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Published Nov. 12, 2012 by Piper.
Der junge Ged führt auf der Inselwelt Gont ein einfaches Dasein als Sohn eines Bronzeschmieds. Als seine Tante in dem Jungen ein kraftvolles magisches Talent entdeckt, verschlägt es ihn an die berühmte Zauberschule von Rok. Dort schafft Ged das Unglaubliche: Er stellt eine Verbindung zum Totenreich her. Fortan gilt Ged als der größte Magier des Kontinents Erdsee. Doch durch seinen Zauber hat er die Welt in größte Gefahr gebracht … Dieser Band bildet den Auftakt zu Ursula K. Le Guins meisterhaftem Zyklus. »Eines der größten Werke der Fantasy in diesem Jahrhundert.« The Observer
Uuuhm. I enjoyed it, and for a "men doing things while talking in a complicated way" fantasy story this is very very good. Still... I asked myself why a few times.
Cute Story and good length (not like LotR)
A must-read in the collection of fantasy classics
Fun and short. I could see quite enjoying this when I was younger as well.
What is most remarkable to me about aWoE is how Le Guin reveals her world and the magic system.
I'm glad I finally read this classic from 1968. When I was heavy into Lord of the Rings in my teenage days, one of my closest friends was into the Earthsea books, but I never got into them. This time I stuck with it and was entertained to read the story of Ged, who would once be the strongest mage of the world of Earthsea.
Along the way I felt a bit sad that to make it as a female writer back then, you had to fill your story with men, and men only. There are only 3 notable women in the story at all, it's like they don't exist or are irrelevant. Minor quibble, after all this is a book from the 60s.
I enjoyed it, but it didn't wow me, yet I will likely finish the series.
Sweetly told coming-of-age story, that preaches Daoism as much as Daoism may be praught. I loved how it takes a very male story and turns machismo into a self-punishing weakness, but was also troubled by how even Le Guin wrote a story in which the women were all minor characters and very limited in what they could do. I gather later Earthsea books fix that, and look forward to them.
Sweetly told coming-of-age story, that preaches Daoism as much as Daoism may be praught. I loved how it takes a very male story and turns machismo into a self-punishing weakness, but was also troubled by how even Le Guin wrote a story in which the women were all minor characters and very limited in what they could do. I gather later Earthsea books fix that, and look forward to them.
