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•Posted by2 months ago

A Wizard of Earthsea is such a beautiful book

I finally got around to reading this classic. Honestly was expecting to find it dated and cheesy given its age and the fact that I’ve seen people say it’s YA…but what I actually found is one of the most incredible fantasy stories I’ve read in a while. Maybe ever.

In fact, the book feels the opposite of dated - it’s written in such a way that it actually feels kind of timeless. There’s a mythical, fairy tale quality to the narrative that makes it seem like it could’ve written yesterday or a 100 years ago. Le Guin’s prose is a thing of beauty - so simple but so elegant at the same time. She can convey do much in one simple line.

The book really filled me with a sense of melancholy, longing and nostalgia. Ged’s story of finding and fighting his own shadow feels both epic and intimate and could be interpreted in so many ways. I understood it to be a tale of a man accepting his own vulnerabilities and insecurities but I’m sure others will have their own understanding of it.

I really can’t recommend this book enough - it truly deserves its place in the fantasy canon

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•Posted by3 months ago

A Wizard of Earthsea is the book The Alchemist thinks it is

I know the Alchemist gets a lot of hate on this sub, and I fully share that hate, ha. For me, it's one of those books that believes it's profound without meriting its own confidence. Well I just finished A Wizard of Earthsea after somehow going my whole life without reading Le Guin. And i was struck how this simple story, beautifully told through absolutely quiveringly flawless prose, was so much more than it seemed. Every page with a throwaway line of incredible depth, all building to a genuinely insightful whole. Everything the Alchemist pretended to be.

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•Posted by2 months ago

A Wizard of Earthsea

I just finished reading this book by le Guin.

I found it very beautifully written, innocent, and charming. The narrative descriptions of setting and plot were absolutely gorgeous and I think this would be a lovely story to read as a child.

That said, I actually found it personally a bit confusing/difficult to follow at some parts. I think this is due to my poor concentration/lack of astuteness as a reader. The language was almost a little too rich for my language ability, if that makes sense, and I think I personally prefer magical realism to the style of high fantasy.

However, that is a critique based on my own personal taste, and this book is really beyond critique in terms of the writing quality (in my opinion). Truly a lovely read, and probably very suitable for those who love high fantasy, beautiful vocabulary and descriptions, yet would like to avoid extremely explicit sexual/violent scenes (this book really has none to speak of.).

I would love to hear anyone else's thoughts about this beautifully written book!

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•Posted by2 months ago

Just finished A Wizard of Earthsea

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After reading many of Brandon Sanderson's books I needed a break from his writing and went over my older brother's bookshelves. I found The Books of Earthsea and despite it being thick as a brick I looked into it and was happy to find out it was not a single story. The previous books I have read have gone by my mind very quick, as quick as I read them. The Wizard of Earthsea on the other hand was a relaxing tale. I read 1 or 2 chapters a day and I loved Ursula's writing. The world building was not overbearing at all, Sparrowhawk reminded me of a young Gandalf early on (and I was happily proven right in the afterwords), and the magic system felt eerily "right" and wise. I don't know if I'm going to read all the Earthsea books but for now The Wizard of Earthsea won me over!

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•Posted by6 months ago

Finished rereading A Wizard of Earthsea today

Lots of crying! I don't know if it's just me, but this book just makes me cry so much. I just looked through some posts about the book on here and now I'm very excited. I've only read the first book of the Earthsea series, and I was reading A Wizard again for enjoyment but also just to get back into things. After looking through some posts I've seen so many people say that Tombs of Atuan is their favorite, and that is SO exciting to me right now.

I have the 2012 version with the afterword and even that makes me cry.

"To be the man he can be, Ged has to find out who and what his real enemy is. He has to find out what it means to be himself. That requires not a war but a search and a discovery. The search takes him through mortal danger, loss, and suffering. The discovery brings him victory, and the kind of victory that isn't the end of a battle but the beginning of a life."

Man. That last sentence just kicks my ass. Yes, that is the best way I can put that. I read this for the first time a couple years ago when finally starting trauma recovery with a therapist who actually pays attention and I cried so much through it. Now that I've come even farther with my recovery it's possibly more amazing to me.

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•Posted by6 months ago

reads from top to bottom. conscript created specifically for spanish (text is also in spanish). sample text is from ursula k leguin's a "wizard of earthsea", the poem titled "the creation of ea". i think it counts as an abjad, mildly influenced by arabic.

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•Posted by10 months ago

A Wizard of Earthsea is basically a therapy session.

Gonna overshare because why not. Spoilers from the book.

My therapist and i have been working on conceptualizing a part of myself that deals in self-hate, shame, etc. The therapist wants me to see my depression, negative self-talk, defeatism as coming from this part of myself. Name it, understand it, appreciate it, move on from it.

So how strange to open up Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea and find that this is basically the plot of the book: In summoning the dead, Ged looses a shadow. It seems like an evil spirit, but is more like his darkest qualities embodied, and it changes as he does.

When he is proud, it tries to kill him. When he is afraid, it pursues him. When he is brave, it flees. When he accepts it, it ceases to be anything other than a part of himself.

I'm glad I read this story when I did. I've never read her fantasy, and I think it helped me understand my own situation/therapy a little better.

Also, if you're into progy pop punk, here's a song based on the book: The Loosing of the Shadow by Gatsbys American Dream

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•Posted by9 months ago

I just read A Wizard of Earthsea…

After 30 years of not for some strange reason. I’d read other works by Ursula Le Guin and picked it up on a lark from the used book store.

I’m ashamed at this point, it’s so good, it’s the fundamental prototype to so much fantasy that comes after it and pales in comparison.

I don’t want to name names or books here (that i also enjoy)but it does what other authors have tried to do in a fraction of the pages and without getting lost on the way.

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