David Mitchell writes that Earthsea has “so human a world – with trade-routes, local politics, class hierarchies, infant mortality, abuse, addiction and slavery – that its fantastical elements feel almost quotidian.” ( The Guardian) Within the novels, Le Guin explores themes of gender, race, existentialism, and identity through the use of magic. The world building in the Earthsea series is masterful, taking place in a fantastical realm with magic, dragons, and wizards, but within a complex society with vivid cultures and politics, not unlike our own world.
Le Guin, with its publication spanning decades-from the first novel, A Wizard of Earthsea in 1968 to the last installment of the series, The Other Wind in 2001.
The Earthsea Cycle is a collection of five novels and nine short stories written by Ursula K.
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