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
- A Wizard of Earthsea (1968 novel)
- The Tombs of Atuan (1971 novel)
- The Farthest Shore (1972 novel)
- Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea (1990 novel)
- Tales from Earthsea (2001 collection)
- The Other Wind (2001 novel)
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.