Earthsea (universe)

This article is about the fictional realm. For the books set in that realm, see Earthsea. For the television miniseries, see Earthsea (miniseries).
Earthsea
AuthorUrsula K. Le Guin
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublishedJanuary 1964 (1964-01) - October 2018 (2018-10)

Earthsea is a fictional world created by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Introduced in her short story "The Word of Unbinding", published in 1964, Earthsea became the setting for a further six books, beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea, first published in 1968, and continuing with The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind. Nine short stories by Le Guin are also set in Earthsea; the earliest two ('"The Word of Unbinding'" and "The Rule of Names") in her 1975 collection of short stories The Wind's Twelve Quarters, five in Tales from Earthsea, and the final two (2014's '"The Daughter of Odren'" and 2018's "Firelight") in an illustrated collection (along with the 1993 essay Earthsea Revisioned) in The Books of Earthsea (released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of A Wizard of Earthsea).[1] Collectively, the series is simply known as Earthsea.

  1. ^ Flood, Alison (July 15, 2016). "Ursula K Le Guin to publish Earthsea story in print for first time". The Guardian. Retrieved October 31, 2018.