![]() It's a very different approach from a lot of modern YA fantasy, which anchors itself to the viewpoint of the main character, often with a heavy focus on their inner monologue. Lewis's Narnia series each contains a number of asides to the reader.) Like a lot of older fantasy, especially ones aimed toward children, Le Guin takes the tone of a storyteller. 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. ![]() It keeps the maps and Robbins' chapter illustrations. My edition has Yvonne Gilbert's cover art from 1984, although it's a later printing (with the publisher's website on the back cover) and the font has a really old-fashioned look like it's from the sixties. The cover shows Ged with (in my opinion) ambiguously dark skin. The beautiful but almost-unreadable map is Le Guin's own work (with Robbins' embellishments). The cover of the first edition and the chapter illustrations were done by Ruth Robbins. ![]() Le Guin's first Earthsea novel, was first published in 1968. A Wizard of EarthseaĪ Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. ![]() We are beginning the first book, A Wizard of Earthsea, and this post is for chapter one, "Warriors in the Mist." If you're wondering what this is all about, check out the introduction post. ![]()
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