Remember Ursula Le Guin with us when we read A Wizard of Earthsea in February

Ursula K. Le Guin passed away on 1/22/18, at the age of 88. Let's celebrate her life by reading one of her best-known fantasy books, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea #1). (This is also a shorter book to offset January's longer selection.) Copy-and-paste summary follows.

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Originally published in 1968, Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea marks the first of the six now beloved Earthsea titles. Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tumultuous tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.