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Re:Ursula Le Guin Books by bluquark on Saturday May 08, 2021 @03:47PM (#27090108)
I found the sudden transition to a pessimistic, depressing tone in Earthsea #4 hard to swallow as well. The criticism of the wizards' arrogance in #4 was indeed overdue but the whiplash was too intense for me.

I strongly recommend #5 (Tales from Earthsea) though, it integrates the new ideas of #4 but more in tune with the original atmosphere of the world. And the plot doesn't depend on having read any of the previous books.

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Re:Ursula Le Guin Books by anand-bala on Saturday May 08, 2021 @04:54PM (#27090589)
If you loved Tales Of Earthsea, you _must_ read the last book in the Earthsea Cycle: The Other Winds. It takes a very introspective approach to the notion of mortality and immortality, which ties in with the importance to the _names_ of humans, dragons, animals, and other objects. It's phenomenal, to say the least.
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