Earthsea

Earthsea designates a series of novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin, and the fictional world in which they take place.

The Books of Earthsea

1. A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)
2. The Tombs of Atuan (1971)
3. The Farthest Shore (1972,
4. Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea (1990)
5. Tales from Earthsea (2001)
6. The Other Wind (2001)

Other Stories of Earthsea

• "The Word of Unbinding" (1964) (in The Wind's Twelve Quarters)
• "The Rule of Names" (1964) (in The Wind's Twelve Quarters)

Adaptations

• Legend of Earthsea (2004) (TV mini-series) (USA)
• Gedo Senki — Tales from Earthsea (2006) (film) (Japan)

The World of Earthsea

Earthsea is an archipelago where magic and wizards and dragons exist. The wizards study magic at the island of Roke, where women are forbidden to be students.

Race

Most of the inhabitants of Earthsea are dark-skinned, except for the people of the Kargish Isles. This was a deliberate decision from Le Guin, who wanted to set her stories in a world where White people were not the default.

The TV and film adaptations largely betrayed that decision.

Gender

Le Guin wrote Tehanu after reconsidering the thoughtless sexism in the world-building of her earlier Earthsea works.

External Links

• Le Guin's notes on the mini-series