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Le Guin
We've often discussed various works of Le Guin. Particularly the Earthsea books. But we don't have any specific place for this fantastic writer. Of course, there's always the Immanent Grove at the Hangar:
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All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
I've read the first three Earthsea books and loved them, for some reason i havent read the last one.
But if you're all about the destination, then take a fucking flight.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
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Ah, Warmark, you're falling waaaaay behind!! 
Copying & pasting, here's the Earthsea cycle, in the order they need to be read:
A Wizard of Earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan
The Farthest Shore
Tehanu
Dragonfly**
The Other Wind
**Dragonfly is a novella that can be found in a collection called Tales from Earthsea. Tales has some other stories set in the archipelago that are not part of the story arc of the six listed above. However, at least a couple of them are FANTASTIC, and all are at least very good.
IMO, the best are Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind. Le Guin just keeps getting better!! But they're freshest in my mind, so I can't really say that for sure. The original trilogy blew me away, too, but it's been several years since I read them.
Copying & pasting, here's the Earthsea cycle, in the order they need to be read:A Wizard of Earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan
The Farthest Shore
Tehanu
Dragonfly**
The Other Wind
**Dragonfly is a novella that can be found in a collection called Tales from Earthsea. Tales has some other stories set in the archipelago that are not part of the story arc of the six listed above. However, at least a couple of them are FANTASTIC, and all are at least very good.
IMO, the best are Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind. Le Guin just keeps getting better!! But they're freshest in my mind, so I can't really say that for sure. The original trilogy blew me away, too, but it's been several years since I read them.
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Tehanu is my favorite of the Earthsea books...Tenar is just a wonderful female protagonist, beautifully written. LeGuin writes some of the most poetic prose in literature as far as i'm concerned.
other LeGuin favorites include
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Lathe of Heaven
The Telling
The Disposessed
this woman has won more literary awards than you can shake a stick at!!
and deservedly so!
other LeGuin favorites include
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Lathe of Heaven
The Telling
The Disposessed
this woman has won more literary awards than you can shake a stick at!!
and deservedly so!
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i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
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lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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I have read all of the Earthsea cycle. They have become old favorites for me, and it hasn't even been that long since I first read them. 
I will say that I found the first book, A Wizard of Earthsea, hard to get into until I was about 2/3 through the book. It was worth the perseverance, however.
I will say that I found the first book, A Wizard of Earthsea, hard to get into until I was about 2/3 through the book. It was worth the perseverance, however.
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Yes, and I have to get started on that series.Lord Foul wrote:I just have to finish reading A Feast for Crows!
The books are sitting on my coffee table.
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*bump* for Trapper
However, the GOOD news is that, yes indeed, she added to the Earthsea series!!!! The third post of this thread lists them all.
What they did to her story is an abomination. And I'm not just being overly sensitive. If you threw a dozen names at someone, said there was magic involved, and told them to make a movie based on nothing but that, whatever they came up with would have been as faithful to Le Guin's books as what aired on TV. In truth, I only watched the first 17 minutes of it, because I was so appalled by the changes they had made in that short time. I heard many things from others about what followed.Trapper439 wrote:Le Guin was ahead of her time. I only recently read on Wikipedia that she has added to the Earthsea Trilogy that I read many years ago. I also read that there is an Earthsea movie or mini-series THAT IS TO BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS!
Apparently she's livid about what they did to her story...
However, the GOOD news is that, yes indeed, she added to the Earthsea series!!!!
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Well, I've already posted in the Grove at the Hangar, but I've just read the first 4 and thoroughly enjoyed them. Now I'm going to have to hunt for Tales and The Other Wind.
I think Tehanu might have been my favourite...they all got better (and darker) as they went along.
Anybody want to know what else I have to say, find one of danlo's posts and follow the link in his profile to the Hangar.
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I think Tehanu might have been my favourite...they all got better (and darker) as they went along.
Anybody want to know what else I have to say, find one of danlo's posts and follow the link in his profile to the Hangar.
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thanks for posting that Murrin.
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have you ever tried explaining yourself
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i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
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gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Wow! Indeed, thanks, Murrin. I'll certainly not be seeing that version! Le Guin's reaction is plenty to keep me away. But then this from the correspondent in Japan?!?!????!!!?!?!?!!!!?!?!??!?!?!????
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was there ever a more appropriate time to saySimply put, the Ghibli movie is a story of a boy who kills his father without cause, and of what happens to him after he then runs away.
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm sorry, but.... what? Just because it isn't a faithful adaptation, you won't see it? Even le Guin said that it was a good movie, and a good movie based not-so-loosely on a work you like should be worth seeing, right?Fist and Faith wrote:Wow! Indeed, thanks, Murrin. I'll certainly not be seeing that version! Le Guin's reaction is plenty to keep me away.