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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Spectra Catalog: Book Release date: 2004-09-28 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 192 Ean: 9780553383041 Book Isbn: 0553383043 Reading level: Ages 9-12  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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 Written on January 3, 2008 Summary: An unholy work As far as the mechanics, one cannot hold anything against the work. Nor will I comment on anything further than the first chapter, which I could not complete. I found it filled with actual witchery and sorcerel realism. It became a threat to my soul and poisoned my imagination. The rest of the work, I imagine, is filled with the demonic. Christian, if you own a copy, do not sell it, (spreading the evil) rather destroy it like I did, and boldly tearing it to peices lest it weave its spell over you. (I did however enjoy the tv mini-series, in which, interestingly, her wizards seemed more like our priests).  Written on January 1, 2008 Summary: Beautiful award-winning fantasy If you haven't read any Ursula Le Guin, you need to put her at the top of your list! She's way up there with Tolkien, and perhaps the only reason she's not as famous is because she came a bit later and, therefore, like everyone else, is in his shadow. Her writing is beautiful -- lyrical and powerful. I love how she makes all of her words count. They are all necessary, there's no fluff or redundancy -- it's simple, natural, alive, and vivid. Her understanding of different people and cultures (her father was an anthropologist and her mother was a psychologist) enhances her ability to create imaginative, creative, and believable characters and worlds. When you step into Earthsea, you feel like you're in a real world with real people. It's deep and engrossing right from the start. And did I mention that the writing is beautiful? This is what fantasy should be like. I wish there was more fantasy like this. This is the original boy-finds-out-he's-a-wizard-and-goes-to-wizard-school story and it's highly enjoyable for both adults and kids. And some of them are available on audiobook or Audible.com download -- Hooray! (Those created by Fantastic Audio are particularly entertaining). www.FanLit.net  Written on November 25, 2007 Summary: This book left me bored... I read this book for a scifi/fantasy lit class I was taking at the time. The teacher started off with this book because it was one of the first real popular fantasy books that was non-tolkien. I have varying tastes, but all I really desire in a fantasy book is enough detail to make the world feel real, characters that I can care about, and a unique story. This book seemed to be lacking all of those things. I guess it was just to simple for me, and too short to really get invested in the story. I believe it was written in the late 60s and you can really tell, it shows it's age compared to more modern fantasy. I haven't read any of LeGuin's other stuff, but one thing I do know, is that I just did not like this book at all. Also, stay away from the movie version, after watching that I suddenly didn't think the book was so bad. Written on September 26, 2007 Summary: A Wizard of EarthSea This is a fun story for the younger crowd to enjoy (8 years and up). There is good character development in this story of a young boy growing up that sweeps you into the high adventure of wizards and magic and dragons that is sure to keep one riveted to this page turner. Written on September 20, 2007 Summary: My favorite book. This book is better than Harry Potter, it has a much more immersive story, with infinite possibilities, the characters are very solid, and clever, Ursula Paints the very image of Earthsea in your mind! |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2004-09-28 | 2001-09-01 | 2004-11-23 | 2001-09-01 | 2003-10-28 | 2003-09-30 |
| Media | Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Paperback | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 192 | 192 | 272 | 252 | 304 | 224 |
| Ean | 9780553383041 | 9780689845369 | 9781416509646 | 9780689845338 | 9780441011247 | 9780441011254 |
| Book Isbn | 0553383043 | 0689845367 | 141650964X | 0689845332 | 0441011241 | 044101125X |
| Reading level | Ages 9-12 | Young Adult | - | Young Adult | - | - |
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