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The Farthest Shore

The Farthest Shore

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  • Author：Ursula K. Le Guin
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Summary

Darkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic。 Despite being wearied with age， Ged Sparrowhawk -- Archmage， wizard， and dragonlord -- embarks on a daring， treacherous journey， accompanied by Enlad's young Prince Arren， to discover the reasons behind this devastating pattern of loss。 Together they will sail to the farthest reaches of their world -- even beyond the realm of death -- as they seek to restore magic to a land desperately thirsty for it。

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Kelly Wickham ，

Fantasy isn't my favorite genre but enjoyed reading this book and following the journey of Ged and his faithful servant， Arren。 There is a quest that they are seeking， although even they do not know exactly what it is。 Ged teaches Arren to keep the faith and they will discover what the quest is。 The book kept me reading as I enjoyed finding out what the next adventure would be for these 2 characters。 This is the 3rd book in the Earthsea series and I have enjoyed the 2nd and 3rd one more than the Fantasy isn't my favorite genre but enjoyed reading this book and following the journey of Ged and his faithful servant， Arren。 There is a quest that they are seeking， although even they do not know exactly what it is。 Ged teaches Arren to keep the faith and they will discover what the quest is。 The book kept me reading as I enjoyed finding out what the next adventure would be for these 2 characters。 This is the 3rd book in the Earthsea series and I have enjoyed the 2nd and 3rd one more than the 1st one so far。 。。。more

Malcolm ，

The Earthsea trilogy is complete。 Magic seems to be running out。 Beginning at the fringes of the known world and moving inward。 A messenger， a prince， comes to Roke bearing news of this and bidding the Archmage to help。 Magic users are forgetting names and their ability to work their art。 While much of Roke's council is skeptical， Sparrowhawk decides to investigate anyway and he'll be taking the prince， Arren， with him。Once again， we see Sparrowhawk from another's perspective。 Arren is young and The Earthsea trilogy is complete。 Magic seems to be running out。 Beginning at the fringes of the known world and moving inward。 A messenger， a prince， comes to Roke bearing news of this and bidding the Archmage to help。 Magic users are forgetting names and their ability to work their art。 While much of Roke's council is skeptical， Sparrowhawk decides to investigate anyway and he'll be taking the prince， Arren， with him。Once again， we see Sparrowhawk from another's perspective。 Arren is young and impetuous。 Sparrowhawk has grown careful and wise with age。 It's easy to see how Sparrowhawk's nature could be interpreted as keeping things from others and hesitation。 And， to the book's credit， the idea of the "All knowing wizard who won't tell you anything" pisses Arren off。Their journey is a wonderful mystery with Sparrowhawk having suspicions about the source of these occurrences and slowly gathering the direction and information he needs。 Arren and Sparrowhawk grow closer throughout the journey and eventually Arren realizes a boyhood dream: To see dragons。 The last leg of the book takes a turn in to horror。 LeGuin does an incredible job of relaying the palpable dread of Selidor and the horror of having the magic stripped from a world that runs on it。 It's a situation that has no correlation with my experience but LeGuin has made it visceral to the reading。 Earthsea eschews the big battles of the Lord of the Rings and while there is a scuffle， the villain is almost pathetic。 You can see in them almost a mirror of Sparrowhawk。 Cob is what Sparrowhawk might have become。 In his own youth， Sparrowhawk was impetuous in his seeking of power and forbidden lore。 One terrible accident paid for with a horrible price changed Sparrowhawk's course。 Cob received a rebuke but kept on his path even as it robbed his own name from him。 The original Earthsea trilogy tells of Sparrowhawk's rise and fall and while the third book isn't as good as Tombs of Atuan， it's still pretty damn good。 。。。more

Maddison ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Tito ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Harry Willis ，

I have great respect for Ursula and the world she has created， however， I simply cannot stand the writing style。 Poets need to stick to poetry

