![]() That year I dressed as Ged for Halloween, and asked my father, who always told me stories before bed, to extend Ged’s adventures as I fell asleep. I still vividly remember devouring my parents’ brittle, yellow-paged copy before a window that looked onto a winter birdfeeder covered with bluejays. ![]() I first read A Wizard of Earthsea at around age eight, just after my family moved to a new house. The difference in how I relate to the two series is interesting, and it’s how I want to open this blog series. I’ve always known this, even though I’ve technically spent more time and energy in the Lord of the Rings fandom. For him it’s Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain Chronicles.įor me it’s the Earthsea cycle. ![]() Usually it’s a series they encounter when they’re young, during that time when reading is a new magic (rather than an old and familiar one). My partner has a theory, to which I subscribe, that every fantasy fan has a series that sets the tone for their taste in fantasy for the rest of their lives. This is the first entry in a series of blog posts I’m writing as I reread my favorite fantasy series, Ursula K. ![]()
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