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A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

Ursula K. Le Guin

Start date: August 1, 2011

Finish date: August 31, 2011

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Sep 19, 2008 Jim rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1paper, fantasy, sword-sorcery, 2fiction, 3series, favorites

A short, excellent fantasy with a good point. I first read this as a teenager about 40 years ago & really liked it then. I loved it this time around, too. That says a lot about a book & proves it is a fairly timeless tale.

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Dec 07, 2009 Tani rated it it was amazing

Shelves: female-author, fantasy, 2009, five-stars, 2023-novels

Finally, I've read this fantasy classic. It reminded me a lot of the style of some of the other classics, such as Lord of the Rings, and The Dark is Rising. The writing is smooth and lyrical, and the story is engrossing. I can certainly see why it's a classic. Still, despite its lack of length, it took some effort to get through. Perhaps the writing was so smooth that it just flowed right out of my head? I'll be reading the rest of the series eventually, but in the meantime, I think I need to re ...more

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