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A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1)
A Wizard of Earthsea - The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin, Ursula K. Le Guin
In print for more than three decades and translated into dozens of languages, here is the audio release of the first book in The Earthsea Trilogy. This is a tale of wizards, dragons, and shadows, played in an archipelago of imagined islands. The young boy Sparrowhawk becomes apprentice to a Master Wizard; but impatience to learn faster takes him...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780395276532
ISBN-10: 0395276535
Publication Date: 12/1968
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 3
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reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) on + 99 more book reviews
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One of the great fantasy classics. Ged goes to the island of wisards to apprentice himself. The school is very other-worldly. Ged meets very strange and powerful wizards and finds he must undergo a journey to death itself. The book has a terrific mystical feel and is very enthralling.
Acknud avatar reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) on + 82 more book reviews
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I found this a good fantasy beginning book but I really don't see what all the hype is about. It is the story of a young wizard coming of age. The characters and landscape are not fluffed out enough to get a good feel for them. Since this is a series I hope that the descriptions solidify in the next books.
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reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) on + 33 more book reviews
This is the first book of the Earthsea Trilogy. Great story!!
lisareinke avatar reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) on + 123 more book reviews
Unabridged. Read by Ursula K. Le Guin and Harlan Ellison. Four audio cassettes.
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This cassette book is unabridged.
reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) on + 117 more book reviews
Harlan Ellison, a renowned writer on his own, is a superb reader of this Ursula Le Guin classic.

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