High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Eye of Argon is a heroic fantasy novella that narrates the adventures of Grignr, a barbarian. It was written in 1970 by Jim Theis (August 9, 1953- March 26, 2002) and circulated anonymously in science fiction fandom since then. It has been described as "one of the genre`s most beloved pieces of appalling prose" and "the apotheosis of bad writing", and has subsequently been used as part of a common science fiction convention party game.