A Wizard of Earthsea

Beleg Strongbow · 12-19-2002, 09:19 AM

Anyone read it? I hear it's pretty good; I'm considering giving it a read. Any opinions?

elendili · 12-19-2002, 11:21 AM

twas good but i thought that last book was a let down

Lief Erikson · 12-19-2002, 10:00 PM

I liked the first book the best, and I liked the other two as well. The primary difficulty I saw in them was probably just me: that books 1, 2 and 3 should have been books 1, 3 and 5. The switching to different periods like it did was a little annoying to me- I wanted to see some of those adventures unfolding, rather than simply hear that they happened. Also jumping so quickly from one point in Ged's life to another was a little bit throwing.

XRogue · 12-19-2002, 11:02 PM

I liked 'em all. Fun read.

Meldon · 12-19-2002, 11:36 PM

They're making it into a film series.

XRogue · 12-19-2002, 11:55 PM

How'd you hear about that, and do you know when it'll be out?

eowyngirl14 · 01-02-2003, 06:05 PM

I read the first one in a book club I was in. I really liked it, but haven't had a chance to read the others yet... iT is definetly worth your while to read it!

ArwenEvenstar · 01-02-2003, 09:19 PM

I've read all of them they're shibey! their really worth reading!

eowyngirl14 · 01-02-2003, 09:30 PM

What do 'Shibey' mean?...

ArwenEvenstar · 01-03-2003, 09:43 PM

to tell u the truth i don't know, but I'm pretty sure it's a good thing

eowyngirl14 · 01-03-2003, 10:32 PM

LOL... I thought at first it was a typing error and you instead of the 'b' in 'shiby' you meant ot hit a t... Don't ask...

**crickhollow** · 01-07-2003, 05:25 PM

the first one is on my reading list for Fantasy Literature, so I'll get to read it this semester.

BeardofPants · 01-07-2003, 05:35 PM

I can't believe that you have a fantasy literature class. That must be like heaven. Lucky you.

**crickhollow** · 01-07-2003, 06:24 PM

It's going to be a terrific class--I posted the book list here

eowyngirl14 · 01-07-2003, 10:46 PM

fantasy! Literature! class! not fair! I want one!!!!!!!

sun-star · 01-09-2003, 04:25 PM

crickhollow, are you just trying to make us jealous?

**crickhollow** · 01-11-2003, 02:55 AM

no, i at first I just commented because I had just purchased the book, and so the title stuck in my head when I was reading the forums. My posting my book list was to make you jealous, though.

j/k

ArwenEvenstar · 01-12-2003, 03:56 PM

lol its definately B not T I love those books i would never say that they are awesome

*is very jealous of crickhollow* bah my english teacher hates fantasy books she enjoys stupid books. plus she has a beard

Beleg Strongbow · 01-13-2003, 09:05 AM

is she a dwarf? that's disgusting.

Well, I guess I'll try reading them! Thanks for your opinions, mooters.

Beleg Strongbow · 01-14-2003, 02:00 PM

Just finished book 1: it's not bad! Not LotR or even the Hobbit, but not junk either. Anyone else want to read it? We can start a book club!

12-19-2002, 09:19 AM	#1
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	A Wizard of Earthsea Anyone read it? I hear it's pretty good; I'm considering giving it a read. Any opinions? __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

12-19-2002, 11:21 AM	#2
elendili Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: a galaxy far far away (aka Manchester) Posts: 320	twas good but i thought that last book was a let down __________________ Dovie'andi se tovya sagain "Courage my soul, now learn to wield The weight of thine immortal shield Place on thy head thy helmet bright Ballance thy sword against the fight See where an army strong as fair With silken banners spreads the air Now if thy bee'st that thing divine In this days combat let it shine: And shew that nature wants an art To conqeur one resolved heart" Andrew Marvell

12-19-2002, 11:02 PM	#4
XRogue Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2000 Location: D/FW Texas, USA Posts: 345	I liked 'em all. Fun read. __________________ Farewell wherever you fare, till your Eyries recieve you at the journey's end.

12-19-2002, 11:55 PM	#6
XRogue Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2000 Location: D/FW Texas, USA Posts: 345	How'd you hear about that, and do you know when it'll be out? __________________ Farewell wherever you fare, till your Eyries recieve you at the journey's end.

