta chulo.
Tiene una leída, sin duda.
January 12, 2026
Una fascinante historia, donde King escribe algo diferente a lo que nos tiene acostumbrados de una manera fascinante, para todas las edades.
July 13, 2026
gran tributo por parte del maestro al genero de fantasia,buen libro para arrancar a leer al autor o meterse al mundo de la torre oscura.
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