Wednesday, 22 December 2004
Recent Reading
- Raven Swordsmistress of Chaos, by Richard Kirk, copyright 1978;
Ace Fantasy/The Berkley Publishing Group, 1987. A fair example of the
later generation Swords and Sorcery fiction.
- A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin, text copyright 1968;
illustrated by Ruth Robbins, illustrations copyright 1968; originally
published by Parnassus Press, 1968; Bantam Books, Inc, August 1975,
10th printing sometime post November 1977. I’m in the process of
watching the SciFi Channel’s disappointing attempt to bring Earthsea
to TV; Ursula K. Le Guin explains
the movies flaws much better
than I could, of course, but it inspired me to re-read the Earthsea
books again. As I reread the first book I was struck by how lyrical
the writing is and how the book is layered with meaning, without being
preachy.