The Christian Science Monitor, May 3rd, 2001
Byline: Kurt Lancaster
Ursula K. Le Guin, the grandmother of science fiction, published the first of her Earthsea books in 1968. So began her wonderful tales about a wizard training school. (Harry Potter certainly wasn't the first!) Although related to those first four Earthsea books, each of the five stories in this new collection, "Tales from Earthsea," stands alone.
The first, "The Finder," presents the story of Otter, a young boy who is taken by a court wizard named Gelluk in an attempt to enslave him. Gelluk lusts for more power and knows the boy has a talent for wizardry. Eventually,...
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