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... about dysfunctional families that I have ever read. Currently, I am reading The Dark Room by R. K. Naroyan and rereading Tehanu by Ursula Le Guin. >56 Bob,
The True Deceiver is fantastic. And by the way, Bob sent me The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia, which I thoroughly enjoyed. An ... 229. Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin ... Definitely the best, most interesting book of the Earthsea series.
>116 and 118, I had mixed feelings about Tehanu. It was almost too real - seeing our heroes old and washed up was just too sad. Also, as wisewoman said, the story itself seemed weak and mostly uninteresting. ... all the Earthsea books. The original trilogy is miles better than the later additions, though. I actually really disliked Tehanu. The storyline was weak and even Le Guin's usually deft writing seemed poor. The Tombs of Atuan is definitely the high point in that series, no question.
How ... ... you recognize the take-it-to-the-next-levelness of Tombs of Atuan as compared to the rest of the trilogy (have you read Tehanu? I just learned it existed); I love that someone's speaking up for Hester Prynne; I love that you included To Kill a Mockingbird, because thinking about that book ... ... you recognize the take-it-to-the-next-levelness of Tombs of Atuan as compared to the rest of the trilogy (have you read Tehanu? I just learned it existed); I love that someone's speaking up for Hester Prynne; I love that you included To Kill a Mockingbird, because thinking about that book ... 12 - Don't forget Tehanu & Other Wind as well. Terremer et Tehanu : à lire l'enthousiasme des uns et des autres, j'ai vraiment pensé que j'avais raté LE livre de Fantasy. Bon, ça se lit vraiment très agréablement, les personnages sont attachants, mais un peu vides. Et bizarrement Ursula le Guin qui est une femme nous raconte une ... ... is in The Farthest Shore, when Ged and Lebannen are on the raft and the dragon appears. "Handy with a pitchfork" from Tehanu is also great stuff.
In White Gold Wielder, the final scene with Covenant and Linden Avery (can't say more without serious spoilage).
While I'm not a great ... Minor correction to #2, above. Tehanu is set almost immediately after The Farthest Shore (the last of the original trilogy).
Tales from Earthsea provides a variety of short stories. Some provide back story for people and institutions in the earlier four books, and some take place ... Contrary to #2 I rather like The Other Wind and find it a suitable companion to Tehanu which I found ended rather weakly and left the reader with a few unanswered questions that are resolved in TOW.
But I'd fully agree that the Tales from Earthsea is very worthwhile - mostly a prequel, it ... ... Thanks for the information, that really helped! I find gender issues to be interesting, (dated or otherwise) so I will give Tehanu a try. I had not heard of The Other Wind, so I am glad you let me know about it. Thanks again for the help and you have fantastic taste in user-names yourself! ;) ... Shore. These were written in quick succession, form a single unit, and you can easily stop there. The fourth book, Tehanu, written more than 15 years later, (originally subtitled "The Last Book of Earthsea", though more recent editions probably omit that) is quite different in tone and ... ...
Nikki
I read the first three parts of Earthsea trilogy last year, now that I am reminded of this series, I guess will read Tehanu some time next month... ... asi
A Thousand Days in Tuscany by Marlena De Blasi
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
The Farthest Shore by Ursula Le Guin
Tehanu by Ursula Le Guin
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye
The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay ... ... it was so much smaller and more emotional than the others - I really am a chick, aren't I? ;) I think you will find Tehanu very interesting, Fourpawz. Its not a spoiler to say that its set many many years after the adventures of the first three books & we find Ged and Tenar are very ... >42: ah! Don't think I can have read Tehanu then. I have three ancient Puffin paperbacks, then a shiny hardback of Tales from Earthsea but not the others. No, The Farthest Shore is 3rd, Tehanu is 4th.
I loved the ending of The Farthest Shore. For me, it was the perfect way to bring the story to a close. Of course, a couple decades later, the story suddenly isn't ended! >35: The Tombs of Atuan was always my favourite (I could never really get into The Farthest Shore - is that the same as Tehanu, Tad?). Glad you liked it. >37: There are three more: Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind. There are also four or five short stories published here and there.
