Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the timeless and beloved A Wizard of Earthsea —“…reads like the retelling of a tale first told centuries ago,” (David Mitchell)—comes this complete omnibus edition of the entire Earthsea chronicles, including over fifty illustrations illuminating Le Guin’s vision of her classic saga. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature—they have received prestigious accolades such as the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, the Nebula Award, and many more honors, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike. Now for the first time ever, they’re all together in one volume—including the early short stories, Le Guin’s “Earthsea Revisioned” Oxford lecture, and a new Earthsea story, never before printed. With a new introduction by Le Guin herself, this essential edition will also include fifty illustrations by renowned artist Charles Vess, specially commissioned and selected by Le Guin, to bring her refined vision of Earthsea and its people to life in a totally new way. [Stories include: “A Wizard of Earthsea”, “The Tombs of Atuan”, “The Farthest Shore”, “Tehanu”, “Tales From Earthsea”, “The Other Wind”, “The Rule of Names”, “The Word of Unbinding”, “The Daughter of Odren”, and “Earthsea Revisioned: A Lecture at Oxford University”.] With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of The Rings—but also unlike anything but themselves—this edition is perfect for those new to the world of Earthsea, as well as those who are well-acquainted with its enchanting magic: to know Earthsea is to love it.

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"In this stellar collection...Ursula K. Le Guin makes a triumphant return to the magic-drenched world of Earthsea."* Featuring a new Earthsea novella, two original stories and two classic tales, plus new maps and a special essay on Earthsea's history, languages, literature and magic, this 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." (Washington Post Book World)

Years before, they had escaped together from the sinister Tombs of Atuan -- she, an isolated young priestess, he, a powerful wizard. Now she is a farmer's widow, having chosen for herself the simple pleasures of an ordinary life. And he is a broken old man, mourning the powers lost to him not by choice.A lifetime ago, they helped each other at a time of darkness and danger. Now they must join forces again, to help another -- the physically and emotionally scarred child whose own destiny remains to be revealed.With millions of copies sold, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere. Complex, innovative, and deeply moral, this quintessential fantasy sequence has been compared with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and has helped make Le Guin one of the most distinguished fantasy and science fiction writers of all time. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

DARKNESS THREATENS to overtake Earthsea. As the world and its wizards are losing their magic, Ged -- powerful Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord -- embarks on a sailing journey with highborn young prince, Arren. They travel far beyond the realm of death to discover the cause of these evil disturbances and to restore magic to a land desperately thirsty for it. With millions of copies sold, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere. Complex, innovative, and deeply moral, this quintessential fantasy sequence has been compared with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and has helped make Le Guin one of the most distinguished fantasy and science fiction writers of all time. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

WHEN YOUNG TENAR is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away -- home, family, possessions, even her name. For she is now Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan. While she is learning her way through the dark labyrinth, a young wizard, Ged, comes to steal the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic, and together, he and Tenar escape from the darkness that has become her domain. With millions of copies sold, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere. Complex, innovative, and deeply moral, this quintessential fantasy sequence has been compared with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and has helped make Le Guin one of the most distinguished fantasy and science fiction writers of all time. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, but once he was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the 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.

同一个恒星系中，人类定居的两颗行星互为月亮，盈盈相望，却被不同的自然条件与社会形态隔绝成两个截然不同的世界。 阿纳瑞斯：贫瘠，荒芜。恶劣的自然条件迫使人类组成一个集体至上的社会，唯有这样才能保证人类的生存和延续。社会的约束虽然实现了对全体成员的保障，却渐渐成为一种禁锢。 乌拉斯：富足的资源为社会发展提供了强劲的动力，进而形成了激烈的竞争。鼓励竞争的世界富于创造性，但也造成了个人、集团的对立和鲜明的贫富差异。 本书体现了勒古恩对人类社会发展前景的深刻思考。主人公谢维克毅然脱离阿纳瑞斯，投奔乌拉斯，却在发现乌拉斯社会丑陋的一面后再次逃离，成为两个世界的叛离者。人类应该往何处去？勒古恩没有、也不可能提供明确的答案。 最优秀的科幻小说能让读者掩卷长思——也许答案就在读者的思索之中。

