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“I think one of the great things about that series is that she didn’t erase anything she’d done before, but she kept rethinking and complicating the relationships.” Read more...
The best books on Fantasy’s Many Uses
Brian Attebery, Literary Scholar
“The school on Roke, a school for magic where you can learn how to be a wizard, was such a glorious idea.” Read more...
Cressida Cowell on Magical Stories for Kids
Cressida Cowell, Children's Author
“It was published in 1968 and it was a revelation for fantasy readers, and possibly a revolution…Le Guin brought fantasy back to its pagan roots. She used as the foundations of her story the building blocks of nature and sex and language.” Read more...
Lev Grossman, Novelist