Tales from Earthsea
2001 • 296 pages

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Short Review: This is a series of six short stories (a couple are in the novella length range) and a description of Earthsea. They serve as a bridge between books 4 and 6 with some background on Earthsea and the founding of Roke (school for wizards) and some deconstruction of the mythology hinted at or told in previous books. Wizards in Earthsea are celibate men. This suggests that that tradition was a deviation of the required order. Married couples or women could be wizards, but were not because of tradition.

I read this all out of order. I read the first three books of the series several times as a teen 30 years ago. I re-read the first 5 years ago and then the sixth 4 years ago. And now I picked up the 5th because I thought I had already read the fourth. But I haven't (I don't think). So now I have to go back and read the fourth and see if I can figure out what I have missed.


My slightly longer review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/tales-from-earthsea/

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