Stumbled across a mention of SyFy’s notoriously bad adaptation of the first two Earthsea …

Stumbled across a mention of SyFy’s notoriously bad adaptation of the first two Earthsea books and went looking for commentary on it. I think this scathing article by Le Guin herself gets the idea across.
https://slate.com/culture/2004/12/ursula-k-le-guin-on-the-tv-earthsea.html

#fantasy #earthsea #whitewashing

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I briefly considered tracking it down to see for myself how bad it was, but after re-reading that article….Nope! Not gonna bother!

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And now I want to read the books again!

Though I should finish the Hainish books now that I’ve finally picked them up. And the other books I’m in the middle of. And several new releases on my to-read pile. And….

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This looks AMAZING: Ursula K. Le Guin’s complete Earthsea, illustrated by Charles Vess.

This looks AMAZING: Ursula K. Le Guin’s complete Earthsea, illustrated by Charles Vess.

Gorgeous, Definitive, Essential: Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition

For fans of Ursula K. Le Guin, the past few years have been bittersweet. The bitter, of course, is that Le Guin died in January 2018, albeit at the respectable age of 88.

Charles Vess worked with feedback from Ursula Le Guin…

I remember hearing about this when it was first announced. I’m glad to hear that Charles Vess (who is a perfect choice) worked *with* feedback from Ursula Le Guin instead of just running off to do his own thing, and that she was able to see his final illustrations for the book.

This illustrated collection of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea books finally does the series justice

goodreads (@goodreads) May 16, 2018