[Strut109]

Hello, new member here. just trying to feel out the preferences of the people on this board. I see a lot of epic fantasy fans. Wondering if anyone likes LeGuin as much as I do. Read almost everything by her. Also wondering if anyone knows who David Wolverton is(aka David Farland). Has anyone read his "Serpent Catch" and "Path of the Hero"?

If anyone has any suggestions, for new books coming soon, please reply. Thanks.

[kaseryn]

OOh.. id forgotten abt her.. Wizard Of Undersea [that right ? been a while lol]was a brilliant series http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

[kaseryn]

Earthsea Trilogy, thats it .. didnt she do a fourth one ? Never got around to that one..

[Strut109]

She did a fourth one, "Tehanu" which was all right. Cant remember much about it. I'm the kind of person who reads sf&f at the bookstore(yes, I'm that cheap), and since I read it so fast, I only have a general impression. She just wrote a new one called "tales from earthsea" which are a collection of short stories. Do you have any recommendations? Anything will do. I've read alot of sf&f, and am in desperate need of something original.

[LeMort]

Tales of Earthsea is a collection of short stories. Apparantly there is a new Earthsea novel out soon(ish) as well.

I loved the first book, but the others were poor. LeGuin, as the years have passed, has included an increasingly overt feminist message in all of her writing. This has had an impact on her Earthsea stories.

The later ones were just written to convey LeGuin's feminist ideals. Her beliefs are commendable, but I don't like the way that she has twisted her original concept - yet again - to communicate them.

That said, the first book is a classic: Dunny rules! http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

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[allanon]

Earthsea is cool series.I like them.

[kaseryn]

Well, Strut.. i'm sure you'll not wont for recommendations here.. but my predictable recommendation has to be something by Stephen Donaldson.. a lot of people have problems with his main work.. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant which is comprised of 2 trilogies but until i read GRRM they're the best thing since sliced bread.. as a starter tho perhaps you should try his Mordants Need series which is shorter and will give you an idea of the authors talent.. there are only 2 books in the series The Mirror of Her Dreams and A Man Rides Through... top notch stuff m8 http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

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[Strut109]

kaseryn, thanks for the tip. But I'm not too into books that go off into series. I, like everyone else here probably, have read all the recent books by eddings, jordan, goodkind, martin, etc. but none of them are classics. When I read anything by them, its like satisfying a guilty pleasure. Though LeGuin's books do go off into series, each one can stand alone as a complete story.

By the way, what is GRRM?


To Lemort: I don't think most of her writing has a feminist slant. Have you read Roconnan's World or Lathe of Heaven, or The Word for World is Forest? I think you should read these if you liked the first Earthsea book.

[Hobbit]

Have only read the original Wizard of Earthsea as a wee little'un. Very good - amazing to think that they are books for children. LeGuin has a definite way with words. (As an O/T point, the BBC a few years ago did a fantastic audio play version of WofE which really brought it to life. If you can get it, I would highly recommend that.)
The general opinion in Sf circles is that, as LeMort has written, LeGuin's later work has been written more to examine feminist ideas than to make any Sf/Fantasy point.

I understand Tehanu and the new book of Earthsea stories (Tales of Earthsea?) are very much more adult in nature. Haven't read them though.

To answer the other question, I believe I read somewhere that David Farland is actually another name of Dave/David Wolverton.

Regards

Hobbit

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[Lady Fox]

I too read the Earthsea trilogy many years ago. I guess I was about 10-13 years old at the time. The fourth book, Tehanu, which was published quite a few years later,definitely has a different feel and attitude. I loved the first book in the trilogy and the other two were okay. I really liked Tehanu, but I'm a sucker for Dragon stories.