I started Earthsea many years ago, not sure why I never returned to it. More recently I found The Dispossessed, and found it absolutely brilliant.
Also, “The Word For World Is Forest”. It had a foreword, and I was thinking “okay, can we get to the story now?”, but there was a second foreword. I sighed and almost skipped it, but it said “written by the author”. And it was so perfectly written, and so interesting… I didn’t know it was possible to write that well! The book itself was great too, but the foreword… okay I’ll shut up now and go re-reading it.
Earthsea is a fascinating read. The first book is 1960s groundbreaking fantasy that forms part of the root of all modern fantasy, but feels very old by modern standards. The series saw infrequent releases for decades, creating a window into how fantasy has matured.
I haven’t read Earthsea, but I have heard nothing but great things about Ursala K. Le Guin.
I started Earthsea many years ago, not sure why I never returned to it. More recently I found The Dispossessed, and found it absolutely brilliant.
Also, “The Word For World Is Forest”. It had a foreword, and I was thinking “okay, can we get to the story now?”, but there was a second foreword. I sighed and almost skipped it, but it said “written by the author”. And it was so perfectly written, and so interesting… I didn’t know it was possible to write that well! The book itself was great too, but the foreword… okay I’ll shut up now and go re-reading it.
Earthsea is a fascinating read. The first book is 1960s groundbreaking fantasy that forms part of the root of all modern fantasy, but feels very old by modern standards. The series saw infrequent releases for decades, creating a window into how fantasy has matured.
I’m currently reading through Wheel of Time, which is significantly more modern than I realized.
It’s on the reading list, but I’m trapped by flows of Air currently.
Came here to say this and you beat me by seconds!
Ursula is great.