冬星，寒冷，偏僻，远离人类活动范围，但人类的一支仍旧在这里扎下根来，生长繁衍。 终于有一天，人类联盟发现了这一支兄弟。他们伸出了手：回来吧，我们的兄弟。 机动使，联盟与未知星球第一次沟通的使者，代表着人类联盟善意的手。担任这一职位的人必须坚强勇敢，因为他是孤身一人，深入未知；他必须睿智机敏，以理解当地的政治与人情；最重要的是，他必须胸怀宽广，能够包容当地种种奇异的观念和风俗。 冬星是对以上种种素质的最大考验，因为它是人类所知的唯 一 一 个单性繁殖社会。 闻所未闻的风俗、变幻莫测的政局、国家的冲突，加上猜疑、背叛和出卖，阴暗的冬星似乎将永远游离在人类联盟之外。 但黑暗中伸出了一只手。它是要与机动使相握，还是排斥来自远方的善意？它代表着光明，还是黑暗？ 光明是黑暗的左手，黑暗是光明的右手。 ——冬星诗人的作品

《变化的位面》这本书是一个新型写作方法的实验品，它以一种精心设计的格式将异世界的游记和异形生物的调查报告有机地组合在一起，整本书的可读性非常强……书中充斥着斯威夫特式的讽刺，而幻想的部分则与道格拉斯·亚当斯的《银河系漫游指南》有异曲同工之妙……作者似乎轻轻巧巧地突破了类型作家的局限，书中遍布各种各样的新奇故事：有富于教育意义的寓言，也有介绍异界风俗的逸闻，还有凄凉的恐怖故事和栩栩如生的喜剧，每个故事都能引人深思。《变化的位面》中的每一篇小文章都能满足那些喜爱富于想象力和智慧的小说的读者。这是一部非常有趣的著作，而作者则是全世界最富智慧和最有创造力的作家……或者我们应该说，不管在哪个世界，我们这位叫勒奎恩的作者都是最棒的。

“地海传奇”系列是人类历史上最伟大的奇幻小说之一，自1968年出版以来，被译成20多种语言， 深受全世界读者的喜爱。本书是系列的最后一本，曾获得2002年世界奇幻奖、美国亚马逊书店2002年最佳图书等多项荣誉，《出版人周刊》《经济学人》等多家媒体也对其大力推荐。这本书带读者回到了格得、恬娜、黎白南的地海世界，也由全新的角色引出了一系列更加惊心动魄的故事。 术士“赤杨”每晚梦见亡妻站在生死之界的矮墙呼唤他，他看着矮墙逐渐被亡魂拆除，却无力阻止。如果墙破，亡灵将入侵地海世界。王与巫师们要如何才能化解足以摧毁地海的危机？他们又该如何修正远古祖先犯下的错误，为地海的生者与亡灵带来真正的和平？前五本故事中的所有征兆与伏笔终于在这里爆发，地海真正的结局即将显现。

“地海传奇”系列是人类历史上最伟大的奇幻小说之一，自1968年出版以来，被译成20多种语言，深受全世界读者的喜爱。本书是系列的第五本，曾获得努力号奖、轨迹奖等多个奖项，共收录五篇中短篇小说和一篇《地海风土志》。 这里有创建柔克学院的悲壮过程，有地海流传的动人爱情故事，有弓忒大地震的真相，有格得担任大法师时期的惊险战斗和他老师欧吉安年轻时代的遭遇，不仅完整地展现了地海世界的历史、地理、住民、风俗与魔法，将地海世界的前世今生娓娓道来，更将开启一场波澜壮阔的崭新冒险。 《寻查师》：很久很久以前，在动荡的年代，有一群人曾默默对抗高压暴政，以勇气与远见创建了地海巫师学院。 《钻石与黑玫瑰》：是终生守贞，成为巫师；还是放弃力量，追求真爱？一个发生在地海的动人爱情故事，也是关于选择和勇气的故事。 《大地之骨》：格得第一位老师欧吉安年轻时代的故事。在大地震面前，为了保护岛屿，曾有一个人献出自己的生命，成为大地之骨。 《高泽上》：一个遭人欺凌的“乞丐”，竟是曾令大法师格得也无法招架的强者。 《蜻蜓》：承接《地海传奇4：地海孤儿》与《地海传奇6：地海奇风》的故事。一位不甘于传统的女孩想挑战巫师学院对女性的禁令，却给柔克带来了几乎倾覆的危机。 《地海风土志》：介绍地海世界的历史、地理、住民、风俗与魔法，是您畅游地海世界的最佳导览。

