What is A Wizard of Earthsea?
{{italictitle}} {{infobox Book | name = A Wizard of Earthsea | title_orig = | translator = | image =Page de garde de A Wizard of Earthsea.jpg | image_caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover) | author = [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] | illustrator = Ruth Robbins | cover_artist = | country = [[United States]] | language = [[English language|English]] | series = [[Earthsea|The Earthsea Cycle]] | genre = [[Fantasy novel]] | publisher = [[Parnassus Press]] | release_date = 1968 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]] & [[Paperback]]) | pages = 205 | isbn = 0-395-27653-5 <!-- ISBN's can be assigned after publication --> | oclc = 1210 | preceded_by = | followed_by = [[The Tombs of Atuan]] }} '''''A Wizard of Earthsea''''', written in 1968, is the first of a series of books that are written by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] and set in the [[fantasy]] world called [[Earthsea]]. The series is about a [[wizard]] named Ged. This book won the 1979 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. A mini-series based on ''A Wizard of Earthsea'' and ''The Tombs of Atuan'' was created on the [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci Fi Channel]]. Le Guin has said that she was not happy with the mini-series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2111107/|title=A Whitewashed Earthsea - How the Sci Fi Channel wrecked my books.|last=Le Guin|first=Ursula|date=December 16, 2004|publisher=slate.com|access-date=2007-08-16}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.ursulakleguin.com/ Ursula K. Le Guin's official website] * [http://www.ursulakleguin.com/TalesEarthsea_Excerpt.html A part of ''Tales from Earthsea''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726181357/http://www.ursulakleguin.com//TalesEarthsea_Excerpt.html |date=2008-07-26 }} {{lit-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wizard of Earthsea}} [[Category:1960s books]] [[Category:Earthsea books]]