Ursula K. Le Guin

'The magic of Earthsea is primal; the lessons of Earthsea remain as potent, as wise, and as necessary as anyone could dream' Neil Gaiman Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere, alongside the works of such beloved authors as J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away - home, family, possessions, even her name. For she is now Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan. While she is learning her way through the dark labyrinth, a young wizard, Ged, comes to steal the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic, and together, he and Tenar escape from the darkness that has become her domain.

The Second Book of Earthsea

The Tombs of Atuan

Aske Dørge

taylor miles hopkins

What she had begun to learn was the weight of liberty. Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. The road goes upward toward the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end.

loisesya

“De Aarde is schoon, stralend en welwillend, maar niet dat alleen. De Aarde is tevens vreeswekkend en donker en wreed. Uit de groene weiden klinkt schril de kreet op van een stervend konijn. Er ligt vuur verscholen in de machtige vuisten der bergen. Er zijn haaien in de zee en er schuilt wreedheid in de oger der mensen. En waar de mensen machten als deze vereren en voor hen in het stof buigen, woekert het kwade; daar ontstaan op de wereld plaatsen waar het duister zich samentrekt, plaatsen die geheel Zijn overgeleverd aan Degenen die wij de Naamlozen noemen, de oude en heilige machten van een nog lichtloze Aarde, de machten van duisternis. van vernietiging, van waanzin....” 

Jiji

… Because to me, fantasy isn't wishful thinking, but a way of reflecting, and reflecting on reality. After all, even in a democracy, in the second decade of the twenty-frst century, after forty years of feminist striving, the reality is that we live in a top-down power structure that was shaped by, and is still dominated by, men. Back in 1969, that reality seemed almost unshakable.

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