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The only work I have read was Earthsea books. They are quite good. More than good. Extremely good. (Yes that is words I want). I saw the Sci-Fi Channel mini series I thought they were all right. It had been a few years now and I barely recall much about the books. Other than I could not stop reading them. Rommel Fenrir Wolf II Posts: 856 | Registered: Nov 2006
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Read more books of hers than I can off hand name. Just finished, "Voices," the second of her new series. I've read Earthsea, plus the two additional books in that series a number of times as well as most of her short story collections. She truly is a grand master of the form.
What the Sci-Fi channel did to the Earthsea series was horrible, she's even spoken out against the travesty they produced on her website.
She can treat a subject matter with a delicacy that is just majestic. I just love her subtlety of character. "Tombs of Atuan," the second of the Earthsea trilogy is one of my favorites, followed by the, "Dispossessed."
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There is now a Goro Miyazaki version "Gedo Senki," or "Tales From Earthsea," Don’t know much about it. It wont be coming to the states any time soon. Rommel Fenrir Wolf II Posts: 856 | Registered: Nov 2006
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I enjoyed some of her stuff---but the closer her work seemed to get to the "New York Literary Establishment," the less I enjoyed it.
As I recall, I started off with a collection, "The Wind's Twelve Quarters," then picked up the Earthsea trilogy (there were only three of them in those days), then later on ran through most of her then-published stuff.
My favorite book of hers wasn't SF or fantasy, but a short novel (or novella) that was basically an account of an adolescent boy and his first romance. I'd name it, but I can't remember what it is---my copy is somewhere in a box in my garage.
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My dad loves her, so I have piles of her books lying around my house, and I've tried to get into every one of them, and I never could. They all take place in some other world with so many new names and complicated things, it was so tiring to try to read them.
I liked Earthsea at age 10, but I don't think I'd like it again if I reread it. Thinking back, it didn't seem to have any point -- it was just some random story.
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Ah yes, Earthsea. Those were good books. That was another reason I started writing. OMAGAOFTHEALPHA Posts: 26 | Registered: Mar 2007
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She was definitely an inspiration for me. I reread the Earthsea books a few years ago when Tehanu came out. I still enjoyed them. They do have a point, but I think they are stronger collectively than as individual books, in other words, they are a true trilogy. Check out some of her "adult" work like the Left Hand of Darkness or her short stories. She has a way with language that will stay with you.
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I consider her the line between literary and genre. I love her, she has a voice that is solid and flowing. And while I get the idea that an english professor would enjoy her work, I still think she is accesible. (she is the only sci-fi writer that most of them have heard of.) The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas is one of the most painful stoiries I've read.
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