I like most, though not all, LeGuin. I would definitely give The Left Hand of Darkness a try and then The Dispossessed...they're very ... I'm also reading through the Earthsea series for the first time. Tehanu is up next.
Anybody but me reading through the 1001 Fantasy book list from top to bottom? ... story is set in the future not the past.
I have read all of the Earthsea books except Tales of Earthsea & i loved Tehanu.
I love so many of the Discworld characters it is impossible to choose only one. Love The Luggage, The Librarian, Death, The Guards, Rincewind, & the ... ... track. So I hope this helps.
My first two were to finish Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea quartet:
The Farthest Shore
Tehanu
Lisa
ETA Ti ... Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin – 281 pgs.
19,669 pgs. / 98.345 200-page books ... protagonist's part, and didn't pick up until near the end. Made me think again I'd like to take up fencing though.
34. Tehanu by Ursula Le Guin ***1/2
We meet Tenar and Ged again, some twenty years after The Tombs of Atuan. Tenar takes in a girl, scarred physically by fire and scarred ... ... Wizard of Earthsea!
And now my list grows longer because I never knew any more books were written in the series after Tehanu. ... Earthsea books. Le Guin created a deep and fascinating world that I found to be engrossing and exciting. I didn't like Tehanu or The Other Wind because they just got way too out there, but A Wizard of Earthsea (stupid bad touchstones) is a must-read for any fantasy fan.
ETA: Also, ... >74, Goran - I understand feeling weird about Tehanu - the tone, content, and characters were so different than in the first three books & sometimes the feminist commentary really was too didactic. But I think its important to remember everything that has transpired - the characters are much ... ... But when reading a series or a suite of books consistency is somewhat important to me.
Sparrowhawk was believable in Tehanu, but not so much so in The other wind; why did he stay at 'home', in a place he really wasn't welcome, when he could have joined Tehanu and Tenar in their journey ... ... of a sort that wasn't a theme in the original books. I suppose that someone reviewing them for Granta might say that Tehanu, and to a greater extent The Other Wind, "deconstruct" the original trilogy by calling its apparent values and assumptions about the world into question. Is that ... ... - it's the choice of a coward, in a way, and choosing suicide at the loss of a beloved one? I lack words.
Also, as Tehanu The other wind breaks with the original trilogy, and however much I agree with her on the issues of gender and power (well, sometimes I don't, but generally ... 24. Tehanu, by Ursula K. Le Guin
25. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes, by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein
24. Tehanu is the last book of the Earthsea Cycle, at least as far as I can tell. Like the other books, this is a fantasy novel ... I finished Tehanu a couple days ago and I am still mulling it over before committing to writing a review. I can't decide what it means that I am having so much trouble committing to an opinion on this book. Much of what I say below is cribbed from my review.
A completely different style and ... Finished Tehanu and posted a review on my profile page. I liked it better than the other 3. I guess I now have read sufficient number of traditional fantasy books so that I am less infatuated with magic, dragons, spells, and the end of the world being averted.
There is one big piece of ... ... found The Tombs of Atuan in the local library, and then gone to look for numbers 1 and 3.
The first time I read Tehanu, I was still more or less in the target age-group for the trilogy: I realized that it didn't gel with the others, and agreed with those who thought that she had ... Oh boy, I am reading Tehanu right now... I usually don't like to post until I've finished, but I just had to say - what a totally different book.... in a good way and a bad way. I have read Tehanu 4 or 5 times, so it can't be that much wrong with it, can it?! ;-)
But where the first three was YA books that one feels more... adult. And in that way it breaks what have gone before it. And I get irked at 2 or three points, scenes where Tenar rambles about women and women's ... ... unless LeGuin goes on and fills in other episodes from his life in her short stories and the later books.
Well, on to Tehanu, the alleged "last" book of Earthsea. I'm excited to be moving onto this one - written at a much later date, lots of fan controversy. Whether I like it or hate it, ... ... really does go in order, because it is all one story: A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea, The Other Wind. (My British publisher insisted on doing the two last in the wrong order, and I'm very sorry about that, since "Dragonfly" ... ... Age of Reason - Jessica Warner (NF)
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(8) Tehanu (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 4) - Ursula K. LeGuin (F)
Review
(9) American Born Chinese - ... ... The Dispossessed to Earthsea is quite big, however you see it, and I can understand your reaction.
