earthlightning rated The Eye of the Heron: 5 stars
The Eye of the Heron by Ursula K. Le Guin
In Victoria on a former prison colony, two exiled groups—the farmers of Shantih and the City dwellers—live in apparent harmony. …
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earthlightning rated The Wind's Twelve Quarters: 5 stars
The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin
This is a collection containing, among other stories, the short story that started the Earthsea series." Along with "The Rule …
earthlightning rated Powers: 5 stars
Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin (Annals of the Western Shore, #3)
Young Gav can remember the page of a book after seeing it once, and, inexplicably, he sometimes “remembers” things that …
earthlightning rated Changing Planes: 5 stars
earthlightning rated Voices: 5 stars
Voices by Ursula K. Le Guin
Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors.
earthlightning rated Tales from Earthsea: 5 stars
Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #5)
earthlightning rated The Other Wind (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 6): 5 stars
The Other Wind (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 6) by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle (6))
The Other Wind is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Harcourt in 2001. …
earthlightning rated The Telling: 5 stars
The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin
Once a culturally rich world, the planet Aka has been utterly transformed by technology. Records of the past have been …
earthlightning rated The word for world is forest: 5 stars
The word for world is forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named “New Tahiti” on a tree-covered planet …
earthlightning rated The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas: 5 stars
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happiness.
earthlightning rated Tehanu: 5 stars
Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin
In this final episode of "The Earthsea Cycle", the widowed Tenar finds and nurses her aging friend, Sparrowhawk, a magician …
earthlightning rated The lathe of heaven: 5 stars
Ursula K. Le Guin: The lathe of heaven (2003, Perennial Classics)
The lathe of heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
“The Lathe of Heaven” ; 1971 ( Ursula Le Guin received the 1973 Locus Award for this story) George Orr …
earthlightning rated The Dispossessed: 5 stars
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #6)
The Dispossessed (in later printings titled The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia) is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by American …
earthlightning rated The Tombs of Atuan: 5 stars
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
The Tombs of Atuan is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in the …
earthlightning rated The Farthest Shore: 5 stars
The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #3)
Darkness threatens to overtake Earthsea. As the world and its wizards are losing their magic, Ged -- powerful Archmage, wizard, …