"Earthsea's magic serves as a metaphor for the writer's own sorcery... Memorable." - The New York Times Book Review
"In this stellar collection...Ursula K. Le Guin makes a triumphant return to the magic-drenched world of Earthsea."* Featuring the award-winning author's new Earthsea novella, two original stories and two classic tales, as well as new maps and a special essay on Earthsea's history, languages, literature and magic, "the publication of this collection is a major event in fantasy literature."
(* Publishers Weekly starred review)
"A writer of depth who recognizes that not all fantasy venues are created equal...Le Guin's combination of opaque simplicity and transparent complexity, the quotidian and the miraculous, as well as her sharp and subtle characterizations, make for stories that stand shoulder to shoulder with ancient archetypal fairy tales and fables." - The Washington Post Book World
"In the canon of great adult fantasy literature, right next to Tolkien...If you've had enough of Harry Potter-style kid-wizardry, Le Guin offers a powerful tonic. These tales are intense, moving, engaging and best of all, character-driven: Le Guin knows people, wizards or not."
- The Boulder Daily Camera
"Tales from Earthsea...has poetry and true magic. Furthermore, it has a great writer's love of an imaginary land that once existed only in her mind and now exists as a treasure in the real world for all lovers of fantasy, today and tomorrow and forever."
- The Orlando Sentinel