A Wizard of Earthsea
Ranked #10 in Wizards, Ranked #16 in Mage — see more rankings.
Hungry for power and knowledge, Sparrowhawk tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance. less
Reviews and Recommendations
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Lev Grossman It was published in 1968 and it was a revelation for fantasy readers, and possibly a revolution…Le Guin brought fantasy back to its pagan roots. She used as the foundations of her story the building blocks of nature and sex and language. (Source)
Cressida Cowell The school on Roke, a school for magic where you can learn how to be a wizard, was such a glorious idea. (Source)
Scott Perry I don’t read much fiction these days, but favorites from my past are A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Razor’s Edge by Somerset Maugham. All three are well crafted tales of the struggle to find meaning and one’s place in the world. (Source)
Rankings by Category
A Wizard of Earthsea is ranked in the following categories:
- #52 in Dragon
- #73 in Epic Fantasy
- #51 in Fantasy
- #69 in Fantasy Epic
- #64 in Fantasy Fiction
- #57 in Fantasy Sci-Fi
- #46 in Fantasy Series
- #78 in Five
- #45 in Magical Fantasy
- #71 in Medieval Fantasy
- #37 in Quest
- #55 in Science Fiction Fantasy
- #97 in Witch
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