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A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Oh, I am in. I am about to knock this whole series out in the coming weeks, so get ready.
This is wizardry that makes sense and is void of fluff. Archmages do not have time to trifle with courting mates or playing broom rugby. No, in this world, there are omnipresent threats that leave little time for relaxation or celebration. The whole book was tense and was pure adrenaline as a result. Urusla Le Guin can build quite a world in 200 pages.
I did not love Ged, but I rooted for the boy. He is still not even 20 years of age so, maybe in time, I will come to respect the chap. But he is tolerable despite his early misdeeds because he undergoes a universal journey that we all must face at some point: What does it take to know oneself?
Though I am not much of a fantasy reader, I am ready to immerse myself in this realm. I am ready to become elevated and jaded in the fiction of magic and wizards, looking down on the world of Harry Potter for no reason except that it is controversial to do so.
This is wizardry that makes sense and is void of fluff. Archmages do not have time to trifle with courting mates or playing broom rugby. No, in this world, there are omnipresent threats that leave little time for relaxation or celebration. The whole book was tense and was pure adrenaline as a result. Urusla Le Guin can build quite a world in 200 pages.
I did not love Ged, but I rooted for the boy. He is still not even 20 years of age so, maybe in time, I will come to respect the chap. But he is tolerable despite his early misdeeds because he undergoes a universal journey that we all must face at some point: What does it take to know oneself?
Though I am not much of a fantasy reader, I am ready to immerse myself in this realm. I am ready to become elevated and jaded in the fiction of magic and wizards, looking down on the world of Harry Potter for no reason except that it is controversial to do so.