Bri Weirdo ，

A estas alturas de la saga creo que no vale la pena ocultar que Gavilán no me cae bien。 Lo cual supone un problema en un universo donde él es el protagonista。 Siento que desde el comienzo no me ha caído bien y es algo que el anterior libro lo suavizó， porque Tenar me caía bien， y Tenar con Gavilán， pues。。。 sentía que me caía mejor， sin embargo， en esta nueva entrega tenemos a Gavilán por todas partes。 Y tenemos a un Gavilán aun más poderoso， aun más conocido。。。 Y aun más misterioso de no querer A estas alturas de la saga creo que no vale la pena ocultar que Gavilán no me cae bien。 Lo cual supone un problema en un universo donde él es el protagonista。 Siento que desde el comienzo no me ha caído bien y es algo que el anterior libro lo suavizó， porque Tenar me caía bien， y Tenar con Gavilán， pues。。。 sentía que me caía mejor， sin embargo， en esta nueva entrega tenemos a Gavilán por todas partes。 Y tenemos a un Gavilán aun más poderoso， aun más conocido。。。 Y aun más misterioso de no querer contar nada a nadie de lo que sucede， y esperar que todos puedan comprender lo que pasa por su mente por obra y gracia del espíritu santo。 Entiendo que en parte esto es parte del misterio para no desvelar lo que sucede hasta el final， pero。。。 hace que Gavilán siga sin gustarme， por mucho que pueda reconocerle que es un buen protagonista y que está muy bien construido pese a que solo hemos visto pequeños fragmentos de su vida， pues estos libros no suceden seguidos， entre el primero y el segundo ha pasado una buena temporada， y de igual manera sucede entre el segundo y el tercero。Sin embargo， hay una cosa que que compensa el que quiera seguir leyendo Terramar y son sus personajes secundarios。 Como digo， en el segundo libro estaba Tenar y ahora en este tenemos a Arren， un joven descendiente de una larga extirpe de monarcas que se remonta a las primeras historias que se cuentan en la isla y que acompaña a Gavilán en esta nueva aventura。Reseña completa: https://encrisislectora。blogspot。com/。。。 。。。more

Michael Samerdyke ，

A very interesting book。 Another coming of age tale， but with more humor （or wit） than "Wizard of Earthsea。"Also interesting in that the adversary is a wizard who tries to avoid death。As I read this book， I kept thinking of Le Guin's essay "Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons。" The loss of magic in Earthsea seemed akin to the loss of imagination （or misuse of imagination） she describes in her essay。I was impressed with this book and the ideas it grappled with。 I just liked "Tombs of Atuan" bette A very interesting book。 Another coming of age tale， but with more humor （or wit） than "Wizard of Earthsea。"Also interesting in that the adversary is a wizard who tries to avoid death。As I read this book， I kept thinking of Le Guin's essay "Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons。" The loss of magic in Earthsea seemed akin to the loss of imagination （or misuse of imagination） she describes in her essay。I was impressed with this book and the ideas it grappled with。 I just liked "Tombs of Atuan" better。 。。。more

Sylvan ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Hannah ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Juan José ，

Sorry but this was soooooooo boring。 I couldn't finish。 Nothing seems to happen here。 I loved the first two books but this one。。。 This one pretends to be deep but I don't know。。。 Tedious for me。 Boring for me。 Maybe a masterpiece for someone else。 Sorry but this was soooooooo boring。 I couldn't finish。 Nothing seems to happen here。 I loved the first two books but this one。。。 This one pretends to be deep but I don't know。。。 Tedious for me。 Boring for me。 Maybe a masterpiece for someone else。 。。。more

MangoLoverReads ，

4。5/5 – Really enjoyed this one。 It's worth a round up。 She has a great flow to her writing。 It’s a tale with a fun message of magic， living， and sacrifice。 Too much to quote， but Lots of good wisdom here。“…the first step out of childhood is made all at once， without looking before or behind， without caution， and nothing held in reserve。”“Have intelligence， we must not act in ignorance。 Having choice， we must not act without responsibility。”“…when we crave power over life – endless wealth， unass 4。5/5 – Really enjoyed this one。 It's worth a round up。 She has a great flow to her writing。 It’s a tale with a fun message of magic， living， and sacrifice。 Too much to quote， but Lots of good wisdom here。“…the first step out of childhood is made all at once， without looking before or behind， without caution， and nothing held in reserve。”“Have intelligence， we must not act in ignorance。 Having choice， we must not act without responsibility。”“…when we crave power over life – endless wealth， unassailable immortality – then desire becomes greed。 And if knowledge allies itself to that greed， the comes evil。 Then the balance of the world is swayed， and ruin weighs heavy in the scale。”“…to see how small a thing a man is， how frail and how terrible。” 。。。more

