The Book Thread

[Rynjin]

All of the Earthsea novels are great. I don't think any of them QUITE recapture the sheer wonder of the original novel, but they're all great in their own right.

Apropos of nothing, over a decade later I am still malding over the fact that in a high school national trivia contest the difference between our team winning and losing was decided by my answering "Who was the author of the Earthsea series" with "Ursula K. LeGuin" when they just wanted to hear Ursula LeGuin.

Waving one of her books in the proctor's face to show off the big fat K. in the middle apparently did not matter.