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As a trans person, it was really nice to learn that Harry Potter was largely a reproduction of A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. What's more, the original wizarding school was populated entirely by people of color.

Just finished 's VOICES, second book in the Annals of the Western Shore trilogy. As ever I'm awed by how vividly she depicts her worlds, like I just returned from a visit to Ansul. This trilogy may not get the level of attention gets, but I think they're just as lovely.

Content warning Spoilers for The Tombs of Atuan, by Ursula K Le Guin

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Book 14 of 2025

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin (graphic novel adapted by Fred Fordham)

4.75 stars

Earthsea is such a masterpiece that means so much to me, so I was skeptical at first. But it was an immediate green flag that Le Guin's son initially reached out to Fordham because he loved his work and wanted to see his mother's works adapted as a graphic novel.

This is so gorgeous, absolutely stunning illustrations with soft, cinematic lighting and sparse text. It's basically long sequences of evocative, painterly images with an occasional direct quotation lifted from the original book. I loved it so much more than I thought I would.

It genuinely made me view and love this story in a new way. I really hope Fordham keeps adapting the rest of the Earthsea books, because I want to keep returning …

The cover of A Wizard of Earthsea, the graphic novel adapted by Fred Fordham. A small human figure standing on a beautiful beach casts a long, large, misshapen shadow that extends into the aqua of the ocean. The title appears in large white font with a lot of flourishes (traditional fantasy font for sure).
The cover of A Wizard of Earthsea, the graphic novel adapted by Fred Fordham. A small human figure standing on a beautiful beach casts a long, large, misshapen shadow that extends into the aqua of the ocean. The title appears in large white font with a lot of flourishes (traditional fantasy font for sure).

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Here's the last of the Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes on Ursula K Leguin's Tales From Earthsea, this one finishing our study of her story "Dragonfly"

https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/ursula-k-leguin-tales-from-earthsea-irian-finds-her-place

Finished the early first three novels (1968—1972) of Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea cycle.

There are so many fantasy stories full of masculine muscle play, stupid violence and ridiculously shallow human characters & relationships. Not so those of Ursula Le Guin. They are beautiful stories about personal growth saturated with humane values, wisdom & wit.

Cover of Ursula Le Guin's "The Books of Earthsea", the collection of all her work set in the fantasy world Earthsea.