01-02-2003, 06:05 PM	#7
eowyngirl14 i don't know what i am talking about either, so don't ask Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,353	I read the first one in a book club I was in. I really liked it, but haven't had a chance to read the others yet... iT is definetly worth your while to read it! __________________ 'The coming of dawn is ever the hope to the heart of men' -Aragorn 'Then I will die as one of them' -Aragorn TTT movie “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” - Benjamin Franklin arms are made for hugging avatar from the avatar shop! made by Eowyn, Lady of Rohan

12-19-2002, 10:00 PM	#3
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	I liked the first book the best, and I liked the other two as well. The primary difficulty I saw in them was probably just me: that books 1, 2 and 3 should have been books 1, 3 and 5. The switching to different periods like it did was a little annoying to me- I wanted to see some of those adventures unfolding, rather than simply hear that they happened. Also jumping so quickly from one point in Ged's life to another was a little bit throwing.

12-19-2002, 11:36 PM	#5
Meldon Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Beyond the fields we know... Posts: 17	They're making it into a film series.

01-02-2003, 09:19 PM	#8
ArwenEvenstar Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: and why do YOU want to know? Posts: 685	I've read all of them they're shibey! their really worth reading! __________________ The only thing active about me is my imagination!

01-02-2003, 09:30 PM	#9
eowyngirl14 i don't know what i am talking about either, so don't ask Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,353	What do 'Shibey' mean?... __________________ 'The coming of dawn is ever the hope to the heart of men' -Aragorn 'Then I will die as one of them' -Aragorn TTT movie “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” - Benjamin Franklin arms are made for hugging avatar from the avatar shop! made by Eowyn, Lady of Rohan

01-03-2003, 09:43 PM	#10
ArwenEvenstar Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: and why do YOU want to know? Posts: 685	to tell u the truth i don't know, but I'm pretty sure it's a good thing __________________ The only thing active about me is my imagination!

01-03-2003, 10:32 PM	#11
eowyngirl14 i don't know what i am talking about either, so don't ask Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,353	LOL... I thought at first it was a typing error and you instead of the 'b' in 'shiby' you meant ot hit a t... Don't ask... __________________ 'The coming of dawn is ever the hope to the heart of men' -Aragorn 'Then I will die as one of them' -Aragorn TTT movie “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” - Benjamin Franklin arms are made for hugging avatar from the avatar shop! made by Eowyn, Lady of Rohan

01-07-2003, 05:25 PM	#12
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	the first one is on my reading list for Fantasy Literature, so I'll get to read it this semester. __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

01-07-2003, 05:35 PM	#13
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I can't believe that you have a fantasy literature class. That must be like heaven. Lucky you. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

01-07-2003, 06:24 PM	#14
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	It's going to be a terrific class--I posted the book list here __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

01-07-2003, 10:46 PM	#15
eowyngirl14 i don't know what i am talking about either, so don't ask Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,353	fantasy! Literature! class! not fair! I want one!!!!!!! __________________ 'The coming of dawn is ever the hope to the heart of men' -Aragorn 'Then I will die as one of them' -Aragorn TTT movie “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” - Benjamin Franklin arms are made for hugging avatar from the avatar shop! made by Eowyn, Lady of Rohan

01-09-2003, 04:25 PM	#16
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	crickhollow, are you just trying to make us jealous? __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

01-11-2003, 02:55 AM	#17
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	no, i at first I just commented because I had just purchased the book, and so the title stuck in my head when I was reading the forums. My posting my book list was to make you jealous, though. j/k __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

01-12-2003, 03:56 PM	#18
ArwenEvenstar Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: and why do YOU want to know? Posts: 685	lol its definately B not T I love those books i would never say that they are awesome is very jealous of crickhollow bah my english teacher hates fantasy books she enjoys stupid books. plus she has a beard __________________ The only thing active about me is my imagination!

01-13-2003, 09:05 AM	#19
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	is she a dwarf? that's disgusting. Well, I guess I'll try reading them! Thanks for your opinions, mooters. __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

01-14-2003, 02:00 PM	#20
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	Just finished book 1: it's not bad! Not LotR or even the Hobbit, but not junk either. Anyone else want to read it? We can start a book club! __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

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