在本卷中，地海的世界已重归完整，黎白南于黑佛诺正式加冕为王，然而地海各处仍百废待兴，一时间世相艰险、邪恶盛行。 曾是峨团陵墓第一女祭司的恬娜，如今只是个孀居的中年妇人。一日她与遭受虐待、身负火伤的孤儿瑟鲁相遇，两人相依为命，共同度过艰苦生活；曾经的大法师格得，如今力量尽失，已成一个平凡之人，甚至受人欺辱、无力还击。在这黎明前的黑暗中，灾厄与患难接二连三地袭向主角们，邪恶的迫害令他们命悬一线，在这千钧一发的时刻，意想不到之人向他们伸出了援手，地海世界的终极真相在众人面前悄然揭开……

一切纷乱均从失去力量的咒语发端…… 巫师不识真言，无法操控力量；工匠抛弃技艺，歌者遗忘诗歌；人们恍惚度日，不求谋生，却苦寻不朽。地海大法师格得带著年轻热忱的英拉德王子亚刃，启程追寻邪恶的根源、乱象的症结，却不知前方有什么在等候他们。他们只能一径向边陲航行──从神秘未知的龙屿，到漂流民的海洋游群，再到一无活物的死域，最终抵达无人涉足的极远彼岸。 在那彼岸，等待着他们的将是最后的艰苦试炼……

这里是死寂静默的古墓， 这里有亘古不变的黑暗， 这里长眠着“累世无名者”， 这里是一个十五岁少女所知的唯一世界。 这里是她的家、她的王国， 更是她终生的牢笼！ 直到有一天：一团微光，出现在这绝对黑暗的地底禁区…… 即使身处黑暗的地底古墓，也绝不放弃追求自由的微光！

牧童雀鹰天生拥有法力，他渴求更强大的力量和更深奥的知识，于是选择离开故乡，前往传奇的巫师学院学习，以求出人头地。为了证明实力，他当众施展禁忌法术，召唤亡灵，却铸成大错。他召唤出的恶灵追捕着他，太古的邪恶诱惑着他。为了弥补过错，他步上了一段从未有人完成的追寻之旅，直到海洋的尽头、世界终结之处……

Exclusive 3-in-1 harcover book. Includes A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA: The windswept isles of Earthsea were famous for wizards, and the greatest of all was Ged, called Sparrowhawk in his reckless youth. Hungry for power and knowledge, Sparrowhawk tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon and crossed deaths threshold to restore the balance. THE TOMBS OF ATUAN: Chosen to serve the Ancient and Nameless Powers of the Earth, Tenar is taken away from her home and family to become Arha, the Priestess Ever Reborn, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan. While learning her way through the gloomy Labyrinth that is her domain, she encounters Ged, a wizard come to steal the Tombs greatest treasure. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic, a light as forbidden in the Tombs as wizards are in the Kargad Lands.... THE FARTHEST SHORE: Ill-tidings have arrived on the Isle of the Wise: The springs of wizardry are drying up. Driven to seek the source of the trouble, Archmage Ged embarks on a perilous journey with the boy-prince, Arren. Their travels take them to a land cursed with a strange soul sickness, to an encounter with Orm Embar, the greatest of the worlds dragons, and into the realm of death itself. For if the balance of magic is not restored, darkness will overtake the world. Jacket art by Leo and Diane Dillon.