Earthsea

[Simon W]

Having always been a fan of Earthsea, I was pleased to see this in my wanderings

http://www.scifi.com/earthsea/

[Praetorian]

Interesting... it sure does look Purty. How faithful does it look to be of the book? I am not familiar with earthsea- wanna give me a quick synopsis?

Sci Fi has done a good job with Battlestar Galactica by all accounts- this might be another winner.

[Simon W]

Yeh, Battlestar is pretty good from what I've seen so far.

Earthsea - it was a favourite from donkeys years ago when I was a mere youngster. Can't remember masses about it, but I've just picked up a copy, so I'm gonna read it again. Isn't there a synopsis on the movie site?

[Penbot 2004]

Earthsea's a well written series. It was written as adolescent fiction but it's certainly transcends "children's stories." I've read the firs t and third book and currently reading the second book, Tombs of Atuan. Which is by far the darkest of all three. These books are better then the Chronicles of Narnia and better the the early, comical, Dragonlance books. I believe there was a post on Open Rpg recently that some one wanted to run a Earthsea Champaign. What children's book, or fantasy for that matter, has narcotic addiction in it's society?

just my 1d6 cents,

[Penbot 2004]

I finished reading the Tombs of Atuan. It's only 135 pages. For any of you who haven't read the original Earthsea Trilogy, ask Santa for those books!

I noticed today that IsiBella Rosea-incrantz? is playing Thar in the series. Thar is one of the two elder priestesses in Tombs of Atuan. Tombs is a very dark book. Not with killing and gore or horor, but it's about tombs after all. The Earthsea system of magic is based on a good, old, idea. "Names' or "true names" are the key element to their magic. The Mage/s use these names as the command or charm in their spells. I have a feeling that a good bit of Tombs of Atuan will not be included in the film though.

we shall see,

[dindenver]

Hi!
I love the books, they are one of my all-time favorites!
The Sci Fi version is not very faithful and tries to squeeze all three books into one mini-series. They changed some of the story events and details in order to streamline it for the new format.
I was disappointed, but I have a pretty high standard for these sorts of things (I was happy with the first harry potter but disappointed by the Prizoner of Azkaban).

[Penbot 2004]

A few more thoughts on Earthsea, the novels and the miniseries.

1. The magic system: I mentioned that the "true names" of objects is used widely. Most of the time, the young magician must learn these true names on their own. It occurred to me that this sounds like the magic of the Native Americans.

2. I agree that the series made short work of the novels. The "spirit" that chases or haunts Ged appears to be more undead than ghostly.

3. You all must read Tombs of Atuan a.s.a.p!!

[oversoul]

I have read all of them. They are great but be warned for those out there that enjoy Tolkien. The Earthsea books are not your typical fantasy in setting or tone

Bobby

[oversoul]

I have read all of them. They are great but be warned for those out there that enjoy Tolkien. The Earthsea books are not your typical fantasy in setting or tone

Bobby

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