The problem with Tehanu is not in the book itself, or in the writing, but in that it tries to alter or bend Earthsea as she originally wrote it, so to be more acceptable from a feminist ... I am easily influenced: bought A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, and Tehanu at a used book store here on Vashon Island, where I am house/dog sitting. OK, now time to read. Le Guin caught a lot of flak for exactly the reasons you quote, and years later she tried to redeem herself with Tehanu.
*SPOILER ALERT*
In my opinion it didn't work out well, even if the love scene makes me go back to that book now and then.
*END SPOILER*
In some cases authors come through ... fannyprice, I'm so glad you started this thread. I've always loved the Earthsea books and was so thrilled to discover Tehanu (which was the last one I discovered). That's interesting to hear about the interview jargoneer, that explains a lot about the tone of the book.
Ged's always been ... ... with LeGuin a few years ago when she mentioned that if she wrote the series now the hero would be a heroine, and that Tehanu was partly written to offset the male-centred world of the original trilogy. Personally, I think that's why Tehanu is less successful than the other novels but it ... ... so I'll definitely be sure to put my two cents in on the conversation. I wonder if the SFBC will ever release an omnibus of Tehanu & the Other Wind? ... the Earthsea Cycle (5 books - Tales from Earthsea, A wizard from Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu & The Other Wind).
Personally I have always mentally organised The Left Hand of Darkness as fantasy as well, so I nominate that.
What about collections of ... ... it is set before. sometime much before
Wizard of earthsea the original work,
Tombs of atuan
The furthest shore
Tehanu - written much later, following up a few points from the end of the furthest shore, much different in style
and the most recent addition
The Other wind which ... ... in an Age of Reason - Jessica Warner
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(7) Tehanu (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 4) - Ursula K. LeGuin (F)
Review
(8) American Born Chinese - ... ... Atuan – Ursula K. Le Guin (F) - 01/04/2008
(3) The Farthest Shore – Ursula K. Le Guin (F) - 01/13/2008
(4) Tehanu – Ursula K. Le Guin (F) - 01/14/2008
(5) Chicken with Plums – Marjane Satrapi (graphic novel) - 03/28/2008
(6) American Born Chinese – Gene Yang ... This space used to contain the full category list, but there got to be too many touchstones, so I've broken them out into individual entries below and decided to delete this one. ... the World are all set in the same universe.
There's also her Earthsea novels, but they are decidedly YA, except maybe Tehanu which have a, for her, very rare lovescene. ... Jane Austen:
Sense and Sensibility
Persuasion
By J.D. Salinger:
Franny and Zooey
Nine Stories
Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Bhagavad-Gita
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
The Case-Book of She ... ... to get the 3rd of the Naming Trilogy.
I haven't read Ursula LeGuin's other stuff, but Tenar in Tombs of Atuan and Tehanu is a great character--especially in Tehanu where she is an old woman. If only I am that strong when I am that old! Well, right now I'm finishing upTehanu but I will immediately start readingChildren of Hurin which I got this afternoon. Has anyone else started reading it yet? ... rash
The Diamond Age
Cryptonomicon
Quicksilver - Confusion - The System of the World
The earthsea trilogy - Tehanu
Worlds of Exile and Illusion
Quite a few books from my youth -
The sands of Mars
Earthlight
A fall of moondust
To live forever
Space cadet
All ... I'm doing pretty well: up to 23 books.
15. Tehanu by Ursula Le Guin
16. Tales from Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
17. The Other Wind by Ursula Le Guin
18. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
19. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
20. The Time of the Ghost ... ... buy and read the next one as well, but then we have to se...
Earthsea. LOVED the first three, struggled with the fourth Tehanu, read both The Other wind and Tales from Earthsea, both between good and so-and so.
