Until now I’ve only read Le Guin’s science fiction work, and have wanted to give her fantasy series Earthsea a try for a while. I really enjoyed this first installment. The societies that the protagonist ventures through felt lived-in in a way that feels missing from some other high fantasy like the Lord of the Rings. The way that magic and the sorcerers and witches who perform it are weaved into the world was really well done. “Sorcerer” is a vocation like any other, although one tha...
