Tales from Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 5)
by Ursula K. LeGuin
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Author: Ursula K. LeGuinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-10-28
ISBN: 0441011241
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Ace
Book Reviews of Tales from Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 5)
Book Review: Not Free SF Reader
Summary: 4 Stars
"AT THE END OF THE fourth book of Earthsea, Tehanu, the story had arrived at what I felt to be now. And, just as in the now of the so-called real world, I didn't know what would happen next. I could guess, foretell, fear, hope, but I didn't know. Unable to continue Tehanu's story (because it hadn't happened yet) and foolishly assuming that the story of Ged and Tenar had reached its happily-ever-after, I gave the book a subtitle: "The Last Book of Earthsea." O foolish writer. Now moves. Even in storytime, dreamtime, once-upon-a time, now isn't then. Seven or eight years after Tehanu was published, I was asked to write a story set in Earthsea. A mere glimpse at the place told me that things had been happening there while I wasn't looking. It was high time to go back and find out what was going on now."
She goes on to detail some time periods in which these stories are set (including Ged's). Some of this is written because people want more Earthsea stories, but comes out pretty reasonably, at 3.50.
A not quite 3.75 book.
Tales from Earthsea : The Finder - Ursula K. Le Guin
Tales from Earthsea : Darkrose and Diamond - Ursula K. Le Guin
Tales from Earthsea : The Bones of the Earth - Ursula K. Le Guin
Tales from Earthsea : On the High Marsh - Ursula K. Le Guin
Tales from Earthsea : Dragonfly - Ursula K. Le Guin
Otter go to Roke, or:
"Tern's nose into a book till he could read it. "Illiterate wizards are the curse of Earthsea!" he cried. "Ignorant power is a bane!"
3 out of 5
I'll be scr3wing, you wizard, and the rock and roll lifestyle is enough magic for me.
4 out of 5
Local mastery.
4 out of 5
Of cows and mages.
3.5 out of 5
Archmage political conflict.
3 out of 5
3.5 out of 5
Summary of Tales from Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 5)
Five stories of Ursula K. Le Guin's world-renowned realm of Earthsea are collected in one volume. Featuring two classic stories, two original tales, and a brand-new novella, as well as new maps and a special essay on Earthsea's history, languages, literature, and magic.Winner of five Nebula and five Hugo Awards, the National Book Award, the Newbery, and many other awards, Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the finest authors ever to write science fiction and fantasy. Her greatest creation may be the powerful, beautifully written, and deeply imagined Earthsea Cycle, which inhabits the rarified air at the pinnacle of modern fantasy with J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy and Jane Yolen's Chronicles of Great Alta. The books of the Earthsea Cycle are A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), The Tombs of Atuan (1971), The Farthest Shore (1972), the Nebula-winning Tehanu (1990), and now, Tales of Earthsea (2001).
If you have never read an Earthsea book, this collection isn't the place to start, as the author points out in her thoughtful foreword; begin with A Wizard of Earthsea. If you insist on starting with Tales of Earthsea, read the foreword and the appended "Description of Earthsea" before proceeding to the five stories (three of which are original to this book).
The opening story, "The Finder," occupies a third of the volume and has the strength and insight of a novel. This novella describes the youth of Otter, a powerful but half-trained sorcerer, and reveals how Otter came to an isle that cannot be found, and played a role in the founding of the great Roke School. "Darkrose and Diamond" tells of two lovers who would turn their backs on magic. In "The Bones of the Earth," an aging wizard and his distant pupil must somehow join forces to oppose an earthquake. Ged, the Archmage of Earthsea, appears in "On the High Marsh" to find the mad and dangerous mage he had driven from Roke Island. And in "Dragonfly," the closing story, a mysterious woman comes to the Roke School to challenge the rule that only men may be mages. "Dragonfly" takes place a few years after Tehanu and is the bridge between that novel and the next novel, The Other Wind (fall 2001). --Cynthia Ward
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