Re: And the press strikes back...

At Fri, 14 Apr 2006 01:16:41 GMT,
Mishagam <noemail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> strode forth and proclaimed:
Matt Clara wrote:

(and in Earthsea only men can be wizards, btw). In her fourth book,
Tehanu, Le Guin seeks to amend this, and the book is a bit strained as she
searches for an alternate path to the hero's tale. Hey, I loved that first
book, and still do, faults and all, but Le Guin recognized the faults and
sought to re-envision her world.

And she (Le Guin) wrote extremely bad novel (Tehanu) which almost wiped
out good impression from first three Earthsea novels and almost
destroyed her reputation as author for me!

But then she redeemed herself with _Tales from Earthsea_ and _The Other
Wind_, which re-envision a major part of Earthsea *and* have non-stereotyped
female characters. And address that bit about women not being wizards...


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