A Wizard of Earthsea

Book Details

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Author(s):

Ursula K Le Guin

First Pub:

1968

Genre(s):

Fantasy

Word Count:

56,533

First Read:

2009

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 10

1 - Warriors in the Mist

2 - The Shadow

3 - The School for Wizards

4 - The Loosing of the Shadow

5 - The Dragon of Pendor

6 - Hunted

7 - The Hawk's Flight

8 - Hunting

9 - Iffish

10 - The Open Sea

Internal ID:

1417

Series:

The Tombs of Atuan ->

Earthsea Series*

#1 of 6

Earthsea Series*

A series of fantasy books written by Ursula K LeGuin.

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1) A Wizard of Earthsea
2) The Tombs of Atuan
3) The Farthest Shore
4) Tehanu
5) Tales from Earthsea
6) The Other Wind

Copyright:

Dedication:

To my brothers
Clifton, Ted, Karl

First Sentence:

The island of Gont, a single mountain that lifts its peak a mile above the storm-racked Northeast Sea, is a land famous for wizards.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

But in the Deed of Ged nothing is told of that voyage nor of Ged's meeting with the shadow, before ever he sailed the Dragons' Run unscathed, or brought back the Ring of Erreth-Akbe from the Tombs of Atuan to Havnor, or came at last to Roke once more, as Archmage of all the islands of the world.

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

A lot of people like this series and I've seen it on the shelves of the used bookstores for a long time. Finally picked it up.

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Added: 31-Jan-2015

Last Updated: 26-Apr-2022

Publications

01-Jan-1991

Bantam Spectra Books

Paperback A

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-1991

Format:

Paperback A

Cover Price:

$4.95

Pages*:

183

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1541

Publisher:

Bantam Spectra Books

ISBN:

0-553-26250-5

ISBN-13:

978-0-553-26250-6

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Yvonne Gilbert - Cover Artist
Ruth Robbins - Illustrator

EARTHSEA

Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea cycle has become one of the best-loved fantasies of our time. The windswept world of Earthsea is one of the greatest creations in all of fantasy literature, frequently comparied to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth or C.S. Lewis's Narnia. The magnificent saga begins with A Wizard of Earthsea, continues in The Tombs of Atuan and The Farthest Shore, and concludes with Tehanu - each book a treasure of wisdom, wonder, and literary wizardry.

A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA

Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, but once he was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.

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Notes and Comments:

Author(s)

Ursula K Le Guin

Awards

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