OK, here's from the Le Guin department ;-)
> In Tehanu there's a nice lovescene, and the whole book is kind of romantic. As a plus there's evil wizards and some dragons as well, hehe. But it's a prerequisite to read the Earthsea trilogy /or at least The tombs of Atuan/ before reading Teha ... 17. *Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin (226)
18. *The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin (246)
19. *Tales From Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (296)
The rest (as far as I know) of the Earthsea books. This is a good series; I liked all of the books.
![](http://www.zokutou.co.uk/ ...</a></p><div class="quotehead" style="margin-top: 10px;"><a href=) bluesalamanders in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came into Your Home Today? (Feb 8, 2007, 11:57am) ... You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop, all by John Scalzi.
I also stopped at the library the other day to pick up Tehanu, The Other Wind, and Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. le Guin, since I just finished the first trilogy. I find it very confusing that the Earthsea books are ... ... something).
It is not a light read, though, so it's taking some time. I stopped at the library the other day to pick up Tehanu, The Other Wind, and Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. le Guin, since I just finished the first trilogy. I find it very confusing that the Earthsea books are ... I know I said this on another thread some months ago, but there's a love scene in Tehanu which I think is one of the best ever written.
Or is it that I've not read that many love scenes, or are the books I read not love scene kind of books?
Anyway, I think it's a good one. But still, you have ... ... with you reading_fox, but if time is limited the original trilogy is good enough.
What one should NOT do is to start with Tehanu. In my mind that book is truly a sequel - I think you have to read the trilogy first to understand the characters when reading Tehanu.
Those touchstones are wierd! ... DOn't just read the trilogy - start with Tales from Earthsea then the trilogy then Tehanu and finish with the other wind (currently)
its a bit longer, but an impressive set of works.
Touchstones are very slow today.
I think I stopped looking at him as a wizard after reading Tehanu, and that's why I made this error!
I'm still kind of shocked that I never even thought of him... ... by Ursula Le Guin
14. The Farthest Shore by Ursula Le Guin
No prizes for guessing that 15 is going to be Tehanu. I'll be posting reviews of some of these to my livejournal when I have time. ... HEAVY!!! My old paperback edition wore out and my hubby got me a new one, lovely - but heavy.
I just finished reading Tehanu over the holidays, it was so exciting to discover Le Guin had written more to the trilogy. I enjoyed it very much. I've listened to The Other Wind, but want to ... ...
2. Promise of the Witch-King by R.A. Salvatore - library
3. The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan - seller
4. Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin - library; personal copy later purchased
5. Making Faces by Kevyn Aucoin - keeper
6. Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar, ed. ... #54 - I was a little leery of Tehanu at first, as I'd recently read another of Le Guin's books that really put me off, but in the end I liked it. She writes beautifully, but I always have difficulty really getting into her books because they feel distant to me. It's as though she's riding ... I'm about halfway through Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin. The writing is beautiful, but I always find Le Guin's work so distanced. I find it asthetically pleasing, but it doesn't do much for me on an emotional level. #50 - xicanti, please let us know how you like Tehanu! Over the hoilidays I read the Earthsea trilogy, only to recently find out that LeGuin wrote a follow-on book (making it a tetralogy, I guess). I am wondering if I need to add it to my TBR list/pile. I've always read "innit" as "isn't it."
I just started Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin. Re message 8 - Busifer, I read that story about Le Guin as well, that she used Tehanu as a way of atonement for making the initial trilogy male-centric. I think the biggest problem with the book with regard to the others is tone, as Lampbane says. Rather than being a seamless addition to the E ... ... and Children of the Mind). I know a lot of people disagree with me, but this is how I feel.
I'm undecieded on Tehanu, the late addition to the Earthsea-trilogy - it's programmatic and rather stiff, very un-Leguin (or; very much like her earliest stuff) who's one of my ... ... but didn't really know a lot about the rest of his life, great book. (talk about a wintery book). I'm also reading Tehanu which I just discovered! My bookseller told me about it and I was thrilled to learn there was another Earthsea book to read. ... I usually have a few on the go at a time. Right now I'm reading a wonderful new biography of Capt Scott (Antarctic fame), Tehanu, and Lord of the Rings (an almost bi-yearly read). My husband got me a new edition of LOTR, but it's a HUGE hardcover, very cumbersome to carry around, so I only ...
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