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A Wizard of Earthsea
A Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin
You can’t crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. By refusing to think, refusing to change.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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A Wizard of Earthsea, first published in 1968, is a seminal fantasy novel. The novel is renowned for its richly imagined world, nuanced exploration of magic and power, and profound themes of balance and self-knowledge. The novel has been widely praised for its lyrical prose, compelling characters, and subversion of fantasy tropes through its non-white protagonist.
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A Wizard of Earthsea
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- By: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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Overall7,960
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Performance6,907
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Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world.
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- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
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- Release date: 04-10-09
- Language: English
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The Other Wind
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Obnoxious narrator
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The Other Wind
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Worlds of Exile and Illusion
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Performance79
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Excellent stories, ruined by terrible narration
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The Lathe of Heaven
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Amazing!
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Tehanu
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Delivers on Promise of Tenar and the Tombs
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The Tombs of Atuan
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In Some Ways, the Best of the Original Trilogy
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The Farthest Shore
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the loss of information as a tragedy.
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Five Ways to Forgiveness
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Different but the same
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A Five star book that I didn’t like
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The Word for World Is Forest
- Narrated by: John Skelley
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Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching
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I wanted to love this
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- Narrated by: Ursula K. Le Guin
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Dancing at the Edge of the World
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Performance92
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From modern literature to menopause, from utopian thought to rodeos - in this classic collection of essays, Ursula K. Le Guin roves with her customary audacity over the intersecting arenas of literature, feminism, and social responsibility, exploding any received notions she comes across....
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Not my favorite Le Guin collection, but...
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Dancing at the Edge of the World
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Catwings Return
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- Release date: 03-10-08
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Words Are My Matter
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A must-listen collection, Words Are My Matter is a manual for investigating the depth and breadth of contemporary fiction - and, through the lens of deep considerations of contemporary writing, a way of exploring the world we are all living in....
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One of Le Guin's best collections
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Words Are My Matter
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- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 02-20-18
- Language: English
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The Unreal and the Real
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Overall110
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Performance91
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The Unreal and the Real is a major event not to be missed....
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Shame on you, Audible
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The Unreal and the Real
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- Release date: 01-21-14
- Language: English
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Gifts
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- By: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrated by: Jim Colby
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Overall266
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Performance166
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Story168
Scattered among poor, desolate farms, the clans of the Uplands possess gifts. Wondrous gifts: the ability—with a glance, a gesture, a word—to summon animals, bring forth fire, move the land. Fearsome gifts: They can twist a limb, chain a mind, inflict a wasting illness.
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Book 3 won the 2008 Nebula Award
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Gifts
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- Release date: 07-19-06
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The Language of the Night
- Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
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- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan, Michael Crouch
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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Performance9
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Featuring a new introduction by Ken Liu, this revised edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s first full-length collection of essays covers her background as a writer and educator, her thoughts on writing, and her commentary on literary science fiction and fantasy and their future. “We like to think...
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Enlightening
- By Amazon Customer on 11-05-25
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The Language of the Night
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- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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Catwings
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Performance142
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Ursula K. Le Guin wrote this highly acclaimed novel about a very special litter of kittens. Mrs. Jane Tabby has always longed toget away from the cramped alleys of the city. She knows it is too late for her, but she thinks her longing may be the reason her litter of kittens was born with wings...
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A Childhood Favorite
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Catwings
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The Found and the Lost
- The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin
- By: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan, Jefferson Mays
- Length: 34 hrs and 3 mins
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Performance389
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Every novella by Ursula K. Le Guin, an icon in American literature, collected for the first time - and introduced by the legendary author - in one breathtaking volume. Ursula K. Le Guin has won multiple prizes and accolades, from the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to...
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You gotta be kidding me.
- By Spam on 07-02-19
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The Found and the Lost
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- Length: 34 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 11-04-16
- Language: English
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The Birthday of the World
- And Other Stories
- By: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
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Overall93
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Performance84
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Story84
Gifted, award-winning artist Ursula K. Le Guin returns to present diverse worlds and rich characters reminiscent of our earthly selves in eight brilliant short works, including a never-before-published novella, each of which probes the essence of humanity....
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Only worth it for Paradises Lost
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The Birthday of the World
- And Other Stories
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- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 01-04-19
- Language: English
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