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What are readers saying about Tales from Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 5)?
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A reader posted a review at 2009-11-23 00:02:24.
(Language: English)
 
the final parts of Earthsea that remained to be explored. this was a deeply satisfying companion piece to the earthsea series.
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Jeremy S. posted a review at 2009-11-12 21:40:05.
(Language: English)
This is the 5th book but just a collection of short stories from the world of Earthsea. There is only one short story in here that connects the ongoing main stories throughout the series.Each story is good though and worth reading.
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Robert Wilson posted a review at 2009-04-02 09:31:33.
(Language: English)
This was by far my favorite of the Earthsea series.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-03-17 17:49:33.
(Language: English)
This book enriched my childhood, and continues to be a source of joy whenever I read it. Great author
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Kaitlin posted a review at 2009-01-24 04:46:41.
(Language: English)
As always, LeGuin writes about a world so different from ours, that i can still completely relate to. She packs alot into a few words.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-01-15 23:53:10.
(Language: English)
Though this is listed here as the 5th book in the Earthsea cycle, it is in fact a collection of short stories which fit into the cycle and elaborate on specific events at different times throughout the history of Earthsea. I do recommend reading it 5th in the cycle though.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-01-11 20:41:10.
(Language: English)
I love Le Guin's Earthsea, especially the first 3 books.
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Shiloh posted a review at 2008-12-22 10:50:52.
(Language: English)
If the author's note is completely discounted, then these are five stories that merely take place in the world of Earthsea. If, however, the author's note is taken into account, then this acts poorly as an explanation of the history of Earthsea and more like a poor man's version of Tolkien's Silmarillion—a very poor version indeed, because I have never really wondered about the background of Earthsea like I did about Middle-Earth, and thus made the book come off as trite and self-indulgent.The stories are good enough; the first was my personal favorite because it stood alone as one that seemed coherent, cohesive, and above all seemed to matter in the grand scheme of the novels (of course we want to know about how the wizardry school on Roke was founded!). The others were all right taken all together and had their own levels of intrigue, but it could have done without the too-scholarly "A Description of Earthsea" at the end. There simply hasn't been enough substance in these books for me to care about the history of the languages and writing to any great extent; there hadn't been enough emphasis placed on much of anything but the characters through the first four novels of the cycle, so to have something like that came completely out of left field.
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A reader posted a review at 2008-12-17 11:26:20.
(Language: English)
Loved the Earthsea series, and this is a great collection of short stories about that world. LeGuin's writing is, as usual, beautifully succinct. I highly recommend this book, especially if you liked the others in this series.
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