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A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Bantam
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  397 reviews
Sales Rank: 179062
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 183
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0553262505
EAN: 9780553262506
ASIN: 0553262505
Publication Date: May 1, 1984
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Amazon.com Review
Often compared to Tolkien's Middle-earth or Lewis's Narnia, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea is a stunning fantasy world that grabs quickly at our hearts, pulling us deeply into its imaginary realms. Four books (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, and Tehanu) tell the whole Earthsea cycle--a tale about a reckless, awkward boy named Sparrowhawk who becomes a wizard's apprentice after the wizard reveals Sparrowhawk's true name. The boy comes to realize that his fate may be far more important than he ever dreamed possible. Le Guin challenges her readers to think about the power of language, how in the act of naming the world around us we actually create that world. Teens, especially, will be inspired by the way Le Guin allows her characters to evolve and grow into their own powers. In this first book, A Wizard of Earthsea readers will witness Sparrowhawk's moving rite of passage--when he discovers his true name and becomes a young man. Great challenges await Sparrowhawk, including an almost deadly battle with a sinister creature, a monster that may be his own shadow.
Product Description
Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea,but once he was called Sparrowhawk, a recklessyouth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tamperedwith long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadowupon the world. This is the tale of his testing,how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed anancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold torestore the balance.
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 Earthsea 1 September 26, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a classic book and with good reason. It takes the standard concepts good vs evil, becoming a better person or become the person you are meant to be; and Le Guin makes is it feel fresh and inviting you want to know more. The reason for only 3 stars is due to my personal bias of finding the writing style a bit cumberson. This will however not stop me from reading the rest of the series because I want to know Ged's journey.
 perfect September 22, 2008
This book arrived well before the expected date and was a great buy. I will be buying from them again.
I liked it... I was bored x2... Then I liked it... September 14, 2008
I first read it when I was 14, and I loved it. I tried reading it again, twice, about 15 and 20 years later and didn't get very far, finding it a bit boring. Now, at 41, I figured I would give it another try, and devoured it in a few hours. I can't understand exactly why I didn't enjoy it the last 2 times as this time I thought it was a really good read. I would highly recomend it to fantasy lovers of any age.
Well written, introspective, but a little dull at times August 7, 2008
Ursula Le Guin is a good writer. She has a good command of the language, and is able to develop a story very effectively, with a good buildup in terms of character growth. However, the story seems a little boring. After all, Ged's interactions with other characters are few and limited, and the world has a very sombre, lonely feel to it, with little to differentiate the various races and cities.
Perhaps the sense of drama and excitement is completely lacking because of Le Guin's motivation to tell a story within a Jung-style paradigm. There is little in the way of development of the individual characters, until the last fifty pages. I read this book once when I was around fifteen and then again 18 years later, and both times my feeling was the same. Well written, beautiful, but a little dull for such a short book.
Shallow July 4, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found this a good fantasy beginning book but I really don't see what all the hype is about. It is the story of a young wizard coming of age. The characters and landscape are not fluffed out enough to get a good feel for them. Since this is a series I hope that the descriptions solidify in the next books.
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