Bethany ，

I really wanted to like this series。 It so far I only liked the second one。

Gabriela Francisco ，

"What is evil？""A web we men weave。"For the past three days， I've been reading myself to sleep with an installment from the Earthsea Cycle （#perksofbuyingcompilations）。"Just a few pages" becomes chapters and before I know it， it's waaaaay past my bedtime and I've finished the whole thing！Such is the quality of these books。 However， compared to Books 1 and 2， I have to say that Book 3 seemed the most。。。 tropey。 It's a familiar story: there is a great evil abroad， and our hero from Books 1 and 2 （ "What is evil？""A web we men weave。"For the past three days， I've been reading myself to sleep with an installment from the Earthsea Cycle （#perksofbuyingcompilations）。"Just a few pages" becomes chapters and before I know it， it's waaaaay past my bedtime and I've finished the whole thing！Such is the quality of these books。 However， compared to Books 1 and 2， I have to say that Book 3 seemed the most。。。 tropey。 It's a familiar story: there is a great evil abroad， and our hero from Books 1 and 2 （Sparrowhawk is fast becoming a real person to me！！）， now the archmage of Earthsea， must leave his ivory tower and do battle with only an innocent teenaged prince， Arren， as his companion。That being said， Le Guin's prose elevates it to another plane。 Just look at this gem of a paragraph:"Arren saw the dragons soaring and circling on the morning wind， and his heart leapt up with them with a joy， a joy of fulfillment， that was like pain。 All the glory of mortality was in that flight。 Their beauty was made up of terrible strength， utter wildness， and the grace of reason。 For these were thinking creatures， with speech and ancient wisdom: in the patterns of their flight there was a fierce， willed concord。"ALL THE GLORY OF THAT WRITING。 Reading it， one feels。。。 ennobled！Was quite shocked to read about slavery and drug use in its pages， keeping in mind that Le Guin wrote this for young adults in 1972。 In the afterword， she says that she did this deliberately bcause she saw evil "as an insidious and ever-present enemy in my own daily life in my own country: the ruinous irresponsibility of greed。"But it is never all doom and gloom with Le Guin， which is why we love her。 Her heroes are pushed to the very brink of death， and sometimes past， but they persist。 "Though you choose despair， remember we have not yet done so。"Hurray for the weekend。。。 which means。。。 guilt-free reading time！ Onwards to Book 4！ 。。。more

Semih İnan ，

hikaye olarak güzeldi yine。 onca zahmetten sonra sonu biraz tutuk geldi bana。 görkemi azdı。 coşkulu bir son beklentisi içinde okudum sanırım。 o yüzden böyle gelmiş olabilir。

Ben Truong ，

The Farthest Shore is the third book in Earthsea Cycle written by Ursula K。 Le Guin。 It follows Ged， now the archmage at Roke， undertakes a long sea odyssey in search of the vague evil that is drying up true magic throughout the islands。A strange， inexplicable malaise is spreading throughout Earthsea。 Magic is losing its power; songs are being forgotten; people and animals are sickening or going mad。 Accompanied by a young prince named Arren， who is predestined King of a united Earthsea， Ged fin The Farthest Shore is the third book in Earthsea Cycle written by Ursula K。 Le Guin。 It follows Ged， now the archmage at Roke， undertakes a long sea odyssey in search of the vague evil that is drying up true magic throughout the islands。A strange， inexplicable malaise is spreading throughout Earthsea。 Magic is losing its power; songs are being forgotten; people and animals are sickening or going mad。 Accompanied by a young prince named Arren， who is predestined King of a united Earthsea， Ged finds town after town destroyed by fear， greed and the false comfort of drugs。Finally， guided by dragons to the land of the dead – the farthest shore， Ged and Arren find the source of evil – a non-dead， nonliving shadow of a mage named Cob， whose greed for power and immortality has upset the vital equilibrium of life and death。 With magnificent effort Ged closes the door Cob has opened between the worlds， restoring Cob to easeful death and thereby restoring a healing balance to the world， but at a high cost – Ged’s ability to perform magic。The Farthest Shore is written rather well。 As an adventure narrative this lacks the concrete tensions of its predecessors， but once more the intended theme stay true。 It centers on the unmeasured desire for life and its misapplications， which are deeply embedded in the action。 Further， although each of the two previous volumes was complete in itself there is an organic relationship among the three that cannot be realized without Ged's final plea and his drawing of the Rune of Ending。All in all， The Farthest Shore is written rather well and is a wonderful continuation to what would hopefully be a wonderful series， which I plan to continue in the very near future。 。。。more

Neeraja Sankaran ，

I loved this installment--it may be my favorite one。 Everything that others regarded as negatives--the fact that Ged/Sparrowhawk had a companion; the lack of real action， slow pacing --all made this book a winner for me。

Joseph ，

Essentially the second half of the first book stretched to a 7 hour long audiobook。 Couldn't bring myself to finish the last hour。 I was determined to read the entire series after the excellent "Tombs of Atuan"， but this one put a stop to my ambitions。 I think I'll take a break from Ursula K。 Le Guin for a while。 Essentially the second half of the first book stretched to a 7 hour long audiobook。 Couldn't bring myself to finish the last hour。 I was determined to read the entire series after the excellent "Tombs of Atuan"， but this one put a stop to my ambitions。 I think I'll take a break from Ursula K。 Le Guin for a while。 。。。more

Nour ，

I love this series so much and will be giving more complete reflections on it later。

Natalie Guillet ，

Once again Le Guin spins an incredible tale， though this was one of the darker journeys into human madness。

Ovi Buciu ，

An excellent ending to the original story of magic and discovery in Earthsea。 As usual， the language is evocative and powerful， the themes are relevant and poignant， and this time there is more intrigue and magic （and dragons！） than ever。

BBetty ，

Mese életről - halálról és egy ifjú herceg átalakulásáról。

Carla Senoner ，

love the series

Cecilie Whiten ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 it’s perfect but I wish he got to have a wife。 wizards r not celibate。 if they are they shouldn’t be >:（

Juan ，

"¿Cómo hemos de llamarte cada vez que te encontremos？ —Me llamaréis Señor —dijo la alta figura desde la cresta de la duna。 —Bien。 ¿Y qué más？ —Rey y Maestro。 Al oír eso Orm Embar silbó， un silbido estridente y horrendo， y los ojos enormes le centellearon; sin embargo volvió la cabeza para evitar la mirada del hombre， y se hundió acurrucado en el mismo sitio， como si no pudiera moverse。 —¿Y dónde te encontraremos， y cuándo？ —En mi dominio， y cuando a mí me plazca。 —Muy bien —dijo Ged， y levantand "¿Cómo hemos de llamarte cada vez que te encontremos？ —Me llamaréis Señor —dijo la alta figura desde la cresta de la duna。 —Bien。 ¿Y qué más？ —Rey y Maestro。 Al oír eso Orm Embar silbó， un silbido estridente y horrendo， y los ojos enormes le centellearon; sin embargo volvió la cabeza para evitar la mirada del hombre， y se hundió acurrucado en el mismo sitio， como si no pudiera moverse。 —¿Y dónde te encontraremos， y cuándo？ —En mi dominio， y cuando a mí me plazca。 —Muy bien —dijo Ged， y levantando la vara la agitó un momento apuntando a la alta figura， y el hombre desapareció， como la llama de una bujía apagada de un soplo"Otra buena aventura sobre Gavilán， nada extraordinario pero me gusto bastante y es autoconclusivoLO BUENO: Historia， personajes， trama， worldbuilding， estilo de narración etc。。。 LO MALO: Creo que descuida otros aspectos que han caracterizado a los demás libros de la saga LO FEO: La lei en muy corto tiempo y no la pude saborear del todo 。。。more

Spark ，

Wow！ The stakes in this one are crazy high。 Really interesting story to follow， though the relationship between our wizard boy and the prince has certainly aged。。。。 interestingly。

Cindy ，

Ich mag diese Hörbuchadaption sehr。 Eine schöne Art nach langer Zeit mal wieder in Erdsee zu verweilen。

John ，

Read A Wizard of Earthsea very many years ago and received the trilogy as a gift。 Had quite a bit of time on bus/airplanes on a recent trip so thought this would go well on the trip。 Liked the 1st book， thought The Tombs of Atuan was ok and really like the end of the trilogy。 Will look for a few of the Tales of Earthsea to finish my Le Guin fix。 Read A Wizard of Earthsea very many years ago and received the trilogy as a gift。 Had quite a bit of time on bus/airplanes on a recent trip so thought this would go well on the trip。 Liked the 1st book， thought The Tombs of Atuan was ok and really like the end of the trilogy。 Will look for a few of the Tales of Earthsea to finish my Le Guin fix。 。。。more

John Barron ，

This is a very philosophical book with excellent descriptions and is very worth reading before reading Tehanu。 I can't believe this is listed as a fantasy book for teenagers。 It embarks on the meaning of life and how we view death， in a gripping adventure thru strange lands with a variety of people。 Perhaps， this deeper meaning leads some people expecting light fantasy to rate it lower than I feel that it should be ranked。 I must qualify my review as someone who lived through the 70's， trained a This is a very philosophical book with excellent descriptions and is very worth reading before reading Tehanu。 I can't believe this is listed as a fantasy book for teenagers。 It embarks on the meaning of life and how we view death， in a gripping adventure thru strange lands with a variety of people。 Perhaps， this deeper meaning leads some people expecting light fantasy to rate it lower than I feel that it should be ranked。 I must qualify my review as someone who lived through the 70's， trained as a scientist， but recently embarked on exploring courses on philosophy。 。。。more

Joe Frank ，

“Try to choose carefully， Arren， when the great choices must be made。 When I was young， I had to choose between the life of being and the life of doing。 And I leapt at the latter like a trout to a fly。 But each deed you do， each act， binds you to itself and to its consequences， and makes you act again and yet again。 Then very seldom do you come upon a space， a time like this， between act and act， when you may stop and simply be。 Or wonder who， after all， you are。”Gandalf。 Dumbledore。 Ged。 I can’ “Try to choose carefully， Arren， when the great choices must be made。 When I was young， I had to choose between the life of being and the life of doing。 And I leapt at the latter like a trout to a fly。 But each deed you do， each act， binds you to itself and to its consequences， and makes you act again and yet again。 Then very seldom do you come upon a space， a time like this， between act and act， when you may stop and simply be。 Or wonder who， after all， you are。”Gandalf。 Dumbledore。 Ged。 I can’t say enough about this trilogy。 I’ve never read a anything that was supposedly written for kids that made me feel the way this series has。 It’s so beautifully written。 The world is described with just enough detail for you to appreciate its beauty， and the characters have so much depth。 Particularly in this book， the story feels so much bigger and darker than the plot of the first two， and you really feel the heaviness and desperation especially towards the end。 But along the way there are so many memorable conversations between Ged and Arren。 The wisdom Ged drops in this book is seriously right on par with those other two wizards I mentioned。 I will be revisiting these books many times in the future。 I only wish I could experience them for the first time all over again。 。。。more

Candace ，

This is the third novel in Le Guin's Earthsea trilogy （which I guess later turned into a hexalogy）。 The novels have built in power， and I have found myself drawn more deeply into this world of magic， mages， and dragons that she has created。 This novel stands in strong counterpart to the first in the series， in which the young mage-to-be， out of hubris， attempts something that scars him for life。 In this third novel， he must contend with the effects of someone whose hubris extends even beyond his This is the third novel in Le Guin's Earthsea trilogy （which I guess later turned into a hexalogy）。 The novels have built in power， and I have found myself drawn more deeply into this world of magic， mages， and dragons that she has created。 This novel stands in strong counterpart to the first in the series， in which the young mage-to-be， out of hubris， attempts something that scars him for life。 In this third novel， he must contend with the effects of someone whose hubris extends even beyond his own life， and threatens the whole world of Earthsea。 It is a gripping story， which I highly recommend